A Florida county that has spent decades making national headlines as the site of some of the country’s most heinous and violent crimes is going through a surprising resurgence among homebuyers seeking an affordable beach retreat on the Gulf Coast. Escambia County—which encompasses Pensacola—has quietly become one of the best-value beach markets in the Sunshine…
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that total fraud losses reached an all-time high of $15.9 billion last year—an approximately 27% year-over-year increase—and found that some victims lost more than $1 million to scams. An FTC report noted that imposter scams remained the most commonly reported type of fraud, continuing a five-year trend. While…
Every night, 27-year-old Sahar Yona sleeps next to two phones and a laptop with the volume turned all the way up, so she can hear potential clients call at any time, she says. Yona is a residential and commercial locksmith based in New York City who’s available 24 hours a day because as a self-employed…
Are you a high-road landlord or a low-road landlord? That’s the question owners are being faced with after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s much-anticipated “rental ripoff” report came out this week. It’s a small but important nomenclature change. Instead of ripping into a vague, undefined group of “negligent” rent-stabilized landlords, the mayor has created two camps. High-road…
Older workers now face two major impediments: looming Social Security cuts and rapidly evolving workplace priorities
Around 54% of liquidity in positions below $1,000 was out of range, compared with 26% for positions above $1 million. Yet positions worth more than $1 million accounted for 47% of all idle capital, or roughly $260 million. While contract-managed positions stayed within a more consistent range, individual wallets accounted for between 82% and 94%…
A new generation of consumer social startups is emerging. From platforms focused on getting people to meet IRL to dating apps taking on Tinder or Hinge, startups are disrupting the digital social scene. Founders of these startups are tackling problems like loneliness, dating app fatigue, and general dissatisfaction with the current social media incumbents. Some…
France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), or the National Gambling Authority, has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. Prediction websites are considered illegal gambling, the ANJ said in a Friday press release. The regulator said that Polymarket’s operations are not authorized in France and that advertising unauthorized gambling sites constitutes a criminal…
How much money parents can invest in their kids is one of the biggest factors in upward mobility. The inability of many families to provide their children a financial leg up has helped drive income inequality in the United States. There is now a partial solution, offered by the last person I’d have expected to…