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Supporters of Julian Assange celebrate after the verdict outside the Old Bailey on January 4, 2021 in London, England.
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A UK judge ruled on Monday that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange won't be extradited to the United States.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser specifically cited the "extreme conditions" of prisoners in the US housed with "special administrative measures" which would be applied to Assange.
Assange is wanted by the US government on a variety of conspiracy and hacking charges. If convicted, he faces a maximum prison sentence of 175 years
"In these harsh...
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Amex is offering up to $30 per month in PayPal credits to The Platinum Card® from American Express from January to June 2021.
No activation is required - just add the Platinum Card to your PayPal account, and select it as your payment method when you check out with PayPal
It's easy to make the most of this credit because PayPal is accepted by dozens of popular online retailers and services, including Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Netflix, and Uber.
This is yet another COVID-friendly benefit offered by the Amex Platinum , which already comes with up to $200 in Uber...
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Table of Contents: Masthead StickySummary List Placement Mortgage rates have only shifted a little since last Monday, but they've been trending downward for quite some time. It could be a good day to lock in a low rate.
Whether you want to buy a home or refinance, you'll probably want to go with a fixed-rate mortgage, not an adjustable-rate mortgage .
"Normally there's an advantage to a 5/1 ARM," Darrin English, Senior Community Development Loan Officer at Quontic Bank , told Business Insider about an adjustable rate mortgage, in which the rate fluctuates after an initial period. "There's...
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Summary List Placement The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence , a commission created by Congress under President Trump to advise government on artificial... Read more ...
SPECIAL NOTE: The Covid Tracking Project will end daily updates on March 7th. From Bloomberg on vaccinations as of Mar 1st. "In the U.S., more Americans have now received at... Read more ...
Summary List Placement A Black senior manager at Amazon's cloud unit filed a lawsuit against the company and three current or former executives on Monday, alleging racial and... Read more ...
Summary List Placement The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is one of the most popular travel rewards credit cards . The Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card is one of the best... Read more ...
A global real estate investment firm paid almost $135 million for three north Fulton County office buildings. Read more ...
Summary List Placement Goldman Sachs has restarted its cryptocurrency trading desk amid a boom in bitcoin, which saw its price rise 65% year-to-date and 470% in the past year... Read more ...
Summary List Placement In an effort to combat wealth inequality, Democrats on Monday unveiled a bill that would impose a 2% wealth tax on American households with net worths... Read more ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two U.S. senators from states with declining manufacturing sectors are pushing to invest $8 billion through tax credits to create clean energy jobs. Read more ...
Summary List Placement One out of five credit card applications were rejected in October, double the rate from before the pandemic, according to the Federal Reserve. Orlando... Read more ...
From the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending increased: Construction spending during January 2021 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of... Read more ...