With the spring car-buying season starting just as tax return checks arrive, these are the biggest savings available on slightly used cars versus their new-model equivalents.
Apple's hardware roadmap was in the news this week, with things hopefully firming up for a launch of updated iPad Pro and iPad Air models next month while we look ahead to the other iPad models and a full lineup of M4-based Macs arriving starting later this year. We also heard some fresh rumors about iOS 18, due to be unveiled at WWDC in a couple of months, while we took a look at how things are going with the iPhone 15 Pro now that it's halfway through its flagship lifecycle, so read on...
Hi! This is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. Today, I am breaking an important story on how the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is increasing its scrutiny on fintech startups that are vying for an insurance manufacturing licence. 109078527Driving the news: Multiple people in the know have told me that the insurance regulator is not comfortable with the typical corporate structures of startups, and may not be in favour of granting them an insurance manufacturing...
Hi, This is Pratik in Bengaluru. For the last three months, we have been reporting about how things unfolded at Paytm Payments Bank, and as of now it looks bleak for the beleaguered banking entity.The resignation of Paytm Payments Bank CEO Surinder Chawla on April 9 left the bank headless, and its affairs in a state of limbo. It wasn’t entirely unexpected, but his departure within a month of the bank stopping basic banking services did cause some surprise. 109260385While the regulatory...
JOPLIN, Mo – After a week of high school sports & collegiate sports, we showed off our Top 5 Plays of the Week from around the Four States Play #1: Cooper Lilienkamp (Carthage Sophomore Outfielder) — Carthage's Cooper Lilienkamp hit a walk-off 2-RBI single against Carl Junction. With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, []
JOPLIN, Mo – After a week of high school sports & collegiate sports, we showed off our Top 5 Plays of the Week from around the Four States. Play #1: Shaun Hunt (Webb City Senior First Baseman) — Webb City's Shaun Hunt had ice in his veins last Thursday when the bases were loaded, Hunt ripped []
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The April 12 edition features stories by Stephanie McCrummen, Mark Warren, Trina Moyles, Laura Preston, and Jack King.
THIS WEEK’S OTHER TRUMP LEGAL STORY. The trial of former President Donald Trump, the paperwork case over the nondisclosure agreement he had with a porn star, continues with jury selection in Manhattan. It’s been extensively covered; this newsletter wrote not one but two previews last week, plus more discussion yesterday. So enough about that for a […]
Letters to the editor published in The Monitor, Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald during the week of April 15-20, 2024.
Take a deep breath, cosmic beings. We’ve made it through the two eclipses of the season, and now we’re emerging on the other side. With Mercury in its last full week retrograde, all zodiac signs will be in a reflective mood during this final week of Aries Season. We’re being encouraged to think back on how much we’ve transformed since the Libra lunar eclipse took place on March 25. Monday’s quarter moon in Cancer is the ideal opportunity to introspectively seek answers and to indulge in deep...