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Netflix Announces Bold New Partnership With Anime Powerhouse MAPPA

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Netflix has recently formed a strategic partnership with the Japanese animation studio, MAPPA. This partnership will extend their existing relationship, giving Netflix exclusive streaming rights to a set of MAPPA-produced original anime. As per the deal, Netflix and MAPPA will join forces to develop new series and properties with international ambitions, from early concepts through […]

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Saks Global files for bankruptcy

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By Josh Cradduck and Reuters The company that owns the iconic luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday. The move comes after Saks Global struggled with debt it took on to buy rival Neiman Marcus, lagging department store sales and a rising online market. It’s one of the largest retail collapses since the Covid-19 pandemic, and casts

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Rep. Dan Goldman Introduces New Tax On Wealthiest Americans Generating An Estimated $276 Billion In Revenue

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Written By Lexx Thornton Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today introduced the Redistribution of Billions by Instituting New High-Income Obligations on Overlooked Debt(ROBINHOOD) Act, a new federal tax on the ultra-wealthy designed to address one of the most glaring failures in the current tax code: the ability of the uber-wealthy to access enormous amounts of money

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Michigan House Blocks Funding for Flint Water Crisis Programs

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by Lexx Thornton The Michigan House has voted to block $8.3 million in funding allocated for Flint water crisis programs.  Republican House Speaker Matt Hall described the funding for the aftermath of the Flint water crisis as part of the waste that House Republicans aimed to cut from slush funds.  “The Flint drinking water emergency

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Alabama Power Freezes Electricity Rates Through 2027 to Help Residents with High Costs

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Written By Lexx Thornton Alabama Power has announced it will not increase electricity rates through 2027, aiming to help customers during a time when budgets are tight. The company states that the freeze is intended to provide financial relief to residents as they face increasing living costs.  Many ratepayers, such as Lamar Jaddis in Birmingham,

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Meet Luuk Halman, The Digital Nomad Who Quietly Built a Seven Figure Empire

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To most people, the life of a digital nomad exists somewhere on a spectrum between Pinterest inspiration and a pipedream. However, Luuk Halman engineered reality and made it highly lucrative. Halman did not hit seven figures and find himself waking up in Bali by chance. Having a more modest upbringing, he realized that freedom isn’t

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FASFA’s New Earnings Warning to Students

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By Lexx Thornton While the FAFSA focuses on aid, the data collected by the Department of Education (DoE) sends a critical signal: students must scrutinize post-graduation earning potential.  Choosing a school where graduates consistently face high debt relative to low earnings is a financial trap.  The DoE emphasizes the debt-to-earnings ratio, which compares a graduate’s

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Democrats Move to Block Trumps $1 Coins from Treasury Department Mint

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By Anders Hagstrom Democratic senators are introducing legislation that would block the Treasury Department from minting $1 coins with President Donald Trump’s likeness on them.  Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., are set to introduce the legislation on Tuesday, according to a report from Punchbowl News. Dubbed the Change Corruption Act, the

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Employees Charged with Stealing Over $700K in COVID Unemployment Benefits

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Written By Lexx Thornton Eleven additional Los Angeles County employees have been charged with felony grand theft for fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits between 2020 and 2023, despite being employed full-time during that time.  A total of 24 Los Angeles County employees allegedly submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) between

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New Florida Law Requires Licensed Health Care Facilities, Providers, and Practitioners to Promptly Refund Patient Overpayments

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Written By Lexx Thornton Effective January 1, 2026, a new Florida law (CS/CS/SB 1808) requires licensed health care facilities, providers, and practitioners (each, a “Licensed Provider”) to refund any overpayment made by a patient no later than 30 days after the Licensed Provider determines that the patient made an overpayment.   For Licensed Providers who are

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