• The Australian Defence Formula: Spend! Spend! Spend!

    The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More

    • CHCH

    Canada's 2024 budget sees billions in new spending

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Budget 2024… titled “Fairness for Every Generation.” It has people talking online because the federal Liberals are spending more than $52 billion more than planned over the next five years. With interest rates at a 20-year high, Ottawa’s cost to borrow has spiked from just over $20 billion in 2020 to a whopping $54.1 billion […]

  • Brad Dourif retires from acting, but won't give Chucky up just yet

    After decades of voicing the killer doll Chucky, you’d think actor Brad Dourif would call it quits. The Academy Award-nominated actor is done with Hollywood, but he’s not turning his back on Chucky just yet. In a recent interview, it seems like Dourif is calling time on his days as an actor but looks to […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Brad Dourif retires from acting, but won’t give Chucky up...

  • LIC sees 59% jump in value of investments in Adani stocks

    New Delhi: LIC, the state-owned insurance behemoth, has seen a 59 per cent rise in value of its investments in Adani group companies in 2023-24 fiscal year after the conglomerate made a smart recovery since being hammered by a damning short seller report.

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    The value of LIC's investment in seven Adani group companies has soared from Rs 38,471 crore as on March 31, 2023, to Rs...

  • Wells Fargo Sees Brighter Days for US Consumer Spending

    The opening week of first-quarter earnings season was billed as a referendum on the state of the U.S. economy, specifically consumer spending. While Wells Fargo didn’t post stellar earnings Friday (April 12) it did vote “yes” on the economic prospects for the balance of 2024. “We continue to see strength in the U.S. economy,” CEO Charlie Scharf said during the company’s […]

  • Fallout recap: Walton Goggins gives the show's best performance yet

    [Editor’s note: This is a recap of Fallout episode six. The recap of episode seven publishes April 18.] So, the problem with writing a headline like “Welp, that’s one of the grossest things we’ve ever seen,” turns out, is that “grossest things” is a constantly moving target. You can hit publish on a line like that, and then, just three episodes later, you’re watching a woman give birth to salamanders that then proceed to swim on back and graphically eat her alive. And then where do we go from...

  • Will Virtual Card Numbers Spark a Rush to Spend Apple Cash?

    For Apple — and as been seen already with Block (formerly Square) — the drive is to get consumers to spend the cash, rather than just bank it. Apple, of course, has been forging an ecosystem that includes financial services, where Apple Cash serves as a linchpin. The cash card is built into Apple devices, […]

    • Snopes

    Veterinarian Called Police After Seeing Ultrasound of Horse Refusing to Give Birth?

    A fascinating story of a farmer named Ben and a horse named Felicia was shared on Facebook in early 2024.

  • At Johnson’s most vulnerable point yet, GOP sees potential successors jostle

    Many of the speaker’s critics would prefer to air their disappointment with him after Election Day. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ouster effort is raising the tension.

  • Join The Telegraph’s ‘How I Spend My Money’ diaries – and find out where your cash really goes

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  • Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents

    Red States Fight Growing Efforts To Give "Basic Income" Cash To Residents By Kevin Hardy of Stateline South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik, a Republican. “The main thing I like to do is try and stay ahead of trends and try and prevent bad things from coming into our state.” This session, that meant sponsoring...

  • John Calipari gives honest take on state of Arkansas basketball: 'There is no team'

    John Calipari, the new Arkansas men’s basketball head coach, poked some fun at the current state of the roster he’s taking over.