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Spirit AIrlines, the ultra-low cost carrier known for charging bargain-hunting passengers for anything and everything, is introducing business class seating. The airline said it will allow customers to pay extra for what it’s calling “a big front seat,” with two pairs of wider seats at the front of the cabin taking up the space formerly occupied by three seats on each side of the aisle. The seats will also offer additional legroom. Farther back in the plane Spirit will also allow passengers to pay more for seats in rows where the middle seat will not be sold. It’s a sign…

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Protests broke out across Venezuela against authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed re-election, as the government threatened to crack down on opposition leaders and the international community called for a breakdown of poll results.Maduro’s victory, which was announced on Monday, has been challenged by the opposition’s candidate Edmundo González. González, a retired diplomat, led Maduro by at least 20 points in independent polls and had a clear lead in exit surveys and quick counts on Sunday.By the afternoon, people in a number of neighbourhoods across Caracas were shouting “Fraud!” and banging pots and pans from their windows in protest. Disturbances were…

Text messages and radio chatter released Monday show that law enforcement officers lost sight of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and further illustrate the confused communications around tracking him at the July 13 rally. According to documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office, law enforcement officers knew of and raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at Trump. At 5:14 p.m, an officer took photos of Crooks sitting outside. Twenty minutes later he sent those images to a group chat, the texts show. “Kid learning around…

When considering retirement, many pre-retirees and recent retirees focus on the vacation part, making plans to travel and pursue interests and hobbies. You might also be looking forward to the initial honeymoon phase of retirement, when you don’t have to wake to an alarm clock, quickly wolf down breakfast, and rush out the door to work. But then what? Sooner or later, you’ll realize that pursuing these activities only occupies a relatively small amount of your time throughout the year. And the excitement of the honeymoon phase fades away as it becomes your normal routine and you settle into the…

Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. The interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.625% as of July 23, which is unchanged from yesterday. Additionally, the interest rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 5.990%, which is 0.115 percentage points higher than yesterday. With mortgage rates changing daily, it’s a good idea to check today’s rate…

The Federal Reserve is poised to make the first interest rate cut in years this fall, which can influence mortgage rates to go down.Even small cuts in rates could make a meaningful difference in what a homebuyer will pay. To that point, people in the market to buy a home have been eagerly waiting for the central bank to cut rates.The Fed is meeting this week, but experts say it seems more likely the first rate cut will come in September. That would be the first rate cut since 2020 at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.While there is a…

Deryl McKissack is no stranger to spotting toxic traits.McKissack, 63, is the founder and CEO of Washington D.C.-based construction firm McKissack & McKissack, which she launched with $1,000 from her savings in 1990. She churned through employees who weren’t the right fit in her company’s early years and the business struggled, she says.Finding the right talent helped grow her company, which now brings in $25 million per year in revenue, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.These three red flags stand out the most when McKissack is hiring employees or evaluating her current talent, she says.People who lack integrityEvery…

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist comments about the Australian women’s swim team. Following the conclusion of Saturday 4×100 meter freestyle relay, during which Team Australia won the gold medal, Ballard commented on the team’s apparent delay in exiting the Paris Aquatic Centre as they celebrated. “Well, the women just finishing off. You know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup,” Ballard said. Lizzie Simmonds, the former Olympian and his Eurosport co-host, immediately rebuffed his comments. “Outrageous, Bob,” Simmons said, as Ballard laughed. “Some…

Introduction SAAB was an uninteresting story until the Ukraine invasion. CFO Christian Luiga mentioned during an ACE CFO forum at the Stockholm School of Economics that institutional investors showed little to no interest in the military industry before 2022. In fact, the industry was seen as a detriment to ESG profiles that most funds aimed to achieve at the time, due to the negative wartime and environmental impact. However, the interest and stock development since then demonstrate how quickly perceptions can change. Since the start of the year, SAAB’s stock has risen over 70% as of July 19th. The demand…