Monthly Archives: August 2022

Goldman Sachs’ Marcus still on a costly hunt for ever-elusive maiden profit

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Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon secretly paid $5 million to the Trump Foundation as Donald Trump appeared at events like WrestleMania

Donald Trump shaving Vince McMahon’s head at WrestleMania 23 in 2007. Leon Halip/WireImage Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon made undisclosed payments totaling $5 million to the Trump Foundation. $4 million and $1 million were paid in 2007 and 2009, the same years Trump appeared at WWE events. McMahon retired last month amid the WWE board’s…

Payments startups secure funding despite economic worries

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$10,000 of student-loan forgiveness would wipe out half my debt, but I have mixed feelings about it

The author, Sarah Martinez Shaw, showing school spirit. Sarah Martinez Shaw When I graduate in 2023, I will have taken out about $20,000 in federal student loans. If President Biden forgives $10,000 per borrower, half my debt would be wiped out. That would be huge. I’m tired of hearing that $10,000 of forgiveness would be…

A 39-year-old veteran left a job paying $80,000 to start her own business because she knew she could do it better than her bosses

Antisha Walley Antisha Walley, 39, started a business in 2020 after realizing she could do things better on her own. She’s on track to take home $70,000 this year but also has additional income to support her as the business grows. She’s among the many Americans who have embraced self-employment over the past few years….

Existing home sales plunge for the sixth straight month and hit a 2-year low as the housing market’s cooldown intensifies

A home for sale in Florida. Four cities in Florida saw over a 15% increase in homebuyer income, the state to have the most in the top 10 highest. Orlando Sentinel/Getty Images Existing home sales fell to an annual rate of 4.81 million in July, the National Association of Realtors said. That landed below the…

The most popular Netflix movies of all time, including ‘Red Notice’ and ‘The Gray Man’

Ryan Gosling in “The Gray Man.” Netflix “Red Notice” is Netflix’s biggest original movie ever, with 364 million hours watched in its first month. “The Gray Man” is currently No. 4 after three weeks on the service. Netflix’s primary metric of hours viewed in the first 28 days gives a boost to longer movies like…