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Martin Lewis suggests a cheaper alternative for drying laundry
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Martin Lewis suggests a cheaper alternative for drying laundry

Martin Lewis, the popular TV money-saving expert, has outdone himself in 2022, helping millions of Britons to navigate a desperately bleed cost of living crisis by dishing out vital personal finance tips at a time when many are in need of all the practical help they can get.

Bringing compassion and expertise to his appearances on his ITV programme The Martin Lewis Money Show Livevia his BBC podcast, his website and newsletter and through his regular media interviews, Lewis is providing a welcome public service to those struggling to make ends meet.

No concern is too small to warrant

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Collapsed crypto giant recovers over $5bn of assets
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Collapsed crypto giant recovers over $5bn of assets

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried.

The former chief executive of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried

Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has located more than $5bn (£4.1bn) of assets, an attorney for the firm says.

However, a US bankruptcy court was told on Wednesday that the extent of losses to customers is still unknown.

Prosecutors have accused FTX’s former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried of orchestrating an “epic” fraud that may have cost investors, customers and lenders billions of dollars.

Mr. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges that he cheated investors.

“We have located over 5 billion dollars of cash, liquid cryptocurrency and liquid investment securities,” Andy Dietderich, an

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Ant will get approval to increase its shopper finance enterprise
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Ant will get approval to increase its shopper finance enterprise

Regulatory scrutiny pressured the Hangzhou-based Ant Group to abruptly droop its huge IPO plans in 2020.

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BEIJING — Ant Group’s shopper finance unit has acquired approval to greater than double its registered capital, an indication of progress in resolving regulators’ considerations.

Because the abrupt suspension of its huge IPO in late 2020, Ant has been working with Chinese language regulators to restructure its enterprise. Alibaba owns 33% of Ant, which operates one in all China’s two dominant cell pay apps.

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-traded shares traded 8% greater Wednesday. Shares listed in New

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One Extra Treatment for Hiccups
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One Extra Treatment for Hiccups

December 20, 2022 · 5:50 AM

I’ve written beforehand about how Paul Ingraham helped remedy my patello-femoral ache syndrome.

Extra just lately, Paul seemed into hiccup cures as a result of his father had an intractable case. What lastly labored for dad? Respiratory right into a plastic bag.

Boosting blood CO2 (hypercapnia) by inhaling a PLASTIC bag. This one is sort of believable and is simple and protected to attempt. Hypercapnia positively impacts some sorts of hiccups. The story (from a sensible supply, an excellent “buddy of PainSci”): “There’s a fair simpler method out of hiccups — at zero price.

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Fargo finance director fired after internal investigation uncovers numerous failures – InForum
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Fargo finance director fired after internal investigation uncovers numerous failures – InForum

FARGO — The city of Fargo has fired Finance Director Terri Gayhart after the city’s internal investigation uncovered allegations such as name-calling and gender bias that had employees “dreading” coming into work each day.

Fargo Chief Communications Officer Gregg Schildberger confirmed in an email to The Forum that the city terminated Gayhart’s employment on Wednesday, May 17.

Gayhart was put on paid administrative leave on March 31 by Fargo City Administrator Michael Redlinger, according to city records. An internal investigation then began into “reports of a toxic work environment within the finance department, as well as deficient performance as

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A Nardin finance leader is out
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A Nardin finance leader is out

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — One day after the Nardin Academy Board of Trustees announced President Dr. Sandra Betters will be resigning at the end of June, the school announced the school’s vice president of finance and operations has left.

A notice was sent to Nardin employees and obtained by 7 News Friday.

It states “Greg Altman, Vice President of finance and operations, departed his role with Nardin Academy — effective immediately.”

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Notice sent to Nardin employees.

“We are currently reassigning his roles to trusted individuals across the Academy until we identify a candidate to resume the financial aspects of

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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Following on from our previous blog, We’re with you every step of the way!, the appetite to help and engage with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the whole RoSPA Health & Safety Awards team.

We caught up with two more members of the RoSPA team, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to find out how they are ready and willing to lend a helping hand…

Julia Small
Executive Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events

For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s robust award procedures, including the secure online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants, judging and verification

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Commercial real estate faces a brutal combo of higher rates, tighter lending, and looming debts
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Commercial real estate faces a brutal combo of higher rates, tighter lending, and looming debts

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Commercial real estate in Miami.Carlos Barria/Reuters

  • US commercial real estate faces higher interest rates, tighter lending, and maturing debts.

  • The sector’s woes may hit asset prices and spread to other industries, an expert at Goldman Sachs says.

  • If the authorities don’t help, there could be severe fallout from the current situation, said Jeff Fine.

Brutal headwinds are buffeting US commercial real estate, threatening to hit prices and hammer the wider economy, Goldman Sachs strategists have warned.

The CRE sector is navigating a “nearly perfect storm” of much higher interest rates, a credit crunch, and about $1 trillion of debt

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