February 19, 2025
Financial Assets

Consumers need a watchdog to guard their wallets from bad deals

Trump shuts down US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Protesters are calling on the Trump administration to change course and re-open the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). It is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector founded in 2011 after the Great Recession. Fox – Seattle CFPB

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Fixed Assets

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture visits Louisville for Farm Machinery Show

Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday chose Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins, who was recently confirmed as secretary of agriculture, visited Louisville Friday for the National Farm Machinery Show. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited

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Fixed Assets

Deere shares drop with global farm slump hitting sales

Michael Hirtzer  |  Bloomberg Deere & Co. shares slid in pre-market trading as the world leader in farm machinery anticipates another challenging year. The maker of the iconic green and yellow machines used to plant and harvest crops kept its 2025 net income estimate between $5 billion to $5.5 billion, while sales in the key

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Gold Investing

Gold prices surge to two-month high as US dollar weakens

Anjana Anil  |  Reuters S&P 500 posts best week since Trump’s election U.S. stocks rallied on Friday with the S&P 500 and Dow notching their biggest weekly percentage gains since early November… and the Nasdaq registering its best week since early December. Gold prices jumped to a over two-month peak on Tuesday, supported by a

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Financial Assets

Ex-Peloton CEO John Foley ‘lost all my money’ in company exit

Peloton sees first revenue growth since 2021, but forecast remains mixed Peloton reported a modest sales increase of in its fiscal fourth quarter, marking its first year-over-year revenue growth since the 2021 holiday season. Benzinga – News Peloton co-founder John Foley revealed that he nearly lost all his money after leaving the exercise equipment company

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Fixed Assets

Michigan woman loses $100,000 in scam involving bitcoin ATM and cash

5 scams that seniors need to avoid With the emergence of AI and other new technologies, people have become more susceptible to scams online, especially older people. unbranded – Lifestyle No one — repeat, no one — needs to be so fearful that they’re stuffing tens of thousands of dollars in a box and standing

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Tangible Assets

Someone else filed to trademark Jools Lebron’s ‘mindful, demure’ catchphrase

Why is everyone trying to be ‘very demure, very mindful’? Jools Lebron’s video about being “demure” has taken over. Everyone from Dunkin Donuts to the White House is trying to get in on being “demure.” “Demure and mindful” – you’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard these phrases flying around

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Tangible Assets

See Columbus’ Simone Biles at Gold Over America Tour in Ohio

Simone Biles’ impact looms large over gymnastics, Olympics After a dominant performance at the Paris Olympics, USA TODAY’s Nancy Armour says Simone Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast. GOAT. Legend. Idol. Those are just a few words used to describe gymnast Simone Biles. The decorated Olympic athlete is joining Jade Carey, Jordan

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Gold Investing

Gold bar prices reach record high of $1 million. What’s yours worth?

Value of gold bar reaches $1M for 1st time A bar of gold is now worth $1 million. Fox – LA The price of gold hit an all-time high this week, driving the price of a standard gold bar up to $1 million for the first time ever. A typical gold bar as we think

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Financial Assets

Reno airport sells $238.3 million in bonds for key expansion

The bonds, which represent the first major debt for the airport ‘for some time,’ is necessary for the billion-dollar MoreRNO expansion project, airport authority says. A major expansion project for the Reno airport secured crucial funding after a successful bond sale to investors. The Reno-Tahoe International Airport announced on Tuesday that it generated $238.3 million

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