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Best Credit Cards for Book Lovers 08/01/2024 08:00pm • To all my fellow bookworms out there, Aug. 9 is Book Lovers Day. So obviously we need to add to our TBR piles this day with a new haul. And what better way than to earn rewards while doing it? It's good for the economy. Since so many of us drop upward of $100 each time we go book shopping (please do How the Family Opportunity Mortgage Can Help You Buy a Home for Your Elderly Parents 08/01/2024 08:00pm • If your elderly parents want to move into a new home but can't obtain financing on their own, you might be able to help through a loan commonly known as the Family Opportunity Mortgage. The Family Opportunity Mortgage makes it easier for children to purchase or refinance a home for their parents. He 7 Best REIT ETFs to Buy Now 08/01/2024 08:00pm • Real estate investment trusts, better known as REITs, are a popular asset class among investors looking for superior dividend income and excellent growth potential. REITs are unique companies that own and operate commercial real estate or, alternatively, financial instruments like commercial real es Stanley Druckenmiller Portfolio: 7 Top Holdings in 2024 08/01/2024 08:00pm • Stanley Druckenmiller, the celebrated founder of hedge fund Duquesne Capital Management, has undoubtedly earned a name for himself as a market guru. Still, even he has admitted his 12-year stint picking stocks for billionaire financier George Soros' Quantum Fund gave his personal brand a big boost. West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice in fight to keep historic hotel amid U.S. Senate campaign 08/01/2024 05:25pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is in a fight to keep his iconic Greenbrier hotel. A legal notice announcing a public auction for the luxury resort near White Sulphur Springs due to unpaid debts was publicized in the West Virginia D GoDaddy: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/01/2024 04:27pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $146.3 million. The Tempe, Arizona-based company said it had profit of $1.01 per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs and to extinguish debt, came to $1.10 per share. The re Massachusetts governor says Steward Health Care must give 120-day notice before closing hospitals 08/01/2024 03:44pm • BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts. Healey made the comment a day after a bankruptcy jud Buying an Older Home Is a Mixed Bag 07/31/2024 08:00pm • Purchasing residential real estate is a mixed bag under the best of circumstances, and buying an older home comes with its own unique set of challenges. Older homes ranging from 100 to 50 years of age -- as opposed to "newer" homes constructed since the 1980s -- were built to last. They feature supe Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination 07/31/2024 07:08pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president announced Wednesday. More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k 07/31/2024 03:38pm • Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors, avoiding a potential deep-dive into the former New York City mayor's finances that was threatened by a federal judge. 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