Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot. The previously unreported warrants gave prosecutors…

Stanley Black & Decker, a worldwide leader in Tools and Outdoor, announced today that its Board of Directors approved a regular second quarter cash dividend of $0.81 per common share. This extends the company’s record for the longest consecutive annual and quarterly dividend payments among industrial companies listed on the…

The share of prime working-age US men with a job has declined from about 96% in the 1950s to 86%.The effects of recessions, globalization, and disabilities can partially explain the decline.But there are also several other reasons men aren’t working like they used to. America’s working-age men are employed at…

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The US State Department has determined that five Israeli security units committed gross violations of human rights prior to the outbreak of the war with Hamas in Gaza, but is still deciding whether to restrict military assistance to one of the units under US law. The other four “have effectively remediated these violations,” deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday. The US is still deciding whether to restrict assistance to the remaining unit – reported to be the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion. “We continue to be in in in consultations and engagements with the Government of Israel. They have…

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Investing

The website Gurufocus.com tracks the stock picks and performance of a few dozen famous investors. In the past five years, half a dozen of them had annual returns exceeding 17%. Ron Baron leads the parade. His Baron Partners Fund had a 31.2% annual return. In today’s column, we’ll take a…