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Maxar Technologies Visual Investigations The $2.8 Billion Hole in U.S. Sanctions on Iran A Times investigation reveals how lax government oversight allowed shadowy oil tankers, covered by American insurance, to fund Iran’s regime. The American Club is one of only 12 major insurers of its kind, and the only one based in the United States. By then, the tankers had transported at least $2.8 billion in crude oil, based on the lowest reported prices of Iranian oil in 2023. The Treasury office has publicly enforced sanctions on the American Club only once in the past 20 years. Ultimately, the office said the American Club did “not appear to have been willful or reckless” and the case was settled.

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☆ Thousands of people are cutting off their hair and donating it to help soak up an oil spill in Venezuela that is so large it can be seen from space
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Thousands of people, and their dogs, have donated hair to help clean up Lake Maracaibo. Environmentalists will weave nets out of the hair to stop the oil slicks from spreading. Now, a young environmentalist is trying to change that — by asking volunteers to donate their hair to soak up the oil, The Washington Post reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementEstrach and her team will use the hair to weave nets — called booms — that can both stop oil slicks from spreading and soak up the oil itself. Estrach told the Post that two pounds of hair can soak up between 11 and 17 pounds of oil.

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☆ How a millennial who quit her 9-to-5 job now has her former employer as a client — and makes more money
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

After Selene Da Silva left her job to be an independent worker, she took on her employer as a client. Today, she's earning more than her salary at the hotel company, which Insider verified through documentation, and fulfilled her lifelong goal of being her own boss. Being a strong performer is one important attribute for someone hoping to turn a past employer into a client, Diamond said. AdvertisementAdvertisementYour freelance or independent work doesn't have to be a big mystery before leaving a 9-to-5. Overall, Da Silva thinks there are benefits for not only the people seeking out contract work but for prospective employers, too.

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☆ Two Empty Nesters Strive to Come Up With a Down Payment. Which House Could They Buy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The couple, who married in 2015, had been renting a cramped house near downtown Bloomington, Ind., for years. But now, renting near campus made them feel almost as if they were back in graduate school. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]They entered a competitive housing market last year with high hopes, but limited funds for a down payment. Ms. Carter, who enjoys cooking, wanted a bigger kitchen and enough space to have Thanksgiving dinners and Passover Seders. “That was a super-tough market to be in,” said Mr. Saunders, the owner of Saunders & Associates, in Bloomington.

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☆ Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American on the US quarter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American to be on a US quarter. The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year initiative that will feature five different women each year on the flip side of the coin. Heads up: The next US quarter will feature the first Asian American to appear on a circulating coin in the US. Starting on Monday, Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong will appear on the reverse side of the quarter, as part of the American Women Quarters Program. The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year initiative, overseen by the United States Mint, that started in 2022.

☆ How Tom Brady, LeBron James, Serena Williams and more older athletes can refuse to retire
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-19 | by ( Dr. Jalal Baig | Dr. Jalal Baig Is A Physician | Writer Based In Chicago. His Work Has Appeared In The Washington Post | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Despite that, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback led the league in regular season passing yards, completions and touchdown passes. And he was the starting quarterback in four of the past six Super Bowls, bagging three Lombardi Trophies in that span. At the game Brady attended, Ronaldo became the highest scorer in FIFA history after netting his 807th career goal. Not everyone is brimming with the baseline talents of James or Brady or has the discipline or resources to stick with such regimens. With time, this may radically alter how athletes at all levels are nurtured, and even how nonathletes fend off the crippling effects of age.

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