Donald Trump at the Women’s British Open Golf Championships in Turnberry, Scotland. AFP via Getty Images A court in Scotland has ruled that Scottish ministers do not have a “duty” to investigate Donald Trump’s purchase of Turnberry Golf Club using an “unexplained wealth order.” The ruling is a victory for the Trump Organization, which has… More
Holiday hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. … [+] The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week to a pandemic low 268,000. U.S. jobless claims dipped by 1,000 last week from the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday,… More
Topline Cardano’s ada token plummeted to its lowest price in more than three months on Wednesday after popular retail-trading platform eToro announced plans to delist the cryptocurrency in the United States due to regulatory concerns—making ada the latest victim of the murky regulatory waters that have repeatedly pummeled the nascent crypto market. Cardano’s ada has… More
President Joe Biden (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images Here’s how to apply for limited student loan forgiveness. Here’s what you need to know. Student Loans The biggest news in student loans over the past month has been the major changes to student loan forgiveness. President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education… More
TIPS won’t do it. If you want to come out ahead, you have to take some risks. Gold mining in Columbia (photo by Edinson Arroyo) © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP The run-up in prices that the authorities were calling “transitory” seems to be sticking around for a while: 6.2% over the 12 months to October.… More
COLUMBUS, OH – FSA Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray on May 8, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo … [+] by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images) Getty Images One of the Department of Education’s major federal student loan servicers will be staying on for another year. Here’s what it means for student loan borrowers. FedLoan Servicing Gets One… More
Last week was historic for the cryptocurrency markets with the approval of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF on the NASDAQ NDAQ , bridging yet another gap for investors between the legacy financial system and cryptocurrency markets. The ProShares ETF was an important milestone, but not the first time investors have been presented with the opportunity… More
Topline As the surge in oil prices continues amid increasing demand and a supply crunch that has driven up prices for all types of fuels, energy stocks are soaring—in some cases, notching triple-digit returns—while several U.S. oil tycoons watch their net worths spike. Several U.S. billionaires have seen their net worths jump considerably as the… More
It may soon get easier for some student loan borrowers to discharge their debt through bankruptcy. getty It may soon get easier for some borrowers to discharge their student loan debt through bankruptcy. But many questions remain about what these changes may look like, and how sweeping any reforms will ultimately be. Student Loans And… More
(Photo illustration by Chesnot) Getty Images Bitcoin (BTC) has been on the rise since trading as low as 29,283.97 on July 20. Based upon its September close of 43,438.50 my proprietary analytics shows a risky level for October at 57,814. This level was exceeded in today’s trading. Gapping above its quarterly pivot at 45,713 on… More
Oracle of Delphi: Ancient text carved in stone at the sacred archaeological site at Delphi, Greece getty Over the past 18 months, decentralized finance (defi) has become a thriving alternative to the legacy banking system – an open, trustless sector whose near $200bn valuation rivals the GDP of many nation states. If ranked on this… More
Ecuador’s newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso. He allegedly transferred assets to trusts in … [+] South Dakota in 2017 amid reports that questioned his interests in a bank in Panama. (Photo by Cristina Vega RHOR / AFP) (Photo by CRISTINA VEGA RHOR/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In recent decades, South Dakota has… More
A charging order is by statute the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor seeking to collect … [+] against a debtor’s interest in an LLC. getty As I have written on many occasions, it is often procedurally difficult for our courts to enter charging orders because they have so little statutory guidance. The so-called Harmonized… More
When it comes to prison, the inmates may stay inside but staff and contractors go in and out of the facilities at all hours of the day. This activity presents a risk for introduction of contraband goods into the prison. While those who are tasked with supervising prison inmates is high, so is the temptation… More
getty Mercifully, it’s the final trading day of September. While the market did not have a correction per se, it was a turbulent month, even by September’s standards. Before the market’s open on September 30th, the Dow DOW was down 2.7% for the month, the S&P 500 was down 3.6%, and the Nasdaq NDAQ was… More
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