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Equifax agrees to pay $700M after massive data breach

Jul 20, 2019 2:08 am

SAN FRANCISCO ? The Wall Street Journal says Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other pri...

NY Fed president?s confusing rate-cut remarks chill Wall Street

Jul 20, 2019 1:38 am

At the end of the month, the Federal Reserve looks poised to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade ? but not as deep as some had hoped. Markets swung in and out of the green Frid...

T-Mobile sale to Dish ?imminent,? thanks to DOJ threat

Jul 19, 2019 7:22 pm

A deal to make satellite TV provider Dish Network the nation?s fourth largest mobile carrier is days away from being finalized ? thanks to the Department of Justice, The Post has learned. Under pressu...

JC Penney hires advisers to explore debt restructuring

Jul 19, 2019 4:00 pm

JC Penney has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time for the money-losing US retailer to forge a turnaround, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Th...

New Corvette undergoes major redesign in bid to raise performance

Jul 19, 2019 4:48 am

Chevrolet isn?t just shifting the new Corvette Stingray into a higher gear. It?s getting rid of the stick shift altogether. A dramatic redesign of the iconic sports car includes eliminating its manual...

Dirty legal tactics could wind up costing Bowery Hotel owners up to $50M

Jul 19, 2019 2:44 am

Owners of the trendy Bowery Hotel so infuriated a NY judge with their delay tactics that she has refused to hear their defense in a multimillion-dollar fraud case. Now it?s time for them to pay up. Th...

Rich Greenfield, other BTIG analysts launch new firm

Jul 19, 2019 2:18 am

Richard Greenfield and other key analysts on BTIG?s technology, media and telecommunications team have formed a breakaway shop but will continue to partner with the financial services firm they?ve ser...

NJ woman sues Caesars for fostering ?male-dominated culture?

Jul 19, 2019 2:17 am

A New Jersey woman is suing casino chain Caesars for fostering a male-dominated culture that looked the other way as she was retaliated against for complaining about a creepy incident with a superior,...

Prosecutors shielding ex-Goldman banker from 1MDB?s financial documents

Jul 18, 2019 11:06 pm

Assistant US Attorney Drew Rolle said his office was particularly concerned about former banker Roger Ng viewing "the entire contents of personal email accounts" that are not his.

Paul Singer retreats on price of yet another buyout bid

Jul 18, 2019 9:11 pm

Yet another bold buyout engineered by Paul Singer is in danger of fizzling. The hard-charging billionaire?s activist hedge fund Elliott Management has slashed the price of its takeover bid for energy ...

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Brooklyn ?ISIS sniper? came to US from Kazakhstan through diversity lottery: official

Jul 20, 2019 7:25 pm

The Kazakhstan-born Brooklyn man who the feds say betrayed America — by becoming a top ISIS sniper in Syria —  had come to the US  through the diversity lottery, ...

Brooklyn pool closed during heat wave after infant poops in water

Jul 20, 2019 6:26 pm

An infant flushed this perfect pool day down the toilet at one Gowanus swimming spot. “Somebody didn’t put a Pampers on their kid,” a staffer at the Douglass and DeGraw P...

Oliver Stone asked Vladimir Putin to be his daughter?s godfather

Jul 20, 2019 5:59 pm

Was Oliver stoned? In a scene more bizarre than any of this conspiracy theories, Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to be his 22-year-old daughter’s g...

In the #MeToo era, it?s time to revisit Ted Kennedy?s legacy

Jul 20, 2019 5:26 pm

Three significant anniversaries passed this week. Only two have truly been noted. First, of course, is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on Saturday, July 20. The second was the 20th anniversar...

Trump-loving Miss Michigan Kathy Zhu dethroned after old ?racist? tweets surface

Jul 20, 2019 4:12 pm

A Trump-loving beauty pageant winner was stripped of her Miss Michigan title over the content of her social media. The Miss World America contest “accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic an...

Hundreds evacuated from Philadelphia senior center amid heatwave

Jul 20, 2019 3:39 pm

PHILADELPHIA ? Authorities say several hundred people were evacuated from a northwest Philadelphia retirement community due to a partial power outage amid dangerous hot weather. Police say the evacuat...

New study sounds the alarm over artificial sweeteners

Jul 20, 2019 2:22 pm

Not such a sweet deal. Experts from the University of Sussex are sounding the alarm over aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in everything from diet soda to chewing gum. In the US, it is commonly ...

Feds shell out a whopping $1.4 million for Apollo 11 celebrations

Jul 20, 2019 2:17 pm

The final bill for this week’s Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations is a sky-high $1.4 million. Federal procurement documents show the whopping costs for the 50th anniversary events this week ...

This guy draws in his sleep ? but has ?no artistic talent? when awake

Jul 20, 2019 2:05 pm

You’ve heard of sleepwalking and sleep-talking, even sleep-texting, but you’ve probably never heard of sleep drawing. Lee Hadwin started scribbling while snoozing at age 4, when he...

Manny Pacquiao weighs NBA ownership when boxing career ends

Jul 20, 2019 1:31 pm

Manny Pacquiao is considering buying an NBA team when his boxing career is over, the welterweight champion said in a new interview. Pacquiao ? who is among the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the wor...

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