FleetCor and CEO Ronald Clarke agreed to a $100 million payment resolving Federal Trade Commission litigation. The settlement follows years of court action over hidden charges involving commercial fuel cards. Harm reached tens of thousands among small-business customers seeking lower operating costs. Regulators say promised savings disappeared beneath undisclosed billing practices.
Federal regulators accused FleetCor, which now operates as Corpay, of imposing unauthorized fees totaling hundreds of millions. Investigators found improper late penalties despite timely remittance or company barriers that prevented payment. Officials cited misleading claims about gas savings, fraud controls, plus card-related expenses. Those practices harmed operators across the United States, according to a 2019 complaint.
Regulators found FleetCor often waited several billing cycles before adding many charges. Delayed timing made extra costs harder for customers to notice. Invoices omitted fee disclosures, pushing account holders toward separate management reports. Even those documents obscured some amounts among unrelated details or excluded them entirely.
"FleetCor deceived its small business customers by promising fuel savings that never materialized," Christopher Mufarrige said. He directs FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Agency officials also criticized hidden and unauthorized charges. Settlement terms channel restitution toward harmed account holders.
In 2023, one federal district court granted summary judgment to the FTC on every count. Its ruling found hidden charges and false representations involving savings, fees, plus fraud-control features. Permanent injunction terms barred FleetCor from billing without informed consent alongside clear disclosures. That order also prohibited deceptive fuel-card claims or hiding material information behind hyperlinks.

#fleetcor #savings

AI investors are weighing warnings from technology executives about the safety risks posed by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. However, some believe that slowing AI development could leave the US behind China and other competitors in the global race. Brad Gerstner, founder and CEO of Altimeter Capital, said on CNBC that he supports AI safety measures but believes some fears are being exaggerated to advance a political agenda.
"I've not talked to a single person in AI who says, full steam ahead, disregard safety," Gerstner said. "It turns out we all care about kids. We all care about the future of the country. We know the massive benefits it offers, but we also want to take the extra time to make sure that we do this safely. But what I didn't like this week is these hyperbolic scare tactics, which I think are hiding behind a political agenda. We learn that all of this catastrophizing about data centers may in fact, have had support from the CCP. Right? So I want a little investigation. Who is behind all of this negativity? Is it coordinated? Right? Where is the money coming from?"
Altimeter's second-quarter 13F filings show that the fund opened new positions in several technology and AI-related companies, including Qualcomm (QCOM) and Micron Technology (MU).
Altimeter bought 1.88 million Qualcomm shares valued at about $347.9 million as of June 30. The position accounted for 3.54% of the fund's reported US equity portfolio. It also acquired 209,520 Micron shares worth roughly $241.8 million, representing 2.46% of the portfolio.
Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital

#behind #qualcomm

NVDA's forward P/E of 24 and PEG ratio of 0.46 reveal a GARP stock hiding inside a $5 trillion market cap.
AMD and AVGO can't match NVDA's Networking segment, which alone generated $40 billion in one quarter, up 138% year over year.
Analyst EPS estimates for NVDA climbed from $12.67 to $15.57 in just 90 days, signaling earnings power is outrunning the valuation multiple.
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I keep hitting the buy ***** on on NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), and the louder the "it's overpriced" chorus gets, the more shares I add. That sounds reckless until you look at what the multiple is actually paying for.

#NVIDIA

HIVE Digital Technologies (Nasdaq: HIVE), a Canada-based Bitcoin miner and data center operator that trades on the Nasdaq and Toronto Stock Exchange, said it has exceeded $1 million in daily revenue on Aug. 21.
The milestone combined income from Bitcoin mining and GPU cloud services for the first time at that level, according to preliminary, unaudited management estimates.
Since that date, the company has produced an average of approximately 12 Bitcoin per day, representing roughly 2% of global Bitcoin network production.
Its GPU cloud operations, run through wholly owned subsidiary BUZZ HPC, a sovereign AI cloud and high-performance computing provider, have generated approximately $100,000 in average daily revenue over the same period.
Related: Man declares bankruptcy with 34 cents while hiding millions

#Bitcoin #hive #daily #average

Dave Ramsey told caller Hazel her secret teen payments aren't a money problem but a marriage problem requiring full financial transparency and counseling.
Secret spending makes joint wealth-building impossible. Hiding $400 monthly from a spouse means losing its compounding potential in a Roth IRA or 529.
Transparency alone flips the outcome: a joint kid-support budget lets both spouses plan together, while secret contributions force decisions based on false information.
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On the September 9 episode of The Ramsey Show, a caller named Hazel admitted she has been slipping money to her three teenagers from a prior marriage, quietly, from her own account, because her husband of almost seven years refuses to help pay for their sports and school costs. Dave Ramsey did not reach for a spreadsheet. He told her: "You don't have a combining money problem and you don't have a who pays for what problem. You have a marriage problem."

