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☆ 4 things every small-business owner should consider before launching a brand podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Brand podcasts can bring in new customers and nurture relationships with existing partners. They give technical advice on cost, production, and careful considerations for your launch strategy before starting a brand podcast. Insider spoke with five small-business owners to learn how they ran successful brand podcasts while prioritizing their actual businesses. Olivia Dreizen Howell, a cofounder of Fresh Starts Registry and the brand podcast "A Fresh Story," swears by the free Spotify for Podcasters editing tools. Leverage your network for launchIt's easy to lose momentum if you launch a brand podcast and don't quickly see some traction.

☆ Podcasts can help small-business owners build their brands and win new customers. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider talked to small business owners who say brand podcasting has helped them build trust and credibility with customers. The channel is a cost-friendly way to connect with prospective customers, as well as other industry leaders. Podcasts can help you scale your businessMany small-business owners see podcasts as an important way to acquire loyal customers. Courtesy of Tania BhattacharyyaBhattacharyya added that she uses her podcast episodes to help guide prospective customers through the sales process. Bhattacharyya had a podcast episode on the subject that she was able to send her.

☆ Is your money safe? A financial planner explains whether you should be concerned about your deposits, and how to take advantage of risk-free returns on your cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The recent lineup of bank failures has depositors suddenly asking the simple question: is my money safe? Jason J. Howell, a certified financial planner and the president of Jason Howell Company, says yes, your money is safe. This way, if you need cash quickly, you could get it. "You're going to have to go to the US TreasuryDirect to buy those bonds," Howell said. "Money markets nearly went bust in the 2008 financial crisis, so there's no need to put a wrapper around it," Howell said.

☆ Ex-Trump lawyer appears before grand jury as U.S. probes swirl
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Corcoran and his attorney Michael Levy entered the federal courthouse in Washington and went to the third floor, where the grand jury typically meets. Attorneys for Trump did not respond to a request for comment on the court order compelling Meadows and other former aides to testify. At that June meeting, the lawyers handed over a single envelope containing 38 documents with classified markings. Corcoran is one of multiple Trump attorneys who have been summoned to appear before the grand jury. Tim Parlatore, another attorney, voluntarily testified before the same grand jury in December to explain the steps Trump's legal team took to comply with the May 2022 subpoena.

☆ Trump's ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides must provide more testimony for January 6 investigation, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Meadows and other Trump aides were ordered to offer more testimony to a grand jury investigating January 6. A federal judge dismissed Trump's claims of executive privilege in a sealed order last week. Some of them had appeared before the grand jury but declined to answer certain questions about their interactions with Trump, ABC reported. His legal team is expected to appeal Howell's order compelling his aides' testimony, according to ABC. Corcoran was previously ordered to provide more testimony for the investigation after a federal judge rejected his claims of attorney-client privilege.

☆ Judge declines Trump's bid to stop ex-aides from testifying before grand jury in Jan. 6 probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

President Donald Trump is seen on a screen speaking to supporters during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, January 6, 2021. A federal judge ordered ex-President Donald Trump's former aides, including his ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows, to testify before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., investigating Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, NBC News reported Friday. In a sealed order, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled against Trump's bid to block his aides from speaking to the grand jury on the grounds of executive privilege, people familiar with the matter told NBC. Trump is expected to appeal the ruling, which was filed in secret because it involves grand jury matters, according to NBC. Trump is also facing a legal threat in Georgia, where a Fulton County grand jury is investigating efforts by him and his allies to interfere in the 2020 election in that state.

☆ Federal Judge Concludes Trump Likely Misled Lawyers on Documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—A federal judge found that special counsel Jack Smith ’s team presented convincing evidence that President Donald Trump misled his own lawyers about his retention of classified documents after leaving the White House, according to people familiar with the decision. Judge Beryl Howell made that finding Friday in a sealed decision siding with federal prosecutors in their bid to bypass attorney-client privilege claims raised by one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Evan Corcoran , and compel him to provide more testimony. Judge Howell wrote that prosecutors had made a “prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations,” the people said.

☆ For These Stranded Real-Estate Pros, a Backhoe, AAA and a Mom Van Saved the Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

It was about 1,100 feet off a dirt road. We took pine branches and put them under the tires to give them some grip, but it didn’t work. I had to call an excavator because we were so far off the road that a regular tow truck couldn’t reach us. The excavator actually drove a backhoe from his farm down the dirt road to find us. And they didn’t buy the property, so all of that trouble didn’t result in a sale.

