ReutersCreditors of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are poised to receive up to $16.5bn (£12.6bn) under a bankruptcy plan approved in the US on Monday.The agreement will put an end to a saga that started when the firm went bankrupt in November 2022, leaving millions of customers around the world without access to their accounts. Last year, former boss Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of stealing customer funds ahead of the collapse and later sentenced to 25 years in prison. The deal will allow former customers to recover a sum worth about 119% of what they had in their accounts at…
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Blinken is pushing for Long-range missiles to destroy the military capacity of Russia. They still see NATO as invading Russia just as soon as they can claim that Russia is the aggressor by attacking something in NATO. I have warned that they would do their best to create World War III before the election. These Neocons could not win a bar fight but love death and destruction on TV as if this is some video game. These people have NEVER won a single war yet post-WWII, but they are so close to destroying Russia that they are not about…
Credit: Credit: California National Guard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By James Varney for RealClearInvestigations Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Congress last month that it had $4 billion in its Disaster Relief Fund, officials also warned that the Fund could have a shortfall of $6 billion by year’s end, a situation FEMA says could deteriorate in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. While FEMA is expected to ask Congress for new money, budget experts note a surprising fact: FEMA is currently sitting on untapped reserves appropriated for past disasters stretching back decades. An August report from the Department of Homeland Security’s…
Cissy passes away 12 years after her daughter’s untimely passing. The soulful songstress passed away in 2012 after a lengthy battle with substance abuse.Article continues below advertisementCissy Houston Has Died At 91-Years-OldAccording to TMZ, Cissy’s death was originally reported by the Associated Press. The Grammy Award winner was surrounded by her family while receiving hospice care, the AP reported.Mrs. Houston was struggling with Alzheimer’s disease.Article continues below advertisementSissy Houston’s Daughter-In-Law Releases StatementMrs. Houston’s daughter-in-law, Pat, has released a statement on behalf of the family.”Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith…
Israel is expected to retaliate imminently for a mass ballistic missile strike by Iran last week.Biden has urged Israel not to attack Iran’s oil facilities, fearing it could push up oil prices, in turn hitting the US economy and harming Harris’s election chances.Over the last year, however, Netanyahu has repeatedly ignored Biden’s calls for restraint.Senior Democrats have questioned whether Netanyahu is trying to influence the election in favour of fellow right-winger Trump by holding off from any peace deal before the November 5 vote.Biden said last week that “whether he’s (Netanyahu’s) trying to influence the election, I don’t know” but…
Politicians focused their words on Israeli victims, while pro-Palestinian protesters gathered for planned demonstrations.Events are being held throughout the United States to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 attack and the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. Political leaders focused their commemorations on the Israeli victims of the October 7 attack, which killed 1,139 people. US President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the “unspeakable brutality” of the attack and paid tribute to the victims, including American citizens killed and kidnapped, while reiterating that he remained committed to Israel’s right to defend itself. He was, however, less equivocal…
The Ducks have claimed netminder James Reimer off waivers from the Sabres, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports.Reimer, 36, has over 500 games of NHL experience and was still serviceable in a rotation role for the Red Wings last year but was knocked squarely into a third-string spot on the Sabres’ depth chart behind Devon Levi and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen after signing a one-year, $1M deal there in July. He was largely expected to land on waivers unless Buffalo opted to carry three goalies.While the veteran was solid enough for Detroit in 2023-24, his 20 starts and five relief appearances were both career-lows. His…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Creating loyal customers is an essential part of relationship marketing. Among their many benefits, loyal customers are repeat customers, a pipeline for recommendations and more likely to spend more. In fact, according to a new consumer study from Marigold, 68% of consumers worldwide will pay more to shop with the brands they’re loyal to.However, maintaining loyalty in an increasingly competitive market has proven tricky, with 37% of consumers having switched away from or become less loyal to a brand they previously liked in the past year.That’s where loyalty programs come in. A…
Few people get to celebrate their 100th birthdayCometary/Getty Images/iStockphoto Will you live to 100? For the average person, the answer is probably no, as growth in life expectancy is slowing across wealthier countries, despite advances in healthcare and living conditions. This suggests there may be a biological limit to how old we can get, although some researchers believe further advances are possible. The current slowdown is a marked contrast to the 20th century, during which average life expectancy at birth grew in wealthier regions by three years per decade in a period of what researchers call radical life extension. While…
Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of color.But Black and Latina women are starting to gain ground, landing top positions at some of the biggest unions in the U.S. That has translated into wins at the bargaining table that focus more attention on family-friendly benefits like parental leave and health care coverage, as well as protections against sexual harassment.Often when people think about unions, “they think of a white guy in a hard hat. But in fact, studies show that…