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Expert on why financial secrets can break trust in relationships
With Valentine's Day coming Friday, a recent survey reveals that 40% of Americans in committed relationships have kept a financial secret from their partner. CBS News business analyst Jill ...CBS News - 5d -
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by Congress to protect Americans from predatory practices. Ayelet Sheffey, a senior economic policy reporter at Business Insider, joins CBS News ...CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Trump’s reckless experiment with financial deregulation
Mindless slashing of red tape poses a threat to market stabilityFinancial Times - 1d -
Patrick Mahomes’s Secret Weapon? His ‘Dad Bod.’
The common measurements humans use to calculate athleticism are woefully incomplete.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
Secret Service unveils Super Bowl ad
The Secret Service has unveiled a Super Bowl advertisement titled “A History of Protection.” “If you weren't able to attend tonight's big game, you missed a jumbotron highlight!” reads a post on ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Patrick Mahomes Knows the Secret to Authentic Leadership
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback understands the power of authenticity.Inc. - Feb. 11 -
Former Secret Service leader Ronald Rowe is retiring
Former Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe is retiring, according to the Secret Service. “Deputy Director Ronald Rowe, a valued executive and leader of the United States Secret Service, has ...The Hill - 6d -
Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails
Scientists identified new structures in the tail vanes of the prehistoric flying reptiles.The New York Times - 4d -
C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico
The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.The New York Times - 6h -
Trump Media Is Moving Into the Financial Services Industry
The parent company of Truth Social said it had applied for trademarks for investment products that would allow supporters to invest in the “patriotic economy.”The New York Times - Feb. 6 -
DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.Wired - Feb. 7 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made Public
The billionaire, who is serving President Trump as an unpaid “special government employee,” will file a confidential report on his financial interests, according to a White House official.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Chair of UK’s financial ombudsman to step down
Baroness Zahida Manzoor called for ‘radical’ shake-up of rules after the sudden departure of agency’s chief executiveFinancial Times - Feb. 11 -
Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators
Jonathan McKernan has been nominated to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been in turmoil for days and has fired a number of probationary employees.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa
South Africa is one of the latest countries President Trump has targeted since taking office. Last week, the White House issued an executive order completely cutting off financial assistance to the ...CBS News - 3d -
Op-ed: 5 steps to help you financially recover after a wildfire, from a California-based financial advisor
Restoring stability after a natural disaster is challenging. Taking specific steps can help you regain control of your finances, says a California-based advisor.CNBC - 6d -
Stuck in a Rut? This Psychologist’s Take a Dozen Rule Is the Secret to Feeling Inspired Again
Feel like you’re stuck in a rut and lack the inspiration to move your business or life forward? A leading psychologist has a solution.Inc. - Feb. 7 -
For Super Bowl broadcasters, game 'boards' are an indispensable booth secret
For Super Bowl play-by-play broadcasters Jim Nantz, Joe Buck, Al Michaels, game cards or "boards" play a vital part in the storytelling process during games.Yahoo Sports - Feb. 8 -
UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more.Wired - Feb. 8 -
3 Secrets to Duolingo’s Success, According to Its Newly Published Company Handbook
The company has grown its following thanks to its “unhinged” marketing gimmicks—but that’s not its only strategy.Inc. - 6d -
Five Nights At Freddy's: Secret Of The Mimic Scares Up The Franchise's Return
After a nearly two-year hiatus, the Five Nights At Freddy's franchise is making a return this year with its next mainline title, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic. During Sony's latest ...GameSpot - 6d -
‘Here lives the monster’s brain’: the man who exposed Switzerland’s dirty secrets
Inspired by Che Guevara, Jean Ziegler has spent the past 60 years exposing how Switzerland enabled global wrongdoing. His enemies accuse him of treason. In early 1964, Jean Ziegler, a young Swiss ...The Guardian - 5d -
Tennis has a dirty secret but is cleaning up its act
Quietly and without any great fanfare, tennis has just taken a major step in confronting one of its dirtiest secrets: the all-too-common abuse or exploitation of players, especially young female ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
High court to hear claim of secret Ireland-UK terrorism defence pact
The alleged agreement would have come into effect in the event of a hijacking or terrorist attack in Irish airspace. A legal bid to establish whether or not the Irish government entered a secret ...The Guardian - 4d -
BREAKING: Doughty Selected to Team Canada
Drew Doughty will don the maple leaf once again. After only six games of action since his return, the future Hall of Famer has been officially named as Canada’s replacement for Alex Pietrangelo in ...Yahoo Sports - Feb. 9 -
Can we break the anxiety habit?
Writer and therapist Owen O’Kane believes we have become addicted to feeling anxious. Here, he explains how he learned to manage his fears. Key work events make me anxious. They give me chest pain, ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Naomi Campbell claims she did not know of financial misconduct at charity
Supermodel alleges ‘concerted deception’ by fellow trustee kept her in dark over running of Fashion for Relief. The supermodel Naomi Campbell has claimed she knew nothing of the extensive financial ...The Guardian - Feb. 7 -
DOGE rooted into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as new acting head named
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an outlet for Americans dealing with issues such as questionable student loan servicing practices or excessive bank overdraft fees.CBS News - Feb. 8 -
Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity
Russell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies. Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
The development came after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, gained access to the CFPB and began a thorough review.CBS News - Feb. 9 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shut down for a week: Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be shut down for a week, according to multiple reports. The CFPB’s Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez said in a Sunday email that there would ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Warren on efforts to shutter CFPB: 'No one can fire the financial cops'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday accused the Trump administration of trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to benefit tech billionaire Elon Musk's payment ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Shutting down CFPB 'begging for another financial crisis': Former director
Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), argued Monday that shutting down the agency is “begging for another financial crisis,” as the Trump ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Reddit teams with Intercontinental Exchange to build financial-analytics products
The partnership will connect anonymous conversations on Reddit to Intercontinental Exchange’s data-science and machine-learning infrastructure to provide new datasets and analytics, Reddit said.MarketWatch - 6d -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Overhauls the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers a glimpse into the playbook that Elon Musk and other Trump allies seem to be writing in real time.The New York Times - 5d -
MSG Networks faces financial turmoil despite Knicks' promising season
MSG Networks, the New York Knicks' regional sports channel, is facing financial woes even as its team is in the middle of a competitive season.CNBC - 4d