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Former Las Vegas casino executive sentenced to year of probation in bookmaking money laundering case 05/08/2024 07:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former top executive for major Las Vegas casinos was sentenced to a year of probation Wednesday after admitting he allowed an illegal bookmaker to gamble millions of dollars at the MGM Grand and pay off debts in cash. Scott Sibella pleaded guilty in January to violating federa Encore Capital Group: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/08/2024 04:46pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Encore Capital Group Inc. (ECPG) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $23.2 million. On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had net income of 95 cents. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts Meet the Democratic Senate candidates not named Trone or Alsobrooks 05/08/2024 02:06pm • Tired of the skirmishing between the leading Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks? Looking for alternatives in the May 14 primary? Democratic voters do have other choices — eight to be exact. While their messages A timeline of the collapse at FTX 05/08/2024 12:09pm • FTX, once among the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, said this week that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after its monumental collapse. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The 12 Ways to Build a Passive Income Stream 05/07/2024 08:00pm • Earning passive income sounds like a dream, but you often still have to work plenty hard to do it. Let's take a look at what passive income actually is -- and how you can get some. What Is Passive Income?Passive income is any source of revenue you earn when you're doing something else. For instance, Wells Fargo Introduces New Credit Card 05/07/2024 08:00pm • Wells Fargo is expanding its new Visa card suite with the Wells Fargo Reflect Card, a credit card that offers up to 21 months with an introductory 0% annual percentage rate on purchases and qualified balance transfers. The Reflect Card comes after Wells Fargo launched the Active Cash Card over the s How Credit Card Issuers Calculate Your Minimum Payment 05/07/2024 08:00pm • If your credit card balance tends to fluctuate, you may not know how much to set aside for your minimum payment each month. The minimum is the lowest amount you can pay each billing cycle to keep your account in good standing. Credit card issuers have two main ways of setting minimum payments. To ge The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns 05/07/2024 05:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies Ocular Therapeutix: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/07/2024 04:41pm • BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Ocular Therapeutix Inc. (OCUL) on Tuesday reported a loss of $64.8 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bedford, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 49 cents. Losses, adjusted to extinguish debt and for non-recurring co Maradona's World Cup Golden Ball trophy had mysteriously disappeared. It will be auctioned in Paris 05/07/2024 01:43pm • Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced. The award, which had been missing for decades, will be auctioned in Paris next month, the Aguttes house said Tuesday. Maradona, who died in 2020 at age 60, was awarded the trophy for his scintillating play at the tournamen Scrutiny of Everton's prospective buyer intensifies after airline collapse and New York fraud case 05/07/2024 12:09pm • GENEVA (AP) — A grounded airline in Australia. A lawsuit in a New York federal court alleging fraud in connection to a $600 million loan. And angry soccer fans in England resisting a takeover of Premier League club Everton. These are troubled times for Miami-based 777 Partners, the investment grou Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate 05/07/2024 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party de Hallador Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/07/2024 05:01am • TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Hallador Energy Co. (HNRG) on Monday reported a loss of $1.7 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Terre Haute, Indiana-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. Losses, adjusted to extinguish debt, were 3 cents per share. Th Inspired by the Met, 'sleeping baddies' tackle medical debt at the Debt Gala's pajama party 05/06/2024 11:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A plush octopus by Jellycat. A neck pillow by XpresSpa. Graphic sleeping masks by Geyoga. The accessories weren't designer. But these cozy, low-budget pieces stood out Sunday at the second Debt Gala, where some 200 pajama-clad revelers dressed for its “Sleeping Baddies” theme r 9 of the Best Bond ETFs to Buy Now 05/06/2024 08:00pm • Bill Gross, often referred to as the "Bond King," issued a cautionary view on the state of bond funds recently. As a pioneering fixed-income manager and co-founder of Pimco, where he ran the influential Pimco Total Return Fund (ticker: PTTRX), Gross once set a high standard for active bond investing