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Making millions of dollars with a fleet of ice cream trucks, or an eBay business, or a family roofing company, feels like fulfillment of the American Dream. America seems to have more millionaires than ever. Indeed, the average U.S. household is now worth a million dollars, according to the federal Survey of Consumer Finances for 2022. Household wealth grew at a record pace in the pandemic, fed by surging home values and rising stock ownership.Not quite a millionaire yet? Don’t despair. The super-rich skew the average. The median American household – imagine the middle figure on a long list of numbers…
PTIUpdated June 23, 2024 14:33 ISTFPI inflows are concentrated in a few specific stocks rather than being spread across markets and sectors. Foreign investors made a strong comeback after the elections, with equity investments hitting Rs 12,170 crore in June. Image: CanvaFollowing the results of the general election, the party made a strong comeback. Foreign Investors Indian equities have seen inflows of Rs 12,170 crore so far in June, mainly on hopes of continued policy reforms and sustained economic growth.This follows a net withdrawal of Rs 25,586 crore from equities in May due to election jitters and over Rs 8,700…
When Andrew Lawrence starts his night shift, he turns on the monitor and watches the evening programming on Fox News.He and his small team at Media Matters for America, a liberal nonprofit media watchdog, spend hours each day glued to their screens, scanning cable shows, live streams and congressional hearings, clipping them and posting them on social media, looking for political moments they can denounce as absurd.”We’re watching Fox News so you don’t have to,” Lawrence said.The efforts seem to be paying off: His video posts often receive millions of views.Whereas clipping political gaffes was once just a pastime for…
I didn’t have much time. I was in the remote town of Altay in China’s far northwest region of Xinjiang, on the mountainous border with Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, thousands of miles from my base in Beijing as a bureau chief for The New York Times.In this case, my mission was personal: I was seeking records in Altay’s Civil Affairs Bureau on my father’s service in a Chinese army unit six decades earlier. I knew police officers would soon be trailing me, as they did whenever foreign journalists turned up in Xinjiang.It was 2014. President Xi Jinping had begun enacting…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Ukraine is fighting an increasingly fierce war of attrition with Russia, which can build more tanks and field bigger troops. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images Ukrainian security experts argue that Ukraine is falling prey to a strategy that favors Russia.Without a grand strategy for victory, Ukraine can only hope to hold on.”Without a strategy for victory, this war will become a war of attrition,” Oleksandr Danylyuk told BI. Ukraine is caught in a strategic trap: it is barely strong enough to stop a major Russian aggression, but not…
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa embraces her close friend, Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell, during a scheduled town hall meeting at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (Jeff Stelfox/The Gazette) Iowa’s tornado season has been record-breaking, but it’s not the only place experiencing the violent spins. U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s office tends to get dizzy when the issue of women’s reproductive rights comes up. Find a hiding place. Find a political hiding place. The latest example came as congressional Democrats were trying to pass a bill that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, which…
New Delhi [India]Pakistan men’s national team assistant coach Azhar Mahmood said those involved in spreading false accusations and reports targeting his family “will be dealt with through legal action.” Pakistan assistant coach Azhar Mahmood seeks legal advice over ‘false and baseless’ allegations Pakistan’s miserable T20 World Cup run came to a heartbreaking end as Babar Azam’s side were eliminated in the group stage. Watch your favorite games anytime, anywhere with Crickit. Here’s how Mahmood said he was upset to hear such false and baseless allegations. “I have heard false claims and stories circulating on social media and other media platforms.…
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech assistant professor Bikram Gill has been a fixture at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus since the first one took place in late October in response to the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.When protesters set up an encampment at Tech University in April, Gill wasn’t there to witness it begin, but he was one of 82 people arrested when police shut it down. Bikram Gill, a political science professor at Virginia Tech, spoke at a rally in downtown Blacksburg on Oct. 20. Roanoke Times, File 2023 “I was out of town giving a talk,” Gill said,…
A group that claims to have hacked software company CDK Global is demanding a ransom of tens of millions of dollars, Bloomberg reports.CDK, which provides software to North American auto dealerships, intends to pay the ransom, but talks could change, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.According to Bloomberg, sources said the group behind the hack is believed to be based in Eastern Europe.USA TODAY has reached out to CDK Global for comment.CDK Cyber Attack:Hackers force car dealership’s software system to shut down after cyber attackThree days after the cyber incident beganThe CDK cyber outage lasted three consecutive days,…
CNN — With the official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage approaching 500, there were not enough medical personnel or basic equipment to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the extreme heat wave that hit Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims who recently returned from the Hajj told CNN. Witnesses said it had become commonplace during mass religious events for devotees to walk past unconscious bodies draped in white cloth. The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this year took place amid extreme weather conditions with temperatures much higher than normal. The exact death toll is unclear but is expected…