11:30 a.m. EST: President Biden meets with Vice President Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd AustinLloyd AustinOn The Money: Senate confirms Yellen as first female Treasury secretary | Biden says he's open to tighter income limits for stimulus checks | Administration will look to expedite getting Tubman on bill Overnight Defense: Biden lifts Trump's transgender military ban | Democrats, advocates celebrate end of ban | 5,000 guardsmen staying in DC through mid-March Senate confirms Yellen as first female Treasury secretary MORE and Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. … [Read more...] about The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – GOP senator retires
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Six ways to ensure you maintain a good credit rating
However you tackle it, the usual rules should apply if you’re to avoid adding unnecessary costs to your borrowing or credit: make required payments before the due date so you avoid interest penalties. In the case of credit cards, if you pay off the balance within 55 days, not only do you avoid penalty payments, you avoid any interest at all. … [Read more...] about Six ways to ensure you maintain a good credit rating
In the Most Competitive Oscar Season Ever, Bloggers Are Keeping Score
Least predictable of all is Best Picture, where American Hustle, Gravity, and 12 Years a Slave have been in a dead heat for much of the season. Sasha Stone started her site to answer the existential Best Picture question: Why did Citizen Kane lose to How Green Was My Valley? She and O’Neil have come to believe a good prognosticator is a cynical one. “Now we know why Citizen Kane lost,” says O’Neil; it was the better movie. “And it would lose all over again this year,” says Stone. She blogged for free for eight years while working as a teacher’s aide and janitor—“literally cleaning shit off the walls in Van Nuys.” Today she makes low six figures, but sometimes thinks, I would put it all back in the bottle, if I could, just to love movies again. … [Read more...] about In the Most Competitive Oscar Season Ever, Bloggers Are Keeping Score
Marie Osmond reflects on remarrying her first husband: ‘God brought a miracle into both of our lives’
"I think it is the greatest thing in the world," she explained. "He’s my best friend. We love to just do nothing together. We have fun just being together. He loves me for me and I love him for him. And he makes me laugh. I think those 26 years apart, God brought a miracle into both of our lives. And it’s been incredible since then. I’m very, very blessed." … [Read more...] about Marie Osmond reflects on remarrying her first husband: ‘God brought a miracle into both of our lives’
Bloomberg: Online Investing Forums Are Driving Stocks Like Gamestop ‘to the Moon’
Part of GameStop’s stock success has been the addition of Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen to the company’s board. Cramer commented on this stating: “GameStop, arguably the reason why they’re in it, this fellow Ryan Cohen did a great job on Chewy. This is the paradigm. You’re going to see it with Bed Bath & Beyond, using a Loop upgrade. You’re seeing it for Adam Aron’s company, AMC.” … [Read more...] about Bloomberg: Online Investing Forums Are Driving Stocks Like Gamestop ‘to the Moon’