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The S&P 500 down 6% since his inauguration as investors are withdrawing funds from the US and investing them in stocks abroad, reported New York Times.

Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student at Columbia University who opted to «self-deport» after her visa was revoked, has described the terrifying moment when federal immigration agents first knocked on the door of her varsity apartment. The immigration agents were searching for Srinivasan, 37, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked. Srinivasan, an international PhD student from India, did not open the door when the three immigration agents knocked at it, the New York Times reported. She was not home when the agents showed up again the next night. She packed a few belongings, left her cat behind with a friend and jumped on a flight to Canada at LaGuardia Airport, the report added. When the agents returned a third time, this past Thursday night, and entered her apartment with a judicial warrant, she was gone.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced a bill to protect the state's consumers and small businesses from scams and deceptive practices from lenders, debt collectors and health care firms.

cocoa and coffee futures is leaving traders so cash-strapped that many no longer have enough money to ship the two commodities around the world. Rising prices forced traders to deposit large sums of money with the New York exchange to back their futures positions. With so much cash locked up, it’s become much harder to finance cargoes to move beans from where they are produced to where they are consumed. To make matters worse, a rising market has prompted some farmers that sold at lower prices to default, leaving traders without the supply they need. Chocolate maker Hershey Co. argues there’s a “significant disconnect” between prices in the physical and the futures market, and that a lack of liquidity is allowing for unprecedented volatility.

With Mexico and Canada as two of America's biggest suppliers of food items and beverages, the tariffs will soon drive prices up and may cause supply chain disruptions while demand stays high, New York Post reported.

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts instead of returning to the Vikings. The deal is valued at $14 million, with the potential to earn up to $17.7 million through playing-time incentives.

Donald Trump has asked his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, to stop his public assaults on billionaire Elon Musk and broker a private meeting between the two, as per a report.

Kia Norway poked fun at Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk in an Instagram post which has gone viral. The South Korean automaker uploaded an Instagram photo of one of its EV3 electric vehicles, with a sticker that says, «I bought this after Elon went crazy,» reported Times of India.

You walk into a store selling personal care products and pick up two nearly identical products —one labelled for men, the other for women. To your surprise, the women’s version costs more. This invisible yet pervasive price disparity, known as the ‘pink tax’, quietly drains women’s wallets on everything from personal care items to professional services like dry cleaning and healthcare. 

Marco Rubio and billionaire Elon Musk exchanged sharp words over recent staffing cuts in the federal government during a recent cabinet meeting at the White House, as per reports.

Donald Trump administration announced on Friday that it was cutting down $400 million in funding for Columbia University due to its continued inaction to squelch antisemitism on campus. Cancelling grants and contracts of the Ivy League school, the US Departments of Justice, Health, Education and General Services Administration (GSA) stated in an official release that these «represent the first round of action and additional cancellations are expected to follow.» At present, Columbia University holds over $5 billion in federal grant commitments.

According to the New York Post, this is the third time when the show has witnessed an unfortunate ending.

The Brooklyn mega-mansion that wowed Anora is a 14,000-square-foot waterfront estate in Mill Basin. It features marble floors, a large pool, and a private theater. The luxurious home, now owned by financier Michael Davidoff, remains unchanged, a true architectural gem that stole the spotlight both on and off-screen.

The Grammy winner recently dropped her new music and debuted her latest single Love in Real Life. Now, she has announced three concerts in March to celebrate its release, USA Today reported.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Target boss Brian Cornell and his team were walking through a New York City conference center Monday night when the news broke: President Trump was following through on his tariff threats. The retailer’s executives huddled sitting on sofas in a greenroom next to the stage where they would meet with their biggest investors on Tuesday.

FedEx plane made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Newark Airport on Saturday as its right engine caught fire, New York Post reported. According to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and FedEx, the bird strike caused the sudden ignition. Video showed the Boeing 767-3S2F heading back to the tarmac as flames spewed from the right engine around 8 am (local time) on Saturday. Two Port Authority fire trucks headed near the the plane as it landed and extinguished the blaze. Later, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it initiated an investigation into the incident, New York Post reported. According to the flight data, the plane was forced to land at 8:07 am (local time), just nine minutes after the takeoff.

Taylor Swift and Amal Clooney appear to be wearing the same winter date night ensemble. Amal Clooney recently stepped out wearing an outfit strikingly similar to Taylor Swift's go-to date night look. Amal Clooney's most recent outfit has raised rumors that she may be subtly adopting Tyalor Swift's signature style, despite the fact that the two women have different tastes. There are so many photos of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's date nights in New York City that it seems like everyone is watching them.