Jane Street founder allegedly hoodwinked into funding arms deal
Robert Granieri, a co-founder of Jane Street Group, was defrauded into a $7 million purchase of AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and grenades for a coup in South Sudan, according to prosecutors.
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Diane Brady,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
The Borrower Defense rule has been in place since 1994 but was rewritten by the Biden administration in 2022 to make the process easier for borrowers who were defrauded by a college to have those loans forgiven before a default, Forbes reported.
But after removing the waitlist for the Starlink residential plan, the company has increased the demand surcharge to $250, then $500, and $750 last week before cranking it up again to $1,000.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2025
Business Insurers seek to surcharge California homeowners for L.A. County fire costs
May 13, 2025
How would the insurers benefit from such a scheme?
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Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
Overnight storms soaked parts of the Kansas City area, with the heaviest rains falling in Wyandotte County and the Northland, according to storm gauges across the metro.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
Minimal skin contact — juice soaks with skins for a few hours, gaining slightly deeper color and flavor than direct press.
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