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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to occupiers,” after President Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal would include some “swapping” of territories with Russia.”The answer to Ukraine’s territorial question is already in the constitution of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in a message on Telegram early Saturday. “No one will and no one can deviate from it. Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.”His comments came after Trump announced on Truth Social that a long-awaited meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin had been scheduled for next Friday in Alaska.Further details and logistics of the meeting are still unclear…

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Michelle Bowman, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the Exchequer Club meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2024.Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision, Michelle Bowman, on Saturday said recent weak job data underscores her concerns about labor market fragility and strengthens her confidence in her own forecast that three interest-rate cuts will likely be appropriate this year.Bowman was one of two Fed governors to dissent last month against the U.S. central bank’s decision to leave short-term borrowing costs in the 4.25%-4.50% range where they have been since December. Most Fed…

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Plenty of kids would rather sit in front of their phone screen than play a sport, pick up an instrument or read a book.They might be modeling that behavior from their parents, bestselling author and podcast host Mel Robbins said during a panel discussion hosted by Verizon on Wednesday. She spoke from personal experience, she added: Robbins would lose herself in her iPhone for extended periods of time, and then look up to see her kids buried in their own devices.”I used to be the kind of person who always had [my phone] in my hand,” said Robbins, 58. “I…

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Pooja Tripathi might not have become a successful comedian if she hadn’t quit her corporate marketing job in the middle of a meeting in 2018.By then, Tripathi had spent five years working in the fashion industry, but felt defeated after dealing with a toxic boss, she says. One morning, in a last-minute meeting, her boss started personally insulting Tripathi in front of her manager. She’d watched her coworkers experience similar bullying in the past — and decided to quit the job, where she earned a mid-five figure salary, on the spot, she says.”Having a job everyone thinks sounds cool ……

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he will hold a press availability at the White House next week to address violent crime in Washington, D.C., days after the White House announced it was increasing federal law enforcement across the city.”On Monday a Press Conference will be held at the White House which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C,” he wrote on social media.Trump, who has frequently criticized the Democratic-led city, claimed that D.C. will…

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When Matt Linde and Udi Kore were first approached to develop the old site of St. John’s College’s campus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it was a dream come true for the two men who grew up in the area.Linde, CEO of People Restoring Communities, and Kore, Founding Partner at Avenue Realty Capital, first walked through the property in the summer of 2017.The building has had many names over the years since the cornerstone was laid in 1869. It has been known as the College of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s College, and St. John’s University, New York, before relocating to…

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Runwise co-founders (L-R) Jeff Carleton, Lee Hoffman and Mike Cook.Courtesy of RunwiseA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.As brutally high temperatures bake the nation this summer, cooling is becoming increasingly critical across commercial real estate property portfolios. Landlords are balancing soaring demand with rising costs, putting energy efficiency front and center. The trouble is that most…

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Goldman Sachs highlighted five companies that have more room to run following their latest quarterly earnibgs reports. The Wall Street investment bank says stocks like Shake Shack have plenty of upside ahead. Other buy-rated names include: Tyson Foods, FMC, Match Group and Woodward. FMC Corporation Buy the dip in shares of the chemical maker, analyst Duffy Fischer wrote recently. FMC is coming off a solid second quarter earnings report with Fischer expecting a host of near-term catalysts. Fischer says FMC has been unfairly punished by investors as price headwinds persist amid high expectations. “With the strategic inventory reduction complete, we…

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Stocks including Apple and Alphabet may be among some of Wall Street’s most overbought stocks — and could be soon due for a pullback, according to one widely used technical metric. The three major averages all climbed higher this week, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ‘s 3.9% gain leading the way. The S & P 500 rose 2.4%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.4% in the same period. Investors seemed to shake off trade war worries , despite President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs coming into effect on Thursday. CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify the…

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The Dayton Mall has been a shopping staple for residents of Dayton, Ohio, since it opened in 1970.  The once-prospering mall, like many, has faced hard times with increased vacancies, exacerbated by the closing of two anchors, Sears and Bon Ton, in 2018.As a result, the mall was put into receivership, where it remains. But the 162,000-square-foot former Sears space was sold to a local church, Crossroads, which has transformed 90,000 square feet of the former store into a house of worship and community hub with a traditional indoor entrance to the rest of the mall.”Nothing says dying mall like…

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