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4 Sep 2025

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal mortgage fraud probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

It has issued grand jury subpoenas out of both Georgia and Michigan, according to documents seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter. The investigation followed a criminal referral from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, and is being conducted by Ed Martin, who was tapped by Attorney General Pam Bondi as a special assistant U.S. attorney to assist with mortgage fraud investigations involving public officials, along with the U.S. Attorneys' offices in the Northern District of Georgia and the Eastern District of Michigan, according to the person, who spoke anonymously since the matter is not public. Source: Reuters

2 Sep 2025

The secret to a long and happy life

Source: Compounding Quality

1 Sep 2025

A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

The Russian interference disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. Source: FT

29 Aug 2025

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

Source: Limitless Life @LimitlessLif3

28 Aug 2025

Managing lesson

Source: Reads with Ravi

26 Aug 2025

What a time to be alive...

How Weapons of Mass Destruction Became Popular With ESG Investors The deadliest weapons ever manufactured are becoming a regular feature of Europe’s nearly $9 trillion ESG fund industry. Source: Bloomberg

25 Aug 2025

The only function of economic forecasting

Source: Michel A.Arouet

21 Aug 2025

Household electricity prices

Source: Ronnie Stoeferle

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