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Giuliani associates face trial in campaign finance scheme 10/11/2021 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas once pitched himself in TV interviews and through an unorthodox publicity campaign by his lawyer as someone who could expose corruption in the Trump Administration over its dealings in Ukraine. Less than two years later and with less fanfare, the 49-year-old is going on For Thill, taking Luxembourg to a World Cup is family affair 10/11/2021 10:56am • After stunning one of Europe's soccer giants by scoring the winner against Real Madrid in the Champions League, anything seems possible for Sébastien Thill. Even taking tiny Luxembourg to the World Cup. “Mathematically it’s still possible,” Thill said about his country's chances to reach nex Best Bill-Paying Services 10/11/2021 12:00am • Once upon a time you had to mail bill payments to your utilities, mortgage and credit card companies, vulnerable to the whims of the Postal Service. But these days consumers have plenty of options, including scheduling or paying bills online with each company or employing apps and software to stream EXPLAINER: How US states help rich foreigners shield assets 10/10/2021 12:39pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — A mention of "tax havens” typically conjures images of sun-soaked Caribbean escapes like the Cayman Islands or the buttoned-down banks of Switzerland. Not South Dakota. But a report detailing how world leaders and some of the planet's wealthiest people hide their riches has How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network 10/10/2021 06:01am • Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invested in promises by the world’s biggest social network to fix itself had been woefully misplaced. The harm Florida felon voting activist Meade gets civil rights back 10/09/2021 04:31pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida activist who led a movement to allow most former felons to vote got more civil rights restored under a new state clemency program. Desmond Meade, head of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, announced in a Twitter video Saturday that he can now run for off Delta variant and worker shortage keep a lid on job growth 10/08/2021 06:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic has kept its grip on the economy, with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unem White House proposes tech 'bill of rights' to limit AI harms 10/08/2021 05:48pm • Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new “bill of rights" to guard against powerful new artificial intelligence technology. The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometri Trump hotel lost $70M despite millions in foreign business 10/08/2021 04:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's company lost more than $70 million on his Washington, D.C., hotel during his four years in office despite taking in millions from foreign governments, according to documents released Friday by a congressional committee investigating his business. The Occidental Petroleum, Chubb rise; Allogene, Oshkosh fall 10/08/2021 04:17pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Quidel Corp., up $1.83 to $138.04. The medical diagnostics company gave investors a surprisingly good revenue update as demand for COVID-19 tests remains strong. Allogene Therapeutics Inc., down $11.25 to $13.13. The cancer treatme Reston Station lands $350M refinancing as work begins on next phase 10/08/2021 01:15pm • A lot of real estate transactions cross our desks at the Washington Business Journal. We can’t devote full stories to them all, but some deserve to be on the record. Welcome to Deal Dash. Comstock Holding Companies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) has landed a more than $350 million refinancing on the fir Barcelona to play away from Camp Nou during stadium overhaul 10/08/2021 09:57am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona will play at another stadium for up to a year when the club starts its planned modernization of Camp Nou stadium, president Joan Laporta said Friday. Laporta said that he wants to begin the long-delayed overhaul of Camp Nou in the summer of 2022. He added that the EXPLAINER: What's behind changes in student loan forgiveness 10/08/2021 12:17am • A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers. The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will lift some rules for Public Service Lo US average mortgage rates decline; 30-year at 2.99% 10/07/2021 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates declined this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan slipping back below 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year mortgage eased to 2.99% from 3.01% last week. The rate stood at 2.87% this time last year. Can Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey replicate the 2020 wins? 10/07/2021 12:58pm • This year's gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey could both serve as barometers for both parties heading into the 2022 midterm elections, when control of the House and Senate are up for grabs as well as 36 governors seats. The races have focused on some similar issues: handling the CO