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Mortgage banking executive and industry mergers & acquisitions advisor Rick Roque has taken a new executive position at NFM Lending. Roque will lead NFM’s retail growth strategy as corporate vice president of retail, NFM’s Managing Director Greg Sher announced on LinkedIn on Friday. “Your thoughtful leadership, data-driven market perspective, and unwavering support of mortgage and housing, helps to ensure we will continue to conquer the many mountains ahead,” Sher wrote in a social media post. “Looking forward to seeing what we can do together.” Roque’s arrival at NFM comes just a few months after he joined Sierra Pacific Mortgage as…

Inflation edged higher in July, according to a measure favored by the Federal Reserve as the central bank prepares to enact its first interest rate reduction in more than four years.The Commerce Department reported Friday that the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.2% on the month and was up 2.5% from the same period a year ago, exactly in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimates.Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core PCE also increased 0.2% for the month but was up 2.6% from a year ago. The 12-month figure was slightly softer than the 2.7% estimate.Fed officials tend…

At least 20 people have been killed in Israel’s largest military operation in the occupied territory in decades.Israel’s military is conducting raids in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, blocking access to aid for Palestinians in the besieged refugee camp on the fourth day of its assault. Dozens of Israeli soldiers were stationed on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp, Al Jazeera Arabic reported on Saturday, with Israeli military bulldozers and armoured carriers also seen. Israeli forces blew up homes in the Jabriyat neighbourhood of the camp as they extended their largest military assault on Palestinian territory in more…

Nikki Bella’s statement on the arrest of her husband invites more questions than it answers. Just a few days after his wedding anniversary, Artem Chigvintsev was arrested on a domestic battery charge. Few details about the incident have been released by his team or the police, but it has been confirmed that his wife, Nikki Garcia, also known as Nikki Bella, was with him at the time. Now, she’s breaking her silence – and fans continue to be concerned. Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev attend “Twin Love” – Cocktails And Bites With Hosts Nikki & Brie Garcia at Soho House…

Another false start Then-Defense Secretary William S. Cohen talks with reporters near a MV-22 Osprey aircraft. RD Ward/DoD/Newsmakers/Getty Images Production and further testing of the V-22 Osprey continued but with tenuous support from Congress. But there continued to be fatal incidents.In 2000, the Marines were holding a weapons training course aboard two Ospreys, flying from Yuma airbase in Arizona to Marana Regional Airport, located 25 miles outside Tuscon, when disaster struck.The first aircraft — call sign Nighthawk 71 — started its descent 2,000 feet too high and began a rapid deceleration, hitting the runway hard but ultimately landing unscathed. The…

ReutersTrains and flights have been cancelled in Japan as one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in decades drenches cities in its path.At least six people have been killed and more than 100 injured after Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the south-western Japan on Thursday. Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Shanshan is still packing winds of 90km/h (56mph).Thousands of people remain without power.The highest level-five order was issued to millions of residents in the southern island of Kyushu as the storm approached on Thursday, with winds of up to 252 km/h.After making landfall, the typhoon weakened to…

Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for iHeartRadio After Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from Jax Taylor, the couple made plans to untangle their joint “When Reality Hits” podcast venture. “Moving forward, Jax and I will be doing the podcast separately,” Cartwright, 35, said during the Friday, August 30, episode, while addressing her divorce filing. “Thank you all for the support. I love you very much and I hope you enjoy an episode that has some of our best memories together from the past. Just hang in there with me.” Us Weekly confirmed earlier this week that Cartwright filed for divorce from Taylor,…

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Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesRetirees who are worried about the high costs of prescription drugs are set to get new relief starting in 2025.Starting in January, Medicare drug plan enrollees will have their annual out-of-pocket drug costs capped at $2,000.Between 2025 and 2029, on average, about 1.4 million participants in Medicare drug coverage (also known as Medicare Part D) who reach the new out-of-pocket cap will see an estimated annual savings of $1,000 or more, according to a new report from AARP.More than 420,000 will see savings of more than $3,000 during that time.More from Personal Finance:When children…

Here is the situation on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Fighting Five people have been killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, adding that 37 people, including seven children, were taken to hospital. A Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Friday has killed at least six people, including a 14-year-old girl, and wounded dozens of others, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia hit Ukraine with more than 400 missiles and drones this week, the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy has fired the commander…