[Insider Business] James Howells’ life changed when he threw out a hard drive about the size of an iPhone 6. Howells, from the city of Newport in southern Wales, had two identical laptop hard drives squirreled away in a drawer in 2013. One was blank; he says the other contained […]
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[CNN] Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis’ impact on day-to-day weather. Americans are used to switching on their air conditioners any time temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius). But in the UK, record-shredding heat this week has […]
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[The Motley Fool, Getty Images] KEY POINTS Disney announced it will be bringing on the Polygon Network as a participant in its 2022 Accelerator Program. This program is intended to increase Disney’s presence in the NFT, AI, and AR worlds. Polygon’s MATIC token has surged more than 30% since this […]
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[CNBC, Sunrun] Solar stocks tumbled Friday after Sen. Joe Manchin said he will not support increased spending to address climate change, according to NBC News, citing a Democrat briefed on the conversations. The Invesco Solar ETF, which tracks the industry, fell more than 7% at one point. Some of those losses were […]
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[New York Post, TikTok/Facebook] A Georgia couple gave up a 2,000-square-foot home for an 860-square-foot Home Depot shed. Nick Lucido and his wife, Meghan, found themselves in financial trouble, which forced them to sell their home in the town of Cumming. “We never missed a mortgage payment,” Nick told The […]
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[New York Post, Suzanne Gilson] The hidden treasure buried in one New Jersey lawn has revealed a home’s dark past. A Garden State couple unearthed about $1,000 in cash while excavating the backyard of their 1920s cottage this past weekend. Suzanne and Richard Gilson have been renovating their home since […]
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[CBS News] United Nations — The world’s population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the United Nations forecast Monday in a report that said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. That overall population milestone “is a reminder of our shared responsibility […]
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[The New York Times, NBC] After a rare mass demonstration, bank depositors demanding their money back were beaten, kicked to the ground and dragged away in the city of Zhengzhou. HONG KONG — A financial scandal in central China has touched depositors across the country, some of whom placed their […]
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[The Root, Getty Images] Can you imagine Kanye West dodging bill collectors with an estimated net worth of over $2 billion dollars? Yeah, I can’t either but apparently, that’s precisely what’s going down these days, as the David Casavant Archive, a high end fashion rental service is suing the rapper over failing […]
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[Business Insider, Getty Images] An American Airlines customer said passengers had to leave after the pilots said they had timed out. Sheila Gray said her flight from Charlotte to Boston had already been delayed by five hours. She said the airline did not offer any form of compensation. An American […]
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