New Year's celebration on January 1, 2023.Gotham/GC Images/Getty Images
<ul><li>The personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the best places to celebrate New Year's Eve this year.</li><li>The s… [+2007 chars]

The personal finance website WalletHub compared 100 of the biggest US cities on entertainment, food, costs, safety, and accessibility.

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The 5 best US cities to celebrate New Year's Eve, ranked

Private credit hiring trendsNicola Katie/Getty Images/iStockphoto
<ul><li>Private-credit investors are hiring. BI spoke to recruiters to figure out where.</li><li>Workers who get their hands dirty i… [+7057 chars]

Private credit is booming. See 4 hiring trends as nonbank lending ramps up, from distressed debt to asset-backed finance.

Private-credit investors are staffing up. Here's where the jobs are.

The offers and details on this page may have updated or changed since the time of publication. See our article on Business Insider for current information.Dave Ramsey is a radio host and personal fin… [+2879 chars]

Dave Ramsey, a personal finance star, advised people to save up for the Christmas splurge and set a strict budget so they don't overspend.

Dave Ramsey's 2 tips as people prepare to spend lavishly this holiday season — and still be paying for it in May

ATLANTA The Georgia Ethics Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to fine two advocacy groups that were founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before voters elected him to th… [+4143 chars]

The two groups' current leadership admitted 16 instances of illegal activity in a consent decree and will pay a $300,000 fine, the largest in state history, according to the commission.

Pro-Stacey Abrams groups to pay record fine for breaking Georgia campaign finance law

It's been a hectic year for the Federal Reserve as its members continued their strategic battle against inflation. Yahoo Finance Fed Reporter Jennifer Schonberger highlights the top three defining mo… [+575 chars]

It's been a hectic year for the Federal Reserve as its members continued their strategic battle against inflation. Yahoo Finance Fed Reporter Jennifer...

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The Fed's 3 defining moments of 2024

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When it comes to personal finance, retiring is a big life shift. Moving away from working full time, focusing on family, travel or interests, and making your money … [+3562 chars]

When it comes to personal finance, retiring is a big life shift. Moving away from working full time, focusing on family, travel or interests, and making your...

I’ve Been on Social Security for 2 Years: Here’s How My Finances Have Changed

On Thursday, Elon Musk agreed with the leader of a far-right German political party that Adolf Hitler was a communist and that left-wing groups who support Palestinian causes have more in common with… [+2887 chars]

In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.

Wired

Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’

A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses.
Representing the plai… [+3277 chars]

The same lawyers handling a lawsuit over the infamous Hawk Tuah crypto coin are bringing a new class action against memecoin platform Pump.Fun for allegedly putting investors in high financial risk.

They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They're Suing Pump.Fun

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could announce his resignation within days, according to media reports.
He is considering stepping down as leader of the governing Liberal Party, which would a… [+2854 chars]

The pressure has been building for months, with sinking poll numbers for the prime minister's ruling Liberal Party.

BBC News

Canadian PM Trudeau may quit within days, media reports suggest

If you click 'Accept all', we and our partners, including 238 who are part of the IAB Transparency &amp; Consent Framework, will also store and/or access information on a device (in other words, use … [+678 chars]

China and UK agree deals on climate, finance and other sectors

Disgraced former Congressman George Santos asked a judge on Friday to delay his sentencing in his federal fraud case.
Santos is currently scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 7 in Central Islip, New Yo… [+2335 chars]

George Santos is currently scheduled to be sentenced next month on Long Island after pleading guilty to federal fraud, campaign finance and embezzlement charges.

ABC News

George Santos seeks sentencing delay in federal fraud case

Research shows that immigrants to the US play a significant role in entrepreneurship and the economy at large.
Ilya Strebulaev, a professor in the Venture Capital Initiative at Stanford Graduate Sch… [+2034 chars]

Nearly Half Of US Unicorns Have Foreign-Born Founders | Global Finance Magazine

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Nearly Half of US Unicorns Have Immigrants Founders

A Seoul court hasissued an arrest warrant against South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December.
The warrant comes after Yoon, who is facing se… [+2517 chars]

Yoon ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over his botched martial law attempt.

Arrest warrant issued for impeached S Korea president Yoon

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission alleged the company lured users to its personal finance app by advertising cash advances of up to $500 that many never receive.The complaint, f… [+487 chars]

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a complaint and announced a civil enforcement action against financial technology company Dave and its CEO Jason Wilk for alleged violations of federal law. From a report: The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Comm…

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US Files Complaint Against Fintech App Dave And Its CEO

Elon Musk is helping spearhead DOGE's efforts to reduce government spending.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
<ul><li>The Department of Government Efficiency is hiring "a very small number" of full-time pai… [+2744 chars]

DOGE said in posts on X that it's now hiring for full-time, paid roles.

DOGE is hiring full-time salaried employees. These are the roles Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aim to fill.

Sunday's crash, the country's worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national sympathy. Many people worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster … [+720 chars]

South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines, as they struggle to determine what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people a day earlier. From a report: Sunday's cr…

South Korea To Inspect Boeing Aircraft as It Struggles To Find Cause of Plane Crash

Le monde ascétique et cérébral des échecs va, pendant une semaine, se lier à celui de la réussite financière et de lintelligence artificielle, à loccasion du Championnat du monde des échecs rapides e… [+1964 chars]

La Fédération internationale des échecs célèbre son centenaire en organisant pour la première fois un championnat d’échecs rapides et blitz aux Etats-Unis, avec le gotha mondial des joueurs.

Le Monde

Echecs : un championnat du monde dans le temple de la finance new-yorkaise

A long-awaited report into former Republican US Representative Matt Gaetz is expected to be released on Monday.
It follows an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual m… [+3138 chars]

A draft details evidence of alleged drug use and payments for sex - which the former US congressman denies.

Ethics report into Matt Gaetz expected to be released

South Korea has voted to impeach its acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach its President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A total of 192 lawmakers voted for his impeachment, more … [+2592 chars]

Han took over the role after President Yoon was impeached by parliament two weeks ago.

South Korea votes to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo

Yoon is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested
South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first sitting president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff between inve… [+3621 chars]

Authorities used ladders and wirecutters in the freezing cold in their second attempt to arrest Yoon.

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