☆ Trump appears to lose appeal of key ruling in criminal probe of classified records stored at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The legal team of former US President Donald Trump, led by M. Evan Corcoran, arrives at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse. Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday appears to have lost an appeal of a bombshell ruling in the criminal investigation of classified records he stored at Florida residence Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, NBC News confirmed Wednesday. The decision will likely force one of his lawyers to testify to a federal grand jury in the criminal probe. Normally, attorneys cannot be compelled to testify against their clients due to attorney-client privilege, which protects their communications. A docket entry in the sealed appeals court case believed to be Trump's indicates that the appeals court rejected Trump's bid, and ordered the parties to comply with Howell's ruling.

☆ Judge Rejects Attorney-Client Privilege Claim by Trump Attorney in Mar-a-Lago Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has prevailed in a push to extract more grand jury testimony from a lawyer for Donald Trump, according to people familiar with a sealed court decision, which could help advance the investigation into the handling of classified documents found at the former president’s South Florida home. In that decision Friday, Chief Judge Beryl Howell rejected attorney-client privilege claims that the lawyer, Evan Corcoran, raised on behalf of Mr. Trump during a January appearance before a federal grand jury in Washington. The ruling came a week after a closed-door hearing in which Mr. Smith’s team urged Judge Howell to invoke the so-called crime-fraud exception to bypass the privilege claims and compel Mr. Corcoran to provide more testimony.

☆ Trump attorney ordered to testify in documents case, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered an attorney for Donald Trump to give additional testimony before a grand jury investigating the former U.S. president’s handling of classified documents, according to media reports. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ordered attorney Evan Corcoran to testify after he invoked attorney-client privilege during a prior grand jury appearance in January and refused to answer investigators’ questions about his communications with Trump, according to CNN, the Washington Post and other media outlets. Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024, has accused the Justice Department of conducting a "witch hunt" against him. Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump for the unlawful retention of national defense information at his Florida estate and he is also investigating whether Trump tried to obstruct the criminal probe. In her ruling, Howell agreed with prosecutors that there were grounds for a "crime-fraud exception" to attorney-client privilege, according to the reports.

The chief judge has sole discretion over sealed federal grand jury proceedings. As chief judge, Boasberg is poised to rule on certain legal arguments raised in the grand jury probes, including efforts to restrict witnesses from testifying. Grand jury proceedings are kept from public view. Another special counsel, Robert Hur, was named by Garland in January to look into classified records found at Biden's home in Delaware and former office in Washington. During her tenure as chief judge, Howell regularly heard legal arguments in special counsel investigations.

☆ A judge ordered Trump's lawyer to give more testimony in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge ordered Trump's lawyer to provide more grand jury testimony in the Mar-a-Lago case. The DOJ is investigating whether Trump potentially mishandled classified documents. The judge rejected Trump's lawyers claims of attorney-client privilege. The ruling compels Corcoran to provide additional testimony before the grand jury investigating the classified documents case — one of at least four major ongoing criminal inquiries involving Trump. Georgia's Fulton County is also investigating Trump and his allies' efforts to overturn the state's 2020 elections results.

[1/3] A security guard walks in the ATM lobby of a Signature Bank branch in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. The proposed class action against Signature and its former chief executive officer Joseph DePaolo, chief financial officer Stephen Wyremski and chief operating officer Eric Howell was filed in the federal court in Brooklyn. Silicon Valley Bank is the largest. On Sunday, U.S. regulators decided to make Signature and Silicon Valley Bank depositors whole regardless of how much they held in their accounts. The case is Schaeffer v Signature Bank et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No.

March 12 (Reuters) - State regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank (SBNY.O) on Sunday, the third largest failure in U.S. banking history, two days after authorities shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O) in a collapse that stranded billions in deposits. All of the depositors of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank will be made whole, and "no losses will be borne by the taxpayer," the U.S. Treasury Department and other bank regulators said in a joint statement. Signature's failure followed Silicon Valley Bank's Friday shutdown, the second largest in U.S. history behind Washington Mutual, which collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. Signature Bank's depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of the bridge bank, the FDIC said. Signature Bank cut ties with Trump in 2021 following the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill, and urged Trump to resign.

The U.S. Treasury Department and other bank regulators said in a joint statement on Sunday that all depositors of Signature Bank will be made whole, and "no losses will be borne by the taxpayer." Signature Bank reported deposit balances totaling $89.17 billion as of March 8. Representatives for Signature Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FDIC on Sunday established a "bridge" successor bank to Signature Bank, which will enable customers to access their funds on Monday. Signature Bank's depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of the bridge bank, the FDIC said.

