Month: June 2024
Savings app CEO says 85,000 accounts locked in fintech meltdown: ‘We never imagined a scenario like this’
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images When Adam Moelis co-founded a fintech startup named Yotta in 2019, he wanted to give Americans a new way to save money to help them cushion the ups and downs of life. Instead, his company has inadvertently been a source of deep pain for thousands of customers who […]
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Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
Members of the Michoacan Civil Guard tour the sites where polling stations will be installed on June 2 in Morelia, Mexico on May 30, 2024. Enrique Castro | AFP | Getty Images Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and […]
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A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
Residents and children fill water from a tanker amid a water crisis amid the summer months at Vivekananda Camp Chanakyapuri on May 31, 2024 in New Delhi. Sonu Mehta | Hindustan Times | Getty Images A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring […]
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Austin reaffirms U.S. commitment to Indo-Pacific, says region is ‘more prosperous when we work together’
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin speaks at the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 1, 2024. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — The United States remains vital to the future of the Indo-Pacific region, which is “more vital than ever” to the U.S., according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. […]
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This is the No. 1 error men and women make when texting, etiquette specialist says
Textual content messages are notoriously quick to misinterpret. Frequently, it truly is not the words in the message that induce the receiver to misconstrue the that means, it can be the punctuation. Durations, especially, can alter the tone of a textual content, says Daniel Article Senning, co-writer of “Emily Post’s Etiquette: The Centennial Version.” “The […]
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China’s new home prices inch up for 9th month in May, survey shows
A real estate complex under construction in Huai ‘an city, Jiangsu Province, China, June 20, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images New home prices in China rose slightly for a ninth month in May, a private survey showed, driven higher by a slew of supportive steps to prop up the nation’s crisis-hit property sector. […]
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