May 18, 2024
Finance

This week in Bidenomics: The TikTok head fake

If you want to see Joe Biden having fun, check out his presidential campaign’s TikTok account. The account’s avatar is “Dark Brandon,” Biden as a superhero mockup with laser-beam eyes. In short videos, Biden and his surrogates troll Donald Trump using images that make the former president look overweight, sweaty, and pallid. Other clips show

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Mortgage

Mortgage rates may be a bellwether for 2024 presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her pay covered her

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Crypto

Poll: Crypto-owning voters lean towards Trump as their next president

Published 1 minute earlier on Voters who own crypto are leaning toward voting for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to a poll conducted by investment firm Paradigm released on Thursday.  The poll found that 48 percent of crypto owners plan to vote for Trump, and 39 percent of crypto owners plan to vote

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Funds

Koch network halts Nikki Haley funding after South Carolina loss

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley reacts while speaking about her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, who is currently deployed with the South Carolina National Guard, during a campaign stop at the Clemson University at Greenville ONE building ahead of the Republican presidential primary election in Greenville, South Carolina,

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Property

New York AG says she’ll seize Donald Trump’s property if he can’t pay $454 million civil fraud debt

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump could be at risk of losing some of his prized properties if he can’t pay his staggering New York civil fraud penalty. With interest, he owes the state nearly $454 million — and the amount is going up $87,502 each day until he pays. New York Attorney General Letitia

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Crypto

3 Crypto Trends Investors Might Have Overlooked

The crypto market continues to evolve rapidly getty As the fervor around the approval and launch of 11 spot bitcoin ETFs settles down, and the bevy of legal actions that the SEC is embroiled in continue to drag along, analysts and investors alike have had plenty to digest since 2024 got underway. In addition to

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Loans

Trump Fraud Case Finding Suggests ‘Major Tax Evasion’: Watchdog

A finding by the court-appointed special monitor overseeing former U.S. President Donald Trump’s fraud case in New York placed questions about a loan acquisition—and potential tax evasion—back into the spotlight over the weekend, with a tax attorney saying the Republican appeared to have fabricated the loan. Former federal judge Barbara Jones wrote to Manhattan Supreme

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Funds

Reid Hoffman pauses Haley funding after New Hampshire loss

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, speaks during a campaign event held at the Alpine Grove Event Center on January 18, 2024, in Hollis, New Hampshire. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Billionaire Reid Hoffman is not planning to give any more money to Nikki Haley‘s candidacy for president, according to a source familiar

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Crypto

Crypto miners are shaking Texans down like they’re the Mafia (Opinion)

Cryptocurrency miners should not be rewarded at all by Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas for creating a crisis with our energy grid, a Chronicle letter writer argues.  Dreamstime/TNS Crypto con Regarding “Mega-cartoon: How crypto miners raised Texans’ electric bill (Opinion),” (Dec. 30): Crypto miners are getting a sweetheart deal from the state

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