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NYC upscale supermarket chain Morton Williams sold to ShopRite owner

“We didn’t have the [deep pockets] of the larger players to continue growing here,” Morton Williams co-owner Avi Kaner said.
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Burger King, Popeyes parent company RBI suffers mass earnings fall as expenses continue to rise

Parent company behind popular chains Tim Hortons, Popeyes and Firehouse Subs said it generated total revenue of $2.41 billion this past quarter.
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Air Force denies early retirement pay to some transgender service members

The Air Force, however, approved early retirement for self-identifying transgender service members with 18-20 years of honorable service.
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Ex-Google exec’s alarming 2027 prediction

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Mystery bidder spent $250K on busted Nintendo and pair of GameStop CEO’s underwear for charity

One man’s trash might be another man’s treasure, but what’s this about underwear?
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Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’

Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports.

Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins earlier this week that the administration was reviewing national climate assessment reports published by past governments.

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Trump signs order to allow crypto and real estate investments in retirement plans

Experts say allowing alternative assets like cryptocurrency in 401(k) portfolios carries a high degree of risk

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to allow cryptocurrency and other alternative assets like private equity and real estate to be included in the investments in 401(k) retirement accounts.

The order smoothes the way for fund managers to tap into trillions of dollars of Americans’ retirement savings. It could open up a vast new funding source to managers of so-called alternative assets outside stocks, bonds and cash, though critics say it also could bring too much risk into retirement investments. Such a move would be a boon for big alternative asset managers by opening the $12tn market for retirement funds, known as defined contribution plans, to their investments.

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New images show Manhattan-sized interstellar object that could be alien probe here to ‘destroy us’: Harvard scientist

A Harvard physicist has asserted that new images of the Manhattan-sized interstellar object rocketing through our inner solar system back his claim that it’s not a comet — but instead possibly an alien probe that may “destroy us.” Dr. Avi Loeb is pointing to apparent smoking guns emanating from 31/ATLAS — the object discovered in…
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Trump opens door for 401(k) retirement plans to invest in private equity and crypto

Millions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments, according to an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump that could give those financial players long-sought access to a pool of funds worth trillions.
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Rep. Cory Mills retains criminal defense lawyer, denies allegations of sextorting Miss United States Lindsey Langston

Mills was one of 409 House lawmakers who voted in April to pass the Take It Down Act, which criminalized the online publication of “revenge porn.”