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Trump Plan for Home Loans Stokes Fears of Higher Mortgage Rates for Would-Be Homebuyers
Housing advocates fear a Trump administration plan to return federal mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private sector will increase the cost of house loans and make it harder for low-income and disadvantaged communities to buy homes. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the government-controlled companies that help provide money for the…
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Rohan Marley, Son of Reggae Legend Bob Marley, Is Looking to Go Into the Business of — What Else? Weed
Rohan Marley, the entrepreneur and son of reggae great Bob Marley, has made moves to go into the medical marijuana business in the state of New Jersey. Marley, who has strong ties to the state — having helped raise the five children he had with singer Lauryn Hill there — has applied for a permit…
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Did You Know Hasbro Now Owns Death Row Records? It’s True and We’re Not Playing Games
To all you toys out there, who don’t want to be under a parent company where the CEO…all up in your playpen, all in the sandbox, dancin’…then come to Death Row! This is how I imagine it went down in the Hasbro, Inc. boardroom, once the acquisition of Death Row Records was finalized. You read…
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Nah, Jigga: Jay-Z Reportedly Has No Chance of Getting His Hands on an NFL Team
After a controversial announcement that he was making a deal with the devil the oft-criticized NFL, word on the street (h/t TMZ) was that Jay-Z was in line to become part-owner of some unnamed football team. Mr. Beyoncé neither confirmed nor denied the report, but now sources are telling CBS Sports that ain’t no way…
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Grind Like That to Shine Like This: Meek Mill Is Now the Co-Owner of Lids Hats
Meek Mill just got that “Bag of Money,” or as they say: When life imitates art. According to his recent interview with Business Insider, the 32-year-old rapper, born Robert Williams, is officially the co-owner of Lids. “You know, this is my boss year,” he told the publication. “A lot of what I’m doing, I’m trying…
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Battling the Banks: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders Join Forces to Cap Interest Rates on Credit Cards
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka the Notorious AOC, and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders are joining forces to take on America’s credit card problem, introducing legislation in the House and Senate to limit interest rates to 15%. “There is no reason a person should pay more than 15% interest in the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote…
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Former Trump Chief of Staff Joins Board Overseeing 'Prison-like' Facility for Migrant Children
Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has joined the board of Caliburn International, owners of Comprehensive Health Services Inc., which operated a Florida facility for children described as “prison-like” by congressional Democrats. Kelly, who left the White House in January, was already on the board before his stint serving under Trump. He stepped…
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Trump Back to Threatening Border Closure
Trump is reviving his border wall threats. This time, he’s ready to act within a week. “If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug (sic) our Southern Border,” he tweeted Friday, “ I will be CLOSING the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week.” During an appearance…
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Lonzo Ball Breaks with Big Baller Brand Co-Founder After $1.5 Million Reported Missing by Financial Advisors
Along with his father LaVar, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball has severed business ties to Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster after learning of his criminal past along with his failure to account for $1.5 million missing from Ball’s bank accounts. The fallout was first reported by ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Paula Lavigne.…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 7, ‘Obsessed-Like’
We are down to the wire of Insecure’s Season 3 and these 30-minute episodes are more precious then ever with the season finale upon us next week. Will Lawrence and Issa reconvene? Will Issa find out what happens with Nathan? Is Molly going to find love in a hopeless place? All these questions and more…