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Listen and subscribe to Decoding Retirement on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. For years, working longer has been promoted as the best way to shore up your retirement — especially if you’re behind on savings. A 2018 study even found that delaying retirement by just six months can have a greater impact on financial security than significantly increasing your savings rate. But economist Teresa Ghilarducci, professor at the New School and author of “Work, Retire, Repeat,” argued that this advice, while convenient, masks a deeper problem. “The working longer consensus was really a convenient untruth,”…

Last Updated:July 24, 2025, 21:36 ISTHulk Hogan, wrestling legend, dies at 71. His passing marks the end of an era for fans who saw him transform wrestling into a mainstream spectacle.Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at 71 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Florida home. (Image Credit: X)Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71, TMZ Sports reported. Emergency responders were dispatched to Hulk Hogan’s Florida home following a 911 call about a suspected cardiac arrest, the report noted. Hulk Hogan’s passing comes just weeks after his wife dismissed rumors that the former WWE superstar…

Blackstone (BX) president and COO Jon Gray on Thursday became the latest high-ranking Wall Street executive to declare that a dealmaking freeze triggered by President Trump’s tariffs is now firmly in the past. “We believe the dealmaking pause is behind us,” Gray, Blackstone’s No. 2 executive behind CEO Stephen Schwarzman, told analysts Thursday, citing “the largest forward IPO pipeline since 2021.” Schwarzman reinforced that sentiment, saying to the same analysts that “we are preparing a number of other companies for public offerings over the coming quarters.” Blackstone’s stock rose more than 4% Thursday. It is up 4% so far this…

(CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer has subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition.Comer, a Kentucky Republican, told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday that it was an open question whether his panel would begin a full-blown probe into the Epstein scandal, saying: “We’ll see what she has to say.” But he said that Republicans wanted more information released by the Justice Department regardless of where his panel’s inquiry goes.The issuing of the subpoena comes as many congressional Republicans have called for more transparency over the Epstein case.The Justice Department is also interested in hearing from Maxwell.…

As headlines of tariffs and deficits dominate the news, I continue to grow anxious about our national economic uncertainty. When I doomscroll through social media, I know I am not alone. In fact, some of my online peers deem recent trends, such as Kesha’s new song or gray clothing, as recession indicators. Inspired by the online discourse and recent articles, I noted the decrease in nail salon visits and Lululemon sales as key examples of declining consumer sentiment, although I could be over-assigning meaning to these behaviors.  But while trying to predict hypothetical recessions, I overlooked the debilitating long-term consequences…

Columbia University has agreed to pay over $200 million to settle allegations made by the Trump administration that it failed to adequately protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment on campus. The settlement ends a federal investigation triggered by incidents of verbal abuse, ostracism, and hostile behavior directed at Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests linked to the heightened Israel-Gaza conflict in 2023–2024. The Trump administration had canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia earlier this year as a penalty for what it deemed insufficient action against antisemitism. In return for paying the settlement over three years, Columbia will regain most…

Standard Premium Finance Holdings, Inc. MIAMI, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Standard Premium Finance Holdings, Inc. (“Standard Premium”) (OTCQX: SPFX), a leading specialty finance company, announces strong preliminary financial and operational results for the second quarter and first half of 2025, highlighting growth in the Company’s loan portfolio, stable originations, improved funding costs and continued return-on-equity growth. As of June 30, 2025, the Company’s loan portfolio exceeded $70 million, representing a 9.7% increase since December 2024. For Q2, Standard Premium reported $3.1 million in revenue, income before taxes of $345,000 and return-on-equity of 15%. Basic and diluted earnings per…

KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he’s sending a new anti-corruption bill to Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday, in a further attempt to defuse tensions after he approved changes to graft laws that brought a public outcry and sharp criticism from the European Union.Opponents of the contentious law passed by lawmakers and approved by Zelenskyy earlier this week said that it stripped Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs of their independence by granting the government more oversight of their work. Zelenskyy said that it was needed to speed up investigations, ensure more convictions and remove “Russian influence” from the fight against corruption, though…

In 21 months of war in Gaza, the destruction and damage of 70 percent of buildings has buried the Palestinian territory under millions of tonnes of debris and plunged it into darkness, according to data from the UN and NASA analysed by AFP.The Israeli army has relentlessly pounded the densely populated territory of 365 square kilometres (141 square miles) in retaliation for Hamas’s 2023 attack, which sparked the war and resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.- 53 million tonnes of debris -The Israeli…

Vladimir Putin has initiated what could be the world’s largest maritime hide-and-seek game, launching Russia’s most extensive naval drills in years across four bodies of water.This week marked the start of Russia’s July Storm exercises, with simultaneous operations planned in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Baltic and Caspian seas.The Russian Ministry of Defense estimates that over 15,000 personnel are participating in the drills, utilizing 50 naval and auxiliary vessels, 120 aircraft, 10 coastal missile systems, and approximately 950 other military assets.Russia’s Baltic, Northern, Pacific, and Caspian Fleets are all taking part, under the supervision of Admiral…