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(L-R) Alexia Barroso, Isabella Damon, Gia Damon, Matt Damon, Luciana Barroso and Stella Damon. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/WireImage) Matt Damon is still getting used to having to wave off another one of his daughters as she heads to college. Damon’s daughter Isabella, 18, is the latest to fly the coup after her half-sister Alexia Barroso, 26, left several years ago. (Damon also shares Gia, 16, and Stella, 13, with wife Luciana Barroso, 48.) The actor, 53, said that he and the family are still adjusting to the change during an interview with E! News in New York on Thursday, September…

The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act of 2024, a U.S. Senate bill introduced this past December that targets mortgage trigger leads, has been incorporated into the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This is a bill that Congress must pass each year, since it refers to laws that specify the annual budget for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Organizations including the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) have been vocal advocates for such a move. The MBA argued that the incorporation of the bill into larger DOD-affiliated legislation would go a long…

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CARTENZ 2024 PEACE OPERATION TASK FORCE/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockA bearded Philip Mehrtens is pictured with a local official at a press conference on Saturday after being freed from captivityA New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is “very happy” to be going home to his family.Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 and was released after lengthy negotiations into the care of Indonesian officials on Saturday. He appeared before cameras looking thin and with a full beard but is said to be…

A new preliminary injunction orders the Florida-based brokerage to stop issuing liens in California, and to stop enforcing its 40-year “homeowner benefit agreements.” Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. California officials announced this week that they’ve won a legal victory against MV Realty, a company known for its 40-year homeseller contracts that law…

A mural is displayed in an alley downtown on September 16, 2024 in Springfield, Ohio. Luke Sharrett | Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance’s unfounded claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio weaken the Republican Party’s border message, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wrote in an op-ed published Friday.”The Biden administration’s failure to control the southern border is a very important issue that Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance are talking about and one that the American people are rightfully deeply concerned about,” DeWine, a Republican, wrote in the New York Times.”But their verbal attacks against these Haitians —…

Internal review identifies poor planning, communication breakdown and ‘complacency’ of some agents.The United States Secret Service has acknowledged a series of security failures it made during a July campaign rally where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at and wounded in the ear. In a review of the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service identified “deficiencies” in advanced security planning and poor coordination with local police, said the agency’s acting director, Ronald Rowe. “While some members of the advance team were very diligent, there was complacency on the part of others that led to a…

The 2024 Laver Cup gets underway today at Berlin’s Uber Arena as John McEnroe’s Team World begins its title defense against Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe. Fresh off leading Spain to the finals of the Davis Cup, four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz makes his Laver Cup debut this weekend. Fans will be able to watch the Spaniard compete alongside Alexander Zverev in doubles action against Americans Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz. Watch the Laver Cup on FuboWith powerhouse players like Frances Tiafoe, Grigor Dimitrov, Daniil Medvedev and Casper Ruud, tennis fans have plenty of exciting matches to watch this weekend. Even Cup co-founder Roger Federer has said how much he’s…

After years of declines, home-flipping profits are coming back. That’s according to a report released this week by Attom, which showed that the typical profit on a flip in the second quarter of 2024 was 30.4%, the fourth time in five quarters that margins rose. Attom said that flippers have struggled in comparison to other types of sellers in recent years because they’ve exhibited an “unusual pattern” of timing the market poorly. The string of profit-margin gains could be a signal that flippers are beginning to self-correct. “The Spring home-buying season of 2024 brought another sign of hope for home…

For rich shoppers — really rich people who really love to shop — shopping sprees are something different. They don’t buy a handful of pieces once or twice a year to treat themselves, they drop six figures on any given order, sometimes spending upward of $1 million a year on clothing, jewelry, and accessories.In fact, the top 2% of shoppers can make up 40% of a retailer’s sales, Lupe Puerta told Business Insider, citing numbers from luxury e-commerce platform Net-a-Porter, where she ran personal and VIP shopping.Applied to the entire market, that means top shoppers are responsible for billions in…