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©Robert Kiyosaki Robert Kiyosaki, the bestselling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” argued in a recent article that there are many different types of investors — but only one mindset that will make you rich and won’t require you to go to the bank. This is the archetype he called the creative investor. A creative […]

A Lexington doctor who wrote orders that resulted in more than $14 million in fraudulent billing to Medicare has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. The sentence for Amr Mohamed includes $14.1 million in restitution, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Mohamed, 55, specialized in diseases of the […]

Risk and reward are the yin and yang of stock trading, the two essential yet opposing forces in every market success. And there are no stocks that better embody both sides – the risk factors and the reward potentials—than penny stocks. Traditionally, these are shares sold for just pennies each; nowadays, they’re the stocks priced […]

Against the backdrop of fluttering red dresses and signs bearing moving messages, families and survivors gathered at the capitol in Madison, Wisc., on May 7 for the third annual Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Day of Awareness. The event — a collaborative effort involving the Waking Women Healing Institute, Gerald L. Ignace […]

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A prostitution crackdown in Visalia has forced the closure of seven massage parlors in the city, the police department announced Thursday. Officers say the two-month investigation was to verify their legal operations. Nine locations were investigated, and seven of them were found to be taking part in activities related to prostitution, […]

A hiker discovered the 400-year-old remains of a wealthy man on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Melting ice revealed the mysterious man had traveled with many coins, weapons, and possibly mules. The discovery points to an ancient economy supported by dangerous routes through high mountain passes. The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in […]

Winning a scratch-off game’s grand prize won’t deter a Midlands man from buying more lottery tickets in the future, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “I’m not done yet,” the man told lottery officials after he won a $300,000 jackpot, according to a Thursday news release. The man bought what turned out to be […]

(Bloomberg) — Some of Canada’s biggest business groups are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reverse his government’s plan to raise the tax inclusion rate on capital gains. Most Read from Bloomberg The government should cancel the proposed tax hike, six major industry associations, including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Venture Capital […]

Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said. “She was homeless,” Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday. “It’s a story […]

Claims circulating on social media that Canadians would soon have to pay a Can$25,000 (USD$18,212) penalty when moving out of the country are false. Canada’s Department of Finance said it was not considering any such emigration fee and the posts misrepresent an existing requirement for some people to settle a tax bill on gains from […]