(CNN) How can a $20 bill be worth over $57,000? Because of a printing mishap. The “Del Monte note,” a rare $20 banknote with a banana sticker on it, is currently for sale through Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auction house. Currency collectors are paying close attention and breaking previous bidding […]
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(Reuters) – Credit card firm Capital One Financial Corp has been fined $390 million for engaging in what the U.S. government called willful and negligent violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, an anti-money laundering law, a Treasury Department bureau said on Friday. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) […]
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[CNBC, Getty Images] Friday, Jan. 15 is the last day for many taxpayers to receive a direct deposit stimulus payment before tax season, unless you are part of a few select groups. Congress gave the IRS until Jan. 15 to send out the economic impact payments (EIP), worth up to […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] Cannabis activists in Washington, D.C. are planning to offer a free bag of marijuana to those receiving the vaccine for Covid-19, the group DC Marijuana Justice announced this week. The free cannabis giveaway, dubbed Joints for Jabs, is being arranged to coincide with vaccine clinics expected to […]
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[CNBC, Getty Images] In a shift from recent years that have seen tech jobs as one of the most prominent fields for opportunity, the past year showed the rise of human-centric roles to cater to new and urgent needs brought on by the pandemic. LinkedIn’s latest Jobs on the Rise report, a special […]
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(CNN) The FBI has received information indicating “armed protests” are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to an internal bulletin obtained by CNN. The news comes as security […]
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[CNBC, Getty Images] A group of Amazon corporate employees is calling on the company to stop providing cloud services to Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week. “We cannot be complicit in more bloodshed and violent attacks […]
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[Business Insider, Reuters] Bitcoin has more than doubled in less than a month, leaving analysts and investors stunned and concerned about a possible market bubble. In many ways the token’s rally in recent months is crucially different than the surge seen three years ago, as buyers now range from casual day traders […]
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[New York Post] The New York City man who joined a mob that breached the US Capitol was seen leaving his home Friday for the first time since he was revealed to be the son of a prominent Brooklyn judge. Aaron Mostofsky — who sported a wacky fur costume inside the […]
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[Beckett] It’s the first Beckett Sports Card Hot/Cold of 2021 where we take a quick look at what’s scorching in the hobby and sports this week and what’s making the most of winter. We’re barely a week into the new year and there’s already some weird things happening in the […]
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