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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (C), star of the Warner Bros. Television series ‘The New Adventures of the Old Christine’, and a member of the Screen Actors Guild carries a picket sign at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California November 5, 200 2/3 By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A search for Wes Anderson on YouTube turns up trailers that the famed director with a distinctive style appears to have made for adaptations of “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of the Rings” featuring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and other stars. Artificial intelligence allowed people…

Source: Adobe/bruno135_406Donations and crowdfunding efforts are a major area of activity within the cryptosphere. But what happens when you launch a spoof campaign and ask supporters to send you crypto, promising them nothing in return? You receive as much as $1.1 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) in only 24 hours, apparently, as indicated by the example of Pauly, the anonymous co-founder of community-built NFT marketplace NotLarvaLabs. In opposition to initiatives which promise contributors tokens, participation in future gains, or any other type of tangible or non-tangible gains, Pauly made it clear in his call for donations he will not reward his…

Driving down the last steep grade of Tejon Pass, you come upon a fold in the earth of middle California where the tentacles of Los Angeles end and a new place begins. If you’ve never made the trip, the crossing is one of the true demarcations in the American landscape, the West’s Mason-Dixon line, though you won’t discern it at first because the plain below hides under a cover of soot and smog.Not until you descend into the muck, and the plug in your ear pops and your nose takes in the full hit of dairy dung, do you know…

Conn's Non-GAAP EPS of -$1.52 misses by $0.19, revenue of $284.57M misses by $14.2M

Iola Favell wanted to go back to school to get her master’s degree in teaching.Favell is a first-generation college student from California, and according to documents filed in a recent lawsuit, she felt it was important to earn her degree from a prestigious school. When she reviewed US News & World Report’s “2021 Best Education Schools” list, one program caught her eye — the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. It seemed like the perfect fit: USC was in her home state, its online option offered the flexibility of remote learning, and it was ranked No. 12 on…

UK house prices extended their falls in May as rising mortgage rates chastened home buyers and owners, prompting a near record net repayment of mortgage loans the previous month. Figures from the Nationwide Building Society released on Thursday showed prices of the average property in the month were 3.4 per cent lower than a year earlier, with the annual fall accelerating from 2.7 per cent in April. The dip came as separate data from the Bank of England showed households reduced overall mortgage debt by £1.4bn in April, the highest net repayment since records began in 1993 apart from one…

© Reuters Investing.com — The race to lift the U.S. debt ceiling before a disastrous default clears a major hurdle after the House of Representatives passes a bill raising the limit. Meanwhile, expectations that the Federal Reserve will skip hiking interest rates at its June meeting rise as debate swirls around the U.S. central bank’s future policy. 1. House passes debt ceiling bill; Senate up next The debt ceiling drama in Washington may be inching toward a conclusion in the coming days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a deal to raise the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit.…

Source: UnsplashTether, the largest stablecoin in the market, has seen its market capitalization hit a new record high, exceeding $83.2 billion. The stablecoin, which is pegged at one-to-one with the U.S. dollar and is backed by reserves of cash and cash-equivalent assets, has recovered the $20 billion in market value it lost following the collapse of rival stablecoin TerraUSD last year.“Today’s numbers demonstrate that people want access to financial freedom, and when given that access, they will make use of it,” Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Tether, said in a statement.”Between our battle-tested resilience in the face of market volatility and our industry-leading…

© Reuters. Saudi riyal, yuan, Turkish lira, pound, U.S. dollar, euro and Jordanian dinar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Rae Wee and Joice Alves SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Thursday after a vote of approval from the U.S. House to suspend the debt ceiling, though the greenback drifted from a two-month high as investors trimmed bets the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this month. The euro fell ahead of euro zone inflation data due at 0900 GMT, which is expected to show price pressure in the block has eased.…

CONCORD, N.H. – EXCLUSIVE – As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads out on the campaign trail for the first time since launching his campaign for the Democratic presidential campaign in April, he’s pointing to the latest national polling that indicates he’s grabbing double-digit support as he primary challenges President Biden.”The public polls speak for themselves,” Kennedy said in a national exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of his trip Thursday to the key early voting presidential primary state of New Hampshire.The environmental lawyer and high-profile vaccine critic, who’s a scion of arguably the nation’s most famous family political dynasty,…