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Warm-Up
- Stagflation - as payrolls drop
- People in glass houses ....Stupid Politics
- We are still here - which means we did not win the Powerball Jackpot
- They say it will never happen - Ban on stock ownership for Congress
Markets
- CRISPR Chocolates?
- Tech - again the driver
- Sexy is back - Retail
- Take in stride - on 900k less workers
- ORACLE!!!!!!
Powerball Jackpot
- $1.8 Billion
- Two winners - Texas and Missouri
- Each winning ticket holder can choose either an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million – both before taxes.
- Additionally, two lucky tickets sold in Kansas and Texas won a $2 million prize and 18 tickets sold across 13 states won $1 million.
- Back to just $20 million now...
- The odds of winning were 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees the game.
Glass Houses
- Pulte - Accuses Fed's Cook and with simple accusations Trump looking to Fire ...
- Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.
- Mark and Julie Pulte, the father and stepmother of Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s appointee as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, since 2020 have claimed so-called “homestead exemptions” for residences in wealthy neighborhoods in both Michigan and Florida, according to the records. The exemption is meant to give a discount to homeowners on taxes for properties they use as their primary residence.
- Local tax officials in both states told Reuters that claiming more than one home as a primary residence isn’t generally allowed in their jurisdictions and could be punishable by fines or back taxes.
- After Reuters contacted tax officials in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, to inquire about t
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