#problem #secret

Arsenal made it four wins from four in the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats played a gritty, physical game, but the Gunners gave as good as they got, and battled to the win. With a massive ***** ist from David Raya saving a, uh, generously awarded penalty that would have made it 1-0 for the bad guys. Minutes later, Bruno Guimaraes put one top bins. Raya made another brilliant save later in the half. Deep in added time, Bruno put Bukayo Saka in on goal, earning a penalty and second yellow to Reinildo. Penalty converted. Game over.
The Sunderland crowd greeted Bruno with a chorus of boos when he replaced Myles Lewis-Skelly at halftime. They take their rivalry with Newcastle seriously. Unfortunately, it was very much a "keep booing, it only makes me stronger" moment. You could see from the little smile on Bruno's face that he was loving it and using it to fuel him. His "I can't hear you" celebration to the crowd after he'd put one on postage stamp was absolute perfection.
Great call from Mikel Arteta to pull Myles Lewis-Skelly at the break. Everything was off from him — poor touches, cheap fouls — it simply wasn't his night. The manager also had to swap Jurrien Timber for Ben White, who appeared to have tweaked his groin. Because when ***** nal get one right back healthy, the other gets injured. That's how it works. Timber was excellent, by the way.
The ***** nal subs that came on later in the second half, Eze, Merino, and Zubimendi, were mediocre to poor. The depth is tremendous but Mikel Arteta has his work cut out for him to keep everyone sharp so that when they are called into action they don't, say, give the ball away the only two times they get on it like Merino did today.
The Gunners could have and should have been ahead at halftime, but once again, they were profligate with scoring chances. Bukayo Saka was caught in two minds on a leaping volley and only managed glancing contact. Kai Havertz shot over the bar from in close. The German striker also forced a smart save with a brilliant control, turn, and volley move. Saka also flubbed two chances in the second half — he picked the wrong pass on a 4-on-2 break and he shot too close to the keeper. The side could do with a bit better finishing, but if you believe (as I generally do) that finishing ebbs and flows, as long as they keep generated the volume of chances, someone is in for a real hiding.

#second

Glamorgan head coach Richard Dawson labelled his side's performance as "unacceptable" after they suffered a heavy defeat by Warwickshire in Cardiff.
The Welsh County were skittled for just 65 in their second innings in Cardiff as they were crushed by 257 runs and an innings in a dismal afternoon for the home side.
Despite Glamorgan's eye-catching start to life back in the Rothesay County Championship Division One, they have now lost three out of their last four games and could now face what previously seemed an inconceivable relegation.
"There's no hiding away from it. In front of our home fans, on our own pitch, that is unacceptable. I can't say any more than that really," said Dawson.
"The frustration is repeating mistakes, not just from the first innings but probably over the last few games as well. If you want to learn in any walk of life, you've got to be honest with yourself and look in the mirror."

#cardiff

BERLIN (AP) — The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday published a 200-page dossier on the notorious ******* war criminal Josef Mengele, the German doctor known as the "Angel of Death" for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in ******* -occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, approximately 1 million of them Jews. He became infamous for carrying out brutal medical experiments on inmates, including children, under the guise of scientific research.
After the war, Mengele obtained a Red Cross travel document under a false identity, allowing him to leave Europe. Like many former ******* officials, he spent years in hiding in Latin America while being pursued internationally for his crimes. He drowned in 1979 while swimming on the coast of Brazil.
The documents released by Swiss authorities include material provided to police suggesting that Mengele may have returned to Switzerland after initially fleeing Germany, or may have been planning to enter the country under a false name, according to the German news agency dpa.
Historians seeking to establish whether Mengele spent time in Switzerland while being pursued as a war criminal, without Swiss authorities catching him, had long sought access to the files.

#swiss #german #million

After a whirlwