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Hochul at today’s press conference. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images After five decades of debate, five years of lawmaking, and five months of an “indefinite” suspension, congestion pricing appears, improbably, to be back. Governor Kathy Hochul took to the lectern today at her midtown offices on Third Avenue to unpause the program, now with its toll set at $9 instead of $15, a 40 percent cut the governor was very eager to tout. The fee, she promised, would remain fixed for at least three years. Hochul and the aides who lined the dais promised that despite generating less revenue, the program…

Disney’s CFO Hugh Johnston discussed Universal Studios’ upcoming theme park, Epic Universe.Johnston said in a call it’s “generally beneficial” for Disney when other attractions open in Central Florida.Both Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort are adding new attractions. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. Epic Universe’s arrival in Central Florida might…

Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by deliberately causing the mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.About 1.9 million people – 90% of Gaza’s population – have fled their homes over the past year, and 79% of the territory is under Israeli-issued evacuation orders, according to the UN.HRW’s report says this amounts to “forcible transfer” and that “evidence shows it has been systematic and part of a state policy”. It also says Israeli actions appear to “meet the definition of ethnic cleansing”.Israel said the report was “completely false and detached…

When Sara Haines walks off The View, something very bad or very funny has happened. Maybe both. Guest host Sara Haines was on The View to help Whoopi Goldberg celebrate her birthday. Amidst all of the understandable doom and gloom, Whoopi held a “favorite things” segment. However, a Freudian slip had the audience in stitches … and had Sara Haines walking off of the stage. On The View, Whoopi Goldberg shows Sara Haines a round of cheese bearing the Oscar winner’s face. (Image Credit: ABC) Why did Sara Haines walk off ‘The View’ during Whoopi’s Favorite Things? Wednesday, November 13…

The companies that can afford to, including Zillow, are aggressively growing MLO headcount in order to capture future market share, Mike DelPrete writes. This article was shared here with permission from Mike DelPrete for Inman Intel, a data and research arm of Inman offering deep insights and market intelligence on the business of residential real estate and proptech. Subscribe today. Even in a depressed market, people are still getting loans and buying houses — and some companies are positioning themselves to capture a larger share of the mortgage market. Why it matters: Tracking MLO (mortgage loan originator) headcount is a corollary to…

Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn was interviewed by our Leslie Picker at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha event Wednesday. Einhorn spoke about the election results, inflation and some of his current stock picks (including CNH Industrial and Peloton Interactive), but soon returned to a familiar theme: the long, slow descent of value investing. “It’s continuing to get worse,” the hedge fund manager told Picker. “We are in a secular destruction of the professional asset management community.” As he has done several times before, Einhorn pointed a finger at passive, index investors: “The passive people, they don’t care what the value is.” Markets are ‘broken’In Einhorn’s estimation, markets are “broken,”…

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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Gareth Cattermole/WireImage Taylor Swift has a special role in the lives of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s children. “She’s the godparent to my daughters,” Reynolds, 48, confirmed in a video interview with Deadline on Wednesday, November 13, referring to his and Lively’s three eldest kids — James, 9, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5. The couple also share their son, Olin, who was born in February 2023. Swift revealed her godparent status in a hilarious way earlier this summer while praising Reynolds’ movie Deadpool & Wolverine. “Over the past few years I have watched one of my best…

With several top 10 reverse mortgage lenders now active in some form within the U.S. stock market, companies like Finance of America (FOA) and Ellington Financial — the parent of reverse lender Longbridge Financial — have recently released their third-quarter 2024 earnings results. In the case of FOA — the current industry leader — the earnings results were robust. Executive leaders there pointed to the performance of the company’s proprietary loan products and trends in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) space as favorable. While Ellington’s results were softer in comparison, company leaders remain bullish on profitability prospects for Longbridge…

Susie Wiles Susie Wiles will become the nation’s first female chief of staff. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Susie Wiles is set to make history as the country’s first female chief of staff to a president. A veteran Florida strategist who led Trump’s political operation for nearly four years, Wiles is seen as loyal and supremely capable.A grandmother who keeps a relatively low public profile, Wiles is Trump’s only campaign manager to have lasted an entire election cycle, The New York Times reported. Not only did she help the president-elect expand his base and run a more professional…