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Why Martha Stewart Doesn’t Own Scented Candles

Martha Stewart has to go arrange flowers. Coming from anyone else, this might seem like a half-baked excuse to end an interview, but coming from Stewart, it seems as valid as it apparently was: Shortly after we hang up, photos of two sprawling bouquets appear on her Instagram Stories. I didn’t have to go out of my way to fact-check …

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Sterling plunges 1% after Bailey suggests more aggressive rate cuts

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference at the Bank of England in London on Aug. 1, 2024. Alberto Pezzali | Via Reuters The British pound tumbled more than 1% against the euro and the U.S. dollar on Thursday after a The Guardian report that Bank of England Governor …

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A Bank of America outage showed customers blanked-out account balances

First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there. “Some mobile and online banking clients experienced an issue accessing their accounts and balance information …

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