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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey—along with a number of private contractors and operators—has done wonders with the revamp of LaGuardia Airport on Long Island, and Terminal A at Newark Airport in New Jersey. Passenger services like retail and dining have been intrinsic to the new look, and JFK is now in the process of getting the same treatment. Skytrax—which runs the most prestigious annual awards for global airports—has recognized Newark’s Terminal A as the world’s best new airport terminal this year, having earlier given it its highest rating of five stars. This follows LaGuardia’s Terminal B…

John Maynard Keynes is very well known for his contributions to economics and policy making, but less so for his investing prowess. In the 1920’s Keynes worked as a portfolio manager for two insurance companies and from 1921 to 1946 ran the endowment (the ‘Chest’) for King’s College, Cambridge. Keynes’ investing performance is the subject of some fascinating research by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson. Early in his career Keynes was what we might call a macro investor, focusing on commodities and foreign exchange. Later, he became more focused on stocks, and from the 1930’s Keynes beat the (stock) market…

Crypto analyst SHIB Knight reveals a critical level at which he plans to buy Shiba Inu, anticipating the ongoing accumulation to conclude with a “massive pump.” The market watcher disclosed this at a time when Shiba Inu is battling to retain some of the gains it garnered during the previous uptrend. Recall that SHIB recently spiked 17% within three days to retest the $0.00003 price territory. However, this price upswing met stern resistance at the local top. As a result, Shiba Inu faced a retracement, with SHIB Knight disclosing that he would leverage the buying opportunity from this correction to…

President Joe Biden on Friday said that Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money trial reaffirmed “the American principle that no one is above the law.” Speaking from the White House, Biden said the jury consisted of regular Americans who heard evidence and returned a unanimous verdict. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself,” Biden said. “A state case, not a federal case, was heard by a jury of 12 citizens. Twelve Americans. Twelve people like you, like millions of Americans who served on juries.” He said Trump’s jury was “chosen the same way every jury in America” and was “a process…

INDAIANPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers season ended earlier this week. After a strong playoff run, they were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, and that sent them into offseason mode. They are in an envious spot. The Pacers are young, yet extremely talented. They reached the conference finals while starting two players in Andrew Nembhard and Tyrese Haliburton who had no playoff experience entering this season, and multiple bench players got their first taste of the postseason too. Despite all that, the Pacers played their game and won two rounds. They have room to grow. In…

Rashawn Russell, a former investment banker, has been sentenced to 41 months in jail for wire fraud related to a cryptocurrency and access device fraud. Russell’s sentencing took place at the Eastern New York District Court in Brooklyn after his September 2023 guilty plea. Former Banker’s $1.5 Million Crypto Fraud Prosecutors detailed that Russell began soliciting investments in November 2020, targeting friends, former college classmates, and co-workers for his R3 Crypto Fund. He guaranteed some investors a 25% return and suggested to others that they could make up to 100%. Leveraging his background as a former investment banker and registered…

The Colorado Legislature sent a bill to the governor this week that seeks to limit children’s social media use by requiring, among other actions, a pop-up notification that informs young users of when they use a social media platform for an extended period of time. The bill is the latest state effort to regulate social media use amid widening fears that heavy usage is harmful for children. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who has previously voiced concerns over state regulation of social media, has not yet indicated whether he will sign the bill, and a spokeswoman said he was reviewing the final version sent…

Google Voice is a free internet telephone service that allows you to combine all your cellular services and forward calls to several devices at a time.Google Voice was launched in March 2009, after Google acquired the communications startup GrandCentral. Today, some 15 years later, Google Voice is part of Google Workspace, alongside other core services like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Meet.This internet telephone service remains free for almost all calls placed within the United States and Canada, with varying international rates. While you do have to have at least one existing phone line in order to use Google…

The flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($BTC) has been seeing an influx of capital from whale wallets, which have been adding around $1 billion worth of BTC per day, according to data from the cryptocurrency’s blockchain. That’s according to the CEO of cryptocurrency analytics firm CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, who revealed on the microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that the robust accumulation suggests that these funds are “likely custody.” In his post, Young-Ju highlighted a parallel between Bitcoin’s current behavior and the market activity of mid-2020, before a bull run in 2021. During that period, Bitcoin’s price remained relatively stable,…

Bill Pruitt, a former producer on “The Apprentice,” describes the moment he says he heard former President Donald Trump use the N-word in a production meeting. CNN cannot independently verify his claims, and Trump’s campaign has flatly denied the allegations.