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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that total fraud losses reached an all-time high of $15.9 billion last year—an approximately 27% year-over-year increase—and found that some victims lost more than $1 million to scams. An FTC report noted that imposter scams remained the most commonly reported type of fraud, continuing a five-year trend. While…

A new Miss USA has been crowned. Miss Virginia Justus Kelley was named the winner of the 75th Miss USA pageant on Thursday at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, becoming Virginia’s first winner since 1970. She was crowned by Miss USA 2025 Audrey Eckert. Kelley, 31, is a foster mom…

Shorter-dated Asian sovereign bonds fell, tracking moves in Treasuries after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 and signaled further tightening to curb inflation. The dollar gained the most since June. Government bonds in Australia and New Zealand slipped in early trading after the yield on the rate-sensitive two-year US…

Over the past three years, NuScale Power‘s (SMR -4.47%) stock price has ranged from $2 to $53 per share. Today, it sits at a little under $8. Owning it has been a roller-coaster ride, with five drawdowns of 50% or more over that span. The current drawdown is the worst of them, at roughly 85%….

Creative Planning, the Overland Park, Kan.-based registered investment advisor with $780 billion in assets under management, has agreed to acquire an institutional consulting and investment research firm overseeing $4.3 trillion in assets for public and private retirement plans, endowments, foundations and insurance companies. The transaction is expected to close in January 2027. According to an…