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UPDATE 1-Plane carrying UK's William and Kate twice aborts Pakistan landing in severe turbulence

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Britain’s Prince William said he and his wife Kate were fine after a Royal Air Force plane carrying the royal couple was forced to abort a landing in Islamabad twice on Thursday and return to Lahore after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. The RAF Voyager plane carrying the royals, who are on a four-day official visit to Pakistan, tried to land twice, at Rawalpindi air base and Islamabad international, before it decided to return to Lahore. [Read More...]

Chase Sapphire Banking: $1,000 Bonus For New/Existing Customers ($75,000 Assets)

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New bonus. Chase has a new $1,000 cash bonus offer if you upgrade to or open a new Sapphire Banking account. To qualify, you must transfer a total of $75,000 or more in new money or securities into eligible Chase checking, savings and/or investment accounts. You must open by 11/19/2019, complete the $75k transfer within 45 days of opening, and maintain that balance for at least 90 days from the date of funding. Chase will deposit the bonus into your new account within 10 business days after meeting the requirements. Banks are trying to develop relationships with the “might be rich in the future” crowd instead of only courting the “really rich”. Okay, the official term is “mass affluent”. Sapphire Banking is a new brand extension … [Read More...]

Court seems split on possible resentencing for teen sniper

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Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo, one of two snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002 when he was a teenager. The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the killings, was wrongly sentenced in Virginia to life without parole. Virginia argues Malvo’s life sentence was not mandatory because the judge theoretically had discretion to suspend part of Malvo’s life sentence, despite a state law mandating either execution or life without parole as the only sentencing options for a capital murder conviction. [Read More...]

Capital One Walmart Rewards Mastercard Review: 5% Back, But With Restrictions

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Today, Walmart launched their new Capital One Walmart Rewards Mastercard (credit card) and Walmart Rewards Card (store card that only works at Walmart). Here are the highlights, which unfortunately include some hoops and hurdles to jump through. Intro offer: 5% back at Walmart in-store when using Walmart Pay during the first 12 months. 5% back on purchases at Walmart.com and Walmart app (includes Walmart Grocery Pickup and Delivery). 2% back on Walmart purchases in stores after the introductory offer. 2% back on restaurants and travel. 1% back on all other purchases. No foreign transaction fee. No annual fee. You can redeem your rewards during online checkout at Walmart.com, for recent purchases, and statement credits. (Gift cards and travel are listed as options too, but why … [Read More...]

How to Recover Lost US Savings Bonds

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Here’s a drawback to US savings bonds that you might not have considered: Savings Bonds are easy to forget about. Paper savings bonds are often left in safe deposit boxes and forgotten. Electronic savings bonds do not generate a paper trail either – no monthly statements, no annual tax forms, nothing. There is not even a reminder when they mature and stop earning interest. If something unexpected happens to the owner, it’s quite possible nobody else will realize the savings bonds are still there, perhaps still compounding away. How many have been forgotten? The US Treasury is currently sitting on over $25 billion in matured, unclaimed U.S. savings bonds. This is according to the WSJ article States Battle Treasury Over Billions in Unclaimed Savings… [Read More...]

Target REDcard 5% Off + $50 off $100, $10 GC w/ $100+, 1% Off Via Circle

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Target has been coming out with a variety of offers and announcements that should interest regular shoppers: New Target REDcard applicants (credit or debit) will get a coupon for $50 off $100+ future purchase. Restrictions listed below. Apply online or in-store by 9/28. REDcard gets you 5% off at Target & Target.com (Target gift cards excluded, in-store Starbucks included) and free 2-day shipping on qualifying items. Existing REDcard holders get a additional 5% off coupon for a single in-store purchase when you use your RedCard through Wallet in the Target app during the sale (ends 9/28). This is in addition to the standard 5% off. Free $10 Target gift card when you spend $100 using Drive Up, Order Pickup ,or Shipt. This works … [Read More...]

Vanguard Digital Advisor Services (VDAS) Initial Review: 0.15% Fee Robo-Advisor

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The big news in financial advice world last week was that many details of Vanguard’s new portfolio management service were revealed when InvestmentNews reported this Vanguard SEC filing. Here are a few key differences between the new Vanguard Digital Advisor Services (VDAS) and their existing hybrid VPAS offering: Vanguard Personal Advisor Services (VPAS) – Both human and online communications. $50,000 minimum. 0.30% annual advisory fee. Vanguard Digital Advisor Services (VDAS). Online-only communication. $5,000 minimum for retail accounts ($5 minimum for 401k). 0.15% annual advisory fee. The 0.15% fee would make it cheaper than the digital-only offerings of the first-mover robo-advisors Wealthfront and Betterment. After reading through the entire SEC filing brochure, I noted some important similarities and differences between their services and… [Read More...]

Savings I Bonds November 2019: 2.02% Inflation Rate Prediction

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Savings I Bonds are a unique, low-risk investment backed by the US Treasury that pay out a variable interest rate linked to inflation. You could own them as an alternative to bank certificates of deposit (they are liquid after 12 months) or bonds in your portfolio. New inflation numbers were just announced at BLS.gov, which allows us to make an early prediction of the November 2019 savings bond rates a couple of weeks before the official announcement on the 1st. This also allows the opportunity to predict what an October 2019 savings bond purchase will yield over the next 12 months, instead of just 6 months. New inflation rate prediction. March 2019 CPI-U was 254.202. September 2019 CPI-U was 256.759, for a semi-annual increase of 1.01%. Using the official formula, the… [Read More...]

Son of sheriff who called immigrants ‘drunks’ at White House event arrested for public intoxication

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The son of a Texas sheriff who used a White House press conference to describe immigrant offenders as “drunks” likely to repeatedly break the law has been arrested for public intoxication.Sergei Waybourn, 24, faces a count of indecent exposure as well as public drunkenness just days after his father, Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn, was criticised for the comments. [Read More...]

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