Experts caution against overestimating tariffs’ deficit-busting powers.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
In my experience, franchises do tend to recoup upfront costs more quickly than new startups, but overestimating your profits can lead to franchise failure.
Or the time he was found liable for fraudulently inflating the value of his real estate holdings?
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Responding to student complaints, professors have been slashing homework assignments, routinely extending deadlines and (most prominently) inflating grades.
Then there are additional fines for selling alcohol illegally to underage individuals, with increasing amounts, based on the number of offenses.
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Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
An increasing threat of heavy rainfall from this system is forecast over the southern Mid-Atlantic through coastal Georgia which could cause flash, urban, and river flooding into next week.
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