Delta’s New Basic Business Fares Strip Away Valuable Perks

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Delta Air Lines is now selling basic fares in its premium cabins, including business class, first class and premium economy. Passengers will be able to get a discounted fare in exchange for losing perks like lounge access, seat selection and an extra checked bag. Instead of offering a single bundled fare that includes a set […]

N.C. Banks Can Freeze Some Payments for 30 Days

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Banks in North Carolina now have expanded authority to delay certain customer transactions if they suspect financial exploitation. The new law is intended to prevent fraud, but some worry it could also delay legitimate payments. The law allows banks and credit unions to refuse or pause transfers and withdrawals from the accounts of older adults […]

A Solo 401k Lets Self-Employed People Save Far More Than a Regular IRA

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Self-employed individuals with no employees can open a solo 401k and contribute as both employee and employer: the full annual 401k limit on the employee side plus a percentage of business profits on the employer side. The combined ceiling far exceeds what an IRA allows and can significantly reduce your taxable self-employment income. Source

Neil Seal smashes cars, blocks roads in Tasmania and has 1.4 million fans. Now Australia is asking people to respect his privacy

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A 1,000-kilogram elephant seal named Neil has smashed fences, blocked roads and dented cars across Tasmania, and his social media fame is now so massive that wildlife officials are begging his fans to leave him alone. Neil returns to Tasmania’s southern coastline twice a year, just like generations of elephant seals before him, after months […]

Ethiopia and Kenya are formalising small-scale trade

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Ethiopia and Kenya have introduced a Simplified Border Trade Regime allowing licensed border residents to formally trade up to $1,000 per month under streamlined customs procedures. Strict trip limits, geographic restrictions, administrative requirements, tariffs, and inspection costs may discourage small-scale traders from leaving informal trade routes. A pilot involving 100 traders will test the regime, […]

PRA announces ring-fence change to reduce costs

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News release The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has today announced plans to consult on reforming rules around shared operational services for ring-fenced banks. Any bank that has over £35 billion of core deposits and undertakes material investment banking activity is subject to the ring-fencing regime, which was introduced in 2019 as a post-financial crisis reform. […]

Filecoin (FIL) Price Prediction: 2025, 2025, 2030: Will Decentralized Storage Ever Deliver? • Benzinga

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fil Filecoin $0.7538* *prices delayed up to 10 minutes -5.00% 24H Buy Filecoin Analysts are forecasting that Filecoin (FIL) could reach $3.11 by 2030. Feeling confident about this FIL price prediction? You can trade Filecoin on Coinbase—and if you’re new to the platform, you could earn up to $400 in rewards by completing a few […]

Ascend acquires Kreischer Miller | Accounting Today

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Top 25 Firm Ascend acquired Regional Leader Kreischer Miller in Horsham, Pennsylvania. Processing Content Kreischer Miller is a full-service accounting and advisory firm serving clients in the Greater Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas. It is an Accounting Today Mid-Atlantic Regional Leader with $59.6 million in revenue. The deal adds 22 partners and roughly 220 staff […]

Minutes of the UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – June 2026

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Minutes Item 1. Introduction & Minutes of last meeting The Co-Chair welcomed members of the Committee to this hybrid meeting (the first of 2026) and noted that the minutes of the last UK Money Market Code Sub-Committee (Code Sub-Committee) meeting (held on 3 December 2025) are on the Bank’s website. The Co-Chair also noted that […]

Self-Checkout Rules Could Reshape Store Tech Spending

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Retailers have treated self-checkout as an operational decision shaped by labor costs, consumer preferences and technology. Rhode Island may be setting a precedent and changing those calculations by making parts of the checkout experience a matter of state law. The state recently enacted the Restrictions on Self-Service Checkout Stations Act, becoming the first state to […]