☆ Special Counsel Set to Ask Judge to Reject Trump’s Privilege Claims in Mar-a-Lago Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over special counsel Jack Smith ’s push to extract more grand-jury testimony from a lawyer for Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the escalating investigation into the handling of classified documents at the former president’s South Florida estate. In a closed-door court proceeding, Mr. Smith’s team is expected to urge Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the District Court for the District of Columbia to reject attorney-client privilege claims that Evan Corcoran , a lawyer for Mr. Trump, raised on behalf of the former president during a January grand-jury appearance. Following that appearance, prosecutors asked Judge Howell to invoke the so-called crime-fraud exception to bypass the privilege claims and compel Mr. Corcoran to provide more testimony, the people said.

☆ Former NBA star Zach Randolph & Marcus 'Head' Howell on building NLess Entertainment and the rise of Moneybagg Yo
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( John Lynch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

NLess Entertainment co-founders Zach Randolph and Marcus Howell spoke to Insider about the trajectory of their independent record label. After signing with NLess in 2016, Moneybagg Yo released his debut studio album, "Reset," and steadily built momentum with each subsequent LP. "Man, staying in the studio," Howell reinforced. "Bagg work hard. I asked Randolph and Howell what separates Memphis from the rest of the US in their minds.

☆ LIV ratings trail rival PGA Tour in first CW Network broadcasts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIV Golf did not immediately respond to a request for comment. LIV Golf is the first sport to broadcast on the CW Network, after the two parties agreed a multi-year deal in January. Perry Sook, the chairman and CEO of CW Network parent company Nexstar, said on Tuesday's earnings call that the three-day tournament was viewed by more than 1.4 million across the network and its digital platform. "We're very pleased with our first weekend of LIV Golf," said Sook. Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, LIV Golf attracted some of the sport's biggest names with the promise of supersize paydays and a truncated schedule.

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A Republican congressman's court battle to protect his cellphone records has prevented federal investigators from reviewing over 2,200 documents in their investigation of then-President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, according to newly unsealed court documents. An investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives' Jan. 6 committee last year revealed Perry was in frequent contact with Trump White House officials in the weeks before the attack. On Thursday, an attorney for Perry asked an appellate court to reverse Judge Howell's lower court ruling that his communications were not within a "legitimate legislative sphere." A Justice Department attorney urged the judicial panel not to block the congressman's cellphone from investigators. Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Special counsel asks judge to compel Pence testimony in Trump criminal probe, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an event to promote his new book at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank on October 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Trump previously sought to exercise executive privilege — which allows certain presidential communications to be kept confidential — over grand jury testimony in the probe, news outlets have reported. Howell on Thursday rejected an effort by media outlets to access records related to the grand jury investigation. "No vice president in American history has ever been compelled to testify against a president with whom they serve," Pence said. After Pence refused, a violent mob of Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, sending the vice president and congressional lawmakers into hiding.

☆ How a Personal Trainer Plans His Workouts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Hannah Seo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The biggest hurdle is psychological. Mr. Howell has been obsessed with fitness since he was a 12-year-old boy in Trinidad, perusing fitness magazines at the local barbershop and lifting dumbbells in his garage. But cardio is his least favorite type of exercise. Knowing that, he intentionally starts each workout with cardio and does the longest and hardest runs early on. As the week continues, he loosens up and rewards himself with “the fun stuff”: lifting and strength training.

☆ A Capitol rioter identified by the massive tattoo on his stomach sentenced to 78 months in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A man accused of assaulting a police officer in the 2021 Capitol riots has been sent to prison. James McGrew, 40, was identified after his giant stomach tattoo was identified in footage of the riot. He was sentenced to 78 months in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. McGraw's King James tattoo Department of JusticeOn Friday, he was sentenced to 78 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding police officers, according to the Department of Justice. During the riots, McGrew pushed and struck police officers and also launched a wooden handrail with metal brackets toward officers, according to his court documents.

☆ NFL roundup: Eagles lock down No. 1 seed in NFC
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

1 seed in the NFC with a 22-16 win over the visiting New York Giants on Sunday. Hurts led six scoring drives and the Eagles never trailed the Giants (9-7-1), who had already sewn up the No. 6 seed and opted to rest quarterback Daniel Jones, Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley and other starters. Smith finished the regular season with 4,282 yards passing, surpassing Russell Wilson's team record of 4,219 set in 2016. Baltimore's Anthony Brown was 19-of-44 passing for 286 yards and two interceptions in his first career NFL start.

☆ Stocks on the cheap — Here are 11 names with single-digit P/Es that could rally
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

On the tail-end of a down year, there are some stocks that might be cheaper than they should be. That has led to a down year for the majority of stocks — and all but one of the 11 sectors — in the broad index. But this sharp decline could present a buying opportunity, as some stocks are set to rally. Along with PulteGroup , it also has the lowest forward price-to-earnings ratio among the names on the list, at 6.2 times. Further down the list, United Rentals has a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.6.

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