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By Danielle Broadway and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Liam Payne’s former partner, pop singer Cheryl, joined an outpouring of grief on Friday over the death of the One Direction band member, calling for restraint in coverage to protect his family during an “indescribably painful time”. Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, died at age 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, triggering tributes from fans around the world. Cheryl Tweedy, more commonly known by just her first name, was in a relationship with Payne between 2016 and 2018…

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Municipal zoning codes tend to cluster high-density housing, including public housing, near busy highways, exposing residents to unhealthy emission. Instead, policies should discourage driving and encourage integrating multifamily housing into neighborhoods. (Urban Institute) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recalled more than 400 Proterra buses for a potential fire hazard. (Smart Cities Dive) Cities can’t keep widening roads forever, so they should use technology to manage existing lanes while focusing more on transit and micromobility. (Metro) Bloomberg is starting a new initiative to help cities share ideas for solutions to problems like sustainability, housing and transportation. Strong Towns is touting…

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Top 25 Firm Armanino LLP has taken on a strategic minority investment from private equity firm Further Global Capital Management.The deal, which closed today, is the latest in the series of investments by private equity in large accounting firms that began in 2021 — but with a key difference, Armanino CEO Matt Armanino told Accounting Today.”What’s maybe the punchline here — what’s really unique, I think — is that we wanted to focus on a minority investment that allowed us to retain not just operational control of the business, but ownership control of the business,” he said. “Those are some…

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In a stroke of unbelievable fortune, Jeanne, a Sandusky, Ohio resident, won $15 million in the state’s 50th Anniversary scratch-off game this past June.Describe when Jeanne told the Ohio Lottery Commission that she had “dropped to the floor” after realizing her win. At the store, the clerk and Jeanne had cried together, leaving bystanders wondering what on earth had just happened.Don’t Miss:While $15 million might seem like a life-altering sum, Jeanne’s final payout will be much less due to taxes, leaving her with around $4.5 million. It’s a classic example of a lottery winner facing a significant reduction in winnings…

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange.Brendan McDermid | ReutersBoth the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to new record highs Friday, sealing six straight weeks of gains.The broad market benchmark advanced 0.40% to close at 5,864.67. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 36.86 points, or 0.09%, to end at 43,275.91. The Nasdaq Composite, led by a post-earnings jump in Netflix, ended the day up 0.63% at 18,489.55.The three major averages cinched their sixth straight positive week. This marked the longest string of weekly advances in 2024 for both the Dow and S&P…

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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tech stocks powered Wall Street stocks to a higher close and crude prices posted their biggest weekly drop in a month on Friday as investors looked past mixed earnings and focused on solid Netflix (NASDAQ:) results and Beijing’s policy steps to boost Chinese demand. Gold, meanwhile, muscled past the $2,700 mark for the first time ever. “Gold is having a strong run because of the breadth of uncertainties,” Greg Bassuk, chief executive officer at AXS Investments in New York. “It’s the safe-haven play, and investors would be prudent to diversify their portfolios’ safe-haven allocations…

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Stephen Fredette, the President of Toast, Inc. (NYSE:TOST), recently executed a significant stock transaction. On October 16, Fredette sold 40,459 shares of Class A Common Stock at an average price of $29.042 per share, amounting to a total value of approximately $1.18 million. This transaction was conducted under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In addition to the sale, Fredette made a gift of 68,895 shares of Toast’s Class A Common Stock on October 17, as reported in the filing. This transfer was made without any financial consideration. Following these transactions, Fredette retains ownership of 1,701,282 shares directly. Additionally, he…

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Investing.com– The S&P 500, Dow closed at fresh record highs, as investors digested more quarterly corporate earnings, including stronger-than-expected numbers from streaming giant Netflix.  At 4.00 p.m. ET (2000 GMT), the  rose 37 points, or 0.1% to a record close of 43,275.91, the index climbed  0.4% to a record close of 5,864.67, and the  gained 0.6%.   Netflix surges on Q3 beat Netflix (NASDAQ:) shares rose over 11% after the streaming giant reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and also provided an upbeat outlook for the current quarter.  The firm added more subscribers than expected, with more people signing up for Netflix’s ads-based subscription tiers. “The…

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ALBANY (WBNG) — The New York State Office of Cannabis Management announced it will reinvest $5 million back into communities throughout the state. The office said the $5 million comes from the “Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.” Those funds have been collected from legal adult cannabis sales the office said. 501c non-profits throughout the state will have the opportunity to apply for a grant worth $100,000 if the organization supports youth programming in mental health, workforce development and housing.Director of Community Reinvestment of the NYS OCM Matt Wilson explained that applicants do not have to be cannabis related.“This money is…

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