Private student loan interest rates drop for 5-year terms and rise for 10-year terms
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Government, private think tanks hype right-wing threat, ignore left-wing violence: experts
Critics say researchers at government and taxpayer-backed private think tanks exaggerate the threat of “far-right extremism” while failing to recognize the growing threat of left-wing violence, pointing to the two assassination attempts on former President Trump as examples of the danger posed by segments of the left. “It goes without saying that violence of any […]
GOP lawmaker suggests Trump may need to look at private security
Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) on Monday suggested former President Trump consider hiring private security following what appears to be the second assassination attempt in the past few months. “If I were President Trump and my goal was to survive, I would look at a variety of options, including private security, to meet some of these […]
Tech Billionaire Jared Isaacman Becomes First-Ever Civilian To Complete Private Spacewalk
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 10, 2024. The Polaris Dawn mission is a private spaceflight backed by billionaire Jared Isaacman, founder of payments platform company Shift4. During the mission, astronauts will attempt the first privately funded spacewalk. […]
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman conducting first-ever private spacewalk
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first private citizen in history to perform a spacewalk early Thursday morning, following humanity's farthest journey from Earth since the Apollo moon missions. Footage of the daring stunt shows 41-year-old Isaacman jumping on a rope from SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just before 7am and coming face-to-face with the dark […]
Bankrupt hospital chain paid private equity giant $700M dividend
The nation's largest private, for-profit hospital chain reportedly paid out $790 million in dividends before filing for bankruptcy a few years later, most of which went to Manhattan-based private equity owners. Steward Healthcare System, a Boston-based network of 30 hospitals that operates in rural and low-income areas, paid Cerberus Capital Management in 2016, the same […]
Generous Benefit Plans Leading Gov’t Employees To Be Nearly 40% More Expensive Than Private Sector
The cost of hiring state and local government workers in the second quarter of 2024 was 39.7% higher than private sector employees, mainly due to more generous benefit plans, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Total compensation costs, including wages, salaries and benefits, averaged $43.94 per hour for private […]
Apollo Moves to Start a Private Credit ETF With State Street – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management has partnered with State Street to launch the first exchange-traded fund that includes private credit investments. Most read articles on Bloomberg State Street registered the SPDR SSGA Apollo IG Public & Private Credit ETF, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. A portion of the fund will be allocated to […]
SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk
The daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit on Tuesday, setting his sights on the first private spacewalk since NASA's Apollo moon landings and further venturing into the final frontier. Unlike previous charter flights, this time tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is sharing costs with SpaceX to also develop and test a new spacesuit to see how […]
The feds can use THIS shady new law to SEIZE private land
The SUSTAINS Act is new legislation currently being written that would dramatically damage Americans' ability to own land in typically tyrannical fashion. The act would give the USDA the power to oversee “natural processes” and determine who owns “environmental services.” “USDA is now monetizing natural processes under the SUSTAINS Act.” Glenn Beck “I don't think […]