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Retirement confidence in the US ticks up; new rule for financial advisors is set to start
Two-thirds of Americans reported that they feel confident they have enough money for a comfortable retirement, up a notch from last year.
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Police-recorded shoplifting offences in England and Wales jump 37%
A total of 430,104 offences were logged by forces last year.
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Stocks are sending mixed signals, but investors shouldn't 'lose faith now': Morning Brief
Investors face mixed signals from Wall Street — as well as a historical calendar that suggests some chop might be around the corner.
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Rare film posters and art to go up for auction in Belfast
The items celebrating the career of Brian Desmond Hurst will be sold at Bloomfield Auctions in his native east Belfast next week.
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South MS high school softball playoffs are here. These are teams and players to watch
The softball postseason has arrived. Here’s the schedule and who to watch around the Coast.
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Historic SC plantation with ties to Robert E. Lee sells for $9 million. Take a look
This historic South Carolina plantation with ties to Robert E. Lee just sold for $9 million. Here’s what to know about it.
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This partnership is helping drive down the recidivism rate in SC - and helping employers | Opinion
SC officials: South Carolina’s holistic approach to helping ex-offenders find jobs is having a lasting impact | Opinion
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Tina Fey and Steve Carrell to reunite on The Four Seasons
The Mean Girls writer/producer and The Office alum will begin production later this year on the remake of Alan Alda's critically acclaimed 1981 film of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The stars will be playing a married couple for the second time. The series reunites Carell with Fey after the duo starred as bored married couple Phil and Claire Foster in Date Night – Shawn Levy’s 2010 rom-com about mistaken identity. Ordered straight-to-series in January after Netflix won the show, The Four Seasons adaptation...
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'Taylor Swift Act' and other efforts target sky-high concert ticket prices
The Taylor Swift concert ticket debacle two years ago is leading state and federal lawmakers to take aim at sales practices that they say are deceptive or predatory to music fans. A main goal of venues and musicians is to outlaw speculative sales when a seller offers a ticket they do not yet have. In some cases, they ask thousands of dollars for a ticket that they can buy later from the primary seller for $200 or less and reap the profit.
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BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 bln for first fund
Climate-focused investor Decarbonization Partners, a tie-up between BlackRock and Singaporean state investment firm Temasek, said on Thursday it had raised a higher-than-targeted $1.4 billion for its first fund. Others to back the venture and late-stage growth equity fund, which will focus on companies that can help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, include U.S. insurer Allstate, Spanish lender BBVA and energy firm TotalEnergies. In total, more than 30 institutional investors from 18 countries invested in the fund, the firm said in a statement, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices, helping it pass a $1 billion target.
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She won’t talk trash, Idaho. But Texas BBQ ‘duchess’ to open ‘proper’ Meridian restaurant
“I keep it very simple. ... We have a process. It took me many, many years.”
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Will a productive runner or sturdy lineman keep Boise State’s NFL Draft streak alive?
The Broncos have had at least one player drafted every year since 2010. That run could be in jeopardy.
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Idaho Attorney General Labrador questions doctors’ accounts of abortion emergencies
“It’s really hard for me to conceive of a single instance where a woman has to be airlifted out of Idaho to perform an abortion,” Labrador said.
- Biloxi Sun Herald
South MS high school baseball playoffs are here. These are teams and players to watch
It’s time for playoff baseball. Check out the schedule and who to watch on the diamond.
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Here are the 5 best pizza restaurants on Hilton Head SC for 2024, Tripadvisor says
These are the five best pizza restaurants on Hilton Head Island for 2024, according to Tripadvisor.
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Zendaya's tennis movie, 'Challengers,' tests friendship bonds of complex trio
When Zendaya first read the script for director Luca Guadagnino’s romantic sports film “Challengers,” she immediately understood that the tennis player turned coach she would portray was unapologetic about her own power and how she wielded it. “I also think that she isn't immediately dislikable, and she isn't perfect, and she isn't trying to be and we're not making any excuses for that either,” Zendaya said about her character, Tashi Duncan. At the Los Angeles premiere of the film, Zendaya took to the stage in her neon green halter dress and urged audiences not to judge the characters in the movie too harshly.
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Here are the 10 best Columbia SC area high schools in 2024, US News & World Report says
These are the 10 best Columbia area high schools in 2024, according to US News & World Report.
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US SEC expected to deny spot ether ETFs next month, industry sources say
U.S. issuers and other firms expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to deny their applications to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the price of ether after discouraging meetings with the agency in recent weeks, four people said. VanEck, ARK Investment Management and seven other issuers have filed with the SEC to list ETFs that would track the spot price of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin. The SEC must decide on VanEck's and ARK's filings, which are first in line, by May 23 and May 24 respectively.
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Idaho Republican legislators wouldn’t fix abortion law. It’s up to the Supreme Court | Opinion
Even Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she was “shocked” by Idaho lawyer’s arguments. | Opinion