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from24/7 Wall St.
3 days ago

President Trump is quietly planning to cut important Social Security benefits

Replace outdated data: This proposed change has bipartisan support. It would use the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) to replace the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The Social Security Administration must make decisions about how to interpret occupational data, including determining how many jobs exist at different skill levels and requiring different levels of exertion, as these factors impact eligibility. Regulatory changes would both alter the data source and modify this process.
US politics
fromFortune Crypto
1 week ago

Crypto M&A surges 30-fold as niche firms shift to mainstream | Fortune Crypto

21shares spent years building its crypto franchise outside Wall Street's orbit. From Zurich, it launched exchange-traded products that gave European investors access to Bitcoin and Ether long before the U.S. would allow them. Now, in selling itself to FalconX-a crypto prime broker backed by Tiger Global and Singapore's GIC-the company is trading autonomy for scale as crypto moves closer to the financial mainstream.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Credit unions raise the ante in mortgage battle with banks as they launch lower-cost home loan

The new product has one of the lowest interest rates in the market and comes weeks after credit unions were cleared to triple their current mortgage and business lending. Central Bank executives have given the go-ahead to changes to lending regulations for the sector. The new rules would allow an increase in the total lending capacity of the sector for mortgage and business lending from €2.9bn to €9.9bn, the Central Bank said. A number of larger credit unions already offer mortgages, but each has a different interest rate.
Real estate
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Not yet, says expert | CBC News

Canada's initiative to dismantle interprovincial trade barriers is just the beginning and will take time to implement fully.
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fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Verizon tries to get out of merger condition requiring it to unlock phones

Verizon is advocating for a longer device lock period to combat fraud, arguing that existing rules are outdated and detrimental to competition.
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