April 24, 2024
Investors

Truth Social Investors Try to Keep Hope Alive as Stock Tanks

Donald Trump’s acolytes gathered at Mar-a-Lago to on Wednesday evening to celebrate the public listing of his social media firm, even as the company’s stock continued to crater. Under the Palm Beach sky, right-wing radio host Sebastian Gorka suckled a cigar, actor Jon Voight posed for photos, and country singer turned bible salesman Lee Greenwood

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Finance

High school athletes with NIL deals can face unexpected tax bills

As tax day approaches, parents of high school athletes with social media and “name, image, and likeness” deals need to make sure that the IRS doesn’t come for their children’s assets. An overlooked and perhaps unintended consequence of the NCAA’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy is that high school athletes can also participate. High

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Finance

M1 Finance Fine Highlights Regulators’ Move on ‘Finfluencers’

Social media platforms like TikTok have transformed into vital sources of financial information, particularly for millennials and Gen Zs, with nearly 80% of these demographics seeking advice through these channels.  This shift toward these platforms has democratized access to financial knowledge, breaking down traditional barriers and fostering inclusivity.  However, the rise of “finfluencers” — popular yet potentially unqualified individuals

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Investors

ByteDance investors could win in TikTok sale says US lawmaker amid pressure to ban app over China espionage concerns

Investors in TikTok’s Chinese parent company stand to benefit if it sold the app because divestment would remove a source of uncertainty, a Republican lawmaker said. “It would be in the financial interest of ByteDance’s investors to effectuate a forced sale,” congressman Mike Gallagher, who spearheaded a House-passed bill aimed at making the company divest

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Banking

How do you find the most effective keywords?

I’ve been working with a client whose business has fallen off a bit, and she wanted to update her website to make sure that it was optimized and working for her as a marketing tool — not just a line item in her budget. She’s had her site for a while, but it still looks

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Crypto

Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows

Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work

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Property

Police investigating after Bikers Against Predators conducts operation on school property

BERNIE, Mo. (KFVS) – An organization called, “Bikers Against Predators” conducted an operation at a school in Bernie, Missouri. According to a statement from Bernie R-13 Superintendent Brad Botsch, the organization was on school property where a 50-year-old man from Dexter, Mo. came down to allegedly meet a 13-year-old girl. Botsch said this group conducts

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Mortgage

Can ‘house hacking’ help Gen Z afford homeownership?

More than half of buyers in younger generations are interested in seeing if they can use “house hacking” — or rental income — as a way to afford homes, Zillow found in a recent survey.  And some loan officers, like John Birke of Movement Mortgage, have developed marketing aimed at tapping into this interest on

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Crypto

Netflix users are urging people to watch new cryptocurrency documentary that’s making their ‘blood boil’

People are flooding to social media ‘speechless’ over a new Netflix documentary about cryptocurrency. Some people are skilled when it comes to investing and dealing in cryptocurrency and others? Well, others just hack the system. A new Netflix documentary has revealed how three men did just that and it’s leaving viewers pretty enraged. The documentary

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