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Eric Trump Says Lenders He Hit for Half-Billion Dollars in Father’s Bond Scramble ‘Were Laughing’

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Less than a day before Donald Trump’s deadline to post a $464 million bond or risk his assets getting seized by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, his children are going to the media to complain about the cash squeeze. Trump’s younger son Eric Trump opined about the ordeal during an appearance on Sunday … Read more

Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders

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Venture capital funding has never been robust for women or Black and brown founders. Alongside Crunchbase, we’ve been tracking funding levels to pinpoint moments of progress and regression for marginalized entrepreneurs. For example, Black founders saw record amounts of funding in the bull year that was 2021, but that amount dipped substantially as the market … Read more

How this $50 laptop accessory can save you thousands of dollars

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StarTech.com Universal Laptop Lock Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysStarTech.com Universal Laptop Lock is available from Amazon for $46.Solid, well-made laptop lock is more than enough to deter an opportunistic thief.Not the lightest, most convenient thing to carry about. As tech gadgets become increasingly compact and lightweight, they become more vulnerable to theft. It may be nearly … Read more

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly seeks trillions of dollars for AI chip project

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seeking trillions of dollars in investments to overhaul the global semiconductor industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. Altman has long talked of the supply-and-demand problem with AI chips — many AI giants want them, but there aren’t enough to go around — and that it limits OpenAI’s growth. He’s considering … Read more

U.S. deficit tops half a trillion dollars in first quarter of fiscal year

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The U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 15, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government ran up another half a trillion dollars in red ink in the first quarter of its fiscal year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. For the period from October 2023 through December 2023, the budget … Read more

India boycott of Maldives may cost country millions in tourism dollars

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Social media posts by Maldivian officials may cost the country millions in tourism revenue, as calls by Indian travelers to boycott the island nation intensify.   “We are seeing a 40% drop in bookings over the last two days,” Ankit Chaturvedi, vice president and global head of marketing at the India-based travel software company Rategain, … Read more

IDF releases picture of wanted Hamas military chief clutching wad of US dollars

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Israel’s military has released a new picture of Hamas’s shadowy military commander clutching a wad of US dollars while relaxing outdoors as it continues to hunt him down in Gaza. The image shows Mohammed Deif, the leader of the terror group’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, casually checking his watch as he clutches a half-full plastic … Read more

An 11-year-old was given an allotment of ‘undesirable’ land. Beneath the surface was millions of dollars worth of oil.

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In the early 20th century, Sarah Rector was given 160 acres of land as part of a government treaty. 11-year-old Rector became incredibly wealthy when oil was discovered under her land. Rector’s newfound wealth made her the target of marriage proposals and suspected schemes. When Sarah Rector was given 160 acres of land, she and … Read more

Apple makes it easier for app makers to compete for your dollars

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Apple announced a pilot program called “contingent pricing for subscriptions” yesterday that will let App Store developers automatically offer discounted subscriptions for users of other apps. Developers, the company says, will be able to base this on subscriptions “from one developer or two different developers,” which lets them not only entice customers they already have … Read more