Billionaire Don Hankey provided Trump’s $175 million bond

Providing Donald Trump’s $175 million appeal bond when other insurers wouldn’t is business as usual for California financier Don Hankey. As chairman of the Los Angeles-based Hankey Group of Companies, which includes an insurer, a subprime auto lender and a commercial real estate investment firm, Hankey has amassed a fortune lending to borrowers other financial […]

Former ESPN Host Sage Steele On Biden Interview: ‘Every Single Question’ Was ‘Scripted’ By Network Execs

Screenshot/Breaking 911 X According to former ESPN host Sage Steele, her 2021 interview with President Joe Biden was “scripted” by network executives.  How much? “Every single question” she claims. RELATED: Muslim American Says ‘Trump Is What The Country Needs’ Regarding Handling Israel-Hamas War Nothing is Real with Biden In an interview with Fox News, Sage […]

Upside ahead for Amazon, but a ‘rate trap’ looms for BofA

(This is CNBC Pro’s live coverage of Thursday’s analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. Please refresh every 20-30 minutes to view the latest posts.) Online marketplace giant Amazon took focus in the overnight market calls, with analysts at Jefferies seeing a broad range of factors likely to contribute to a surge in the company’s share […]

Meet some of the violent Jan. 6 rioters Donald Trump keeps calling ‘hostages’

WASHINGTON — The way former President Donald Trump tells it, the men and women who stormed the Capitol because they believed his lies about the 2020 presidential election are “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots” who are being mistreated by the justice system. But an NBC News review of hundreds of cases against Jan. 6 defendants found […]

Myanmar's military-ruled capital attacked by drones

By Jonathan Head & BBC Burmese The opposition in Myanmar says it ordered a mass drone attack on the country’s embattled military in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The National Unity Government (NUG) said 29 drones armed with explosives targeted the airport, air force base and military headquarters. The military has told BBC Burmese they […]

Business planning startup Pigment raises $145M in rare French tech megaround

Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a $145 million funding round just five years after its inception. The enterprise software company offers a business planning platform for large companies to visualize their past financial performance and forecast upcoming quarters. This funding round comes as a bit of a surprise as large rounds have been few and […]