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Crypto real estate company RealT collected millions from investors for Detroit properties it doesn’t own
WMYD - Michigan
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July 9, 2025
This story was first published by Aaron Mondry of Outlier Media. WXYZ is a proud partner of Outlier. Starting in July 2023, a Florida-based real estate startup made a pitch to foreign investors: For as little as $50, anyone with a crypto wallet...
Construction advocate Mark Casso remembered as mentor, friend
Construction Dive
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July 9, 2025
Mark Casso, president of the Construction Industry Round Table since 1998, died on June 25 at the age of 70, the McLean, Virginia-based organization announced in a LinkedIn post. His cause of death was not released. The longtime industry advocate...
Housing Inventory Jumps Dramatically Across California in June 2024
Times News Global
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July 9, 2025
LOS ANGELES, California — The housing market in California saw a significant increase in active listings in June 2024, with various regions showing sharp year-over-year spikes. Los Angeles County reported a 45% rise in homes for sale, totaling...
Banner Real Estate Group Breaks Ground on Downtown Wheaton Multifamily Development
The Bulletin - Kansas
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July 8, 2025
WHEATON, Ill., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Real Estate Group, and/or it's affiliated entities, is pleased to announce the successful closing on its latest development at 220 W. Liberty Drive in the heart of downtown Wheaton, Illinois...
The new Alex Saab is a U.S. person: Antonio Luis Gonzalez Morales
Chicago Morning Star - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
Antonio Luis Gonzalez Morales, a Venezuelan oil trader with deep ties to the Maduro regime, is emerging as the “new Alex Saab”, a key figure in laundering illicit Venezuelan wealth. Like Saab, who built his fortune through Venezuela’s oil-for-food...
Canadian searches for U.S. real estate shows steep decline: report
National Post
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July 9, 2025
The decline has affected 48 of the largest metro areas in the United States, according to RedFin. That includes Canadians searching for homes in Houston, which dropped 55.2 per cent year over year in May, as well as Philadelphia, by 53 per cent,...
US stocks close little changed despite Trump's tough tariff talk. Copper hits record high
Yahoo Finance
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U.S. stocks closed barely changed even after President Donald Trump took a harder stance on his Aug. 1 "reciprocal" tariff deadline, threatened up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals and slapped a 50% tariff on copper imports that sent copper...
Trump’s Copper Tariff Will Likely Increase Crime. Here’s Why.
Forbes
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Topline Trump’s copper tariff announcement is causing a surge in the metal’s prices—but Americans should also expect a rise in crime and local copper theft. US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White...
Trump’s reign of terror will now begin in earnest
Miami Times - Florida
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President Donald Trump’s Republican senators and House members have finally passed his “Big, Beautiful Bill.” That bill will provide more funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Defense, meanwhile cutting...
What’s The Story With The “Trump Phone”?
TWICE
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July 9, 2025
On June 16, the Trump Organization, the private business company founded by the president of the United States, announced a new business venture, called T1 Mobile. The press release promises “a transformational, new cellular service designed to...
Trump stirs outrage as 1/3 of American soil on the southern border is occupied for military expansionism
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It is part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement with Mexico like...
Trump's 50% Copper Tariff Shocks Markets—These Stocks Are Winning Big
Benzinga
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A surprise 50% import tariff on copper announced by President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent the red metal into a frenzy, driving prices to a historic high of $5.90 per pound as investors rushed to price in potential supply constraints. U.S.-based...
World Associated Press Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says
Yahoo News
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A U.S. envoy said on Wednesday that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks, a persistent obstacle as the new authorities in Damascus...
Portland’s skyline-defining ‘Big Pink’ office tower sold
OregonLive.com
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July 9, 2025
The downtown Portland U.S. Bancorp Tower, known familiarly as “Big Pink,” has sold after just two months on the market. The tower — Oregon’s largest office building — was being marketed for sale by real estate brokerage JLL. Last year, U.S. Bank...
Court grants ICPC’s plea to take over land approved for Goodluck Jonathan Estate
Premium Times
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July 9, 2025
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted ICPC’s request to temporarily take over the expanse land approved for the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Model Housing Estate. In 2012, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) obtained the...
Vietnam’s Economic Performance in H1 2025: Inflation, Trade, FDI, and Business Trends
Vietnam Briefing
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July 9, 2025
Vietnam’s economy posted 7.52 percent growth in the first half of 2025, driven by services and manufacturing, despite global trade tensions and US tariffs. This article provides a detailed examination of inflation, trade, FDI, and business...
Trump’s bill may raise power bills, cut jobs and slow clean energy in Nevada
Reno Gazette-Journal - Nevada
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Nevadans can expect to see energy bills rise, gasoline costs creep upward, an increase in health risks, job losses, a plunge in the state’s gross domestic product, and the potential for a resurgence in nuclear energy as a result of President...
Concrete patching project on U.S. 50 in Finney County starts July 14
Sunflower State News - Kansas
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July 9, 2025
The Kansas Department of Transportation is set to commence a concrete patching and profile grinding project on U.S. 50 in Finney County starting Monday, July 14. The work will begin west of Holcomb and extend east to the end of the four-lane near...
What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
In Kevin Plank’s telling, he was sipping whiskey when he gazed up at the Dubai skyline and thought: Why can’t Baltimore do something like this? It was 2013, his company, Under Armour, was booming, and Plank craved a campus that would rival Nike’s...
The National Congress of American Indians (NACI) Meeting in North Carolina – An Overview
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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Reported from Oklahoma City -- The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) mid-year meeting concluded Thursday. Perhaps the most important of all the nationally-focused organizations dedicated to advancing the varied interests and goals of...