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A former Truist employee stole $195,000 in customer funds while working at the bank and, following her termination, faked her own death to get out of returning her work laptop, according to court documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ahshah Dior Martin of South Chesterfield, Virginia, has
Cacioppo didn’t always realize she wanted to be a startup founder. But she knew she liked building things starting at age 11, when she ran a solo eBay Beanie Baby business. Katie Thompson On Wednesday, security and compliance software company Vanta announced a new $150 million fundraise that values the company at $4.15 billion, up
A banner hangs at the head office of MBK Partners in Seoul, criticizing the private equity fund’s investment in Home Plus. Unionists of the discount chain made it. Photo by Tae-gyu Kim/UPI July 23 (UPI) — South Korea plans to strengthen regulations on private equity funds after the controversial investment by MBK Partners in troubled
Top 5 International Funds With Highest 1-year Return: It’s not easy to invest in stocks of leading international companies such as Nvidia, Meta, Amazon Inc, or Tesla. But international mutual funds provide that opportunity. International funds invest in equity funds, index funds, and exchange-traded funds that have the stocks of high-potential globally renowned companies. These
It was Fort Gordon, then it was Fort Eisenhower, now it’s Fort Gordon again. But there are efforts to fight against that change at Augusta’s U.S. Army base along with the other recently renamed military installations. Who was Fort Gordon named after? Originally, Augusta’s Fort Gordon honored Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, one of Confederate
At the Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth Beach, students pack back-to-school supplies for an upcoming fair. Spanish is their primary language. Sindia Lopez worries some of her peers will suffer if programs that help children learn English are cut. “These programs are really important because it helps kids not fall behind in school,” she said.
A month and a half after they won their respective gubernatorial primaries, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) have received their first publicly financed matching funds of the general election campaign. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) announced this afternoon that Sherrill has received $2,085,847 in matching funds, putting
As the new academic year draws closer, Schuylkill County school districts are working to continue educational programs being threatened by the ongoing delay in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Education announced on June 30 that it would withhold distributing more than $6 billion for school programs, money that had already been approved by Congress
Stock volatility got a lot of attention earlier this year, but bonds have had a share of tariff-related volatility, too, and then some. Concerns that a budget bill could add trillions to the country’s debt and worries about the inflationary effects of tariffs pushed bond yields higher. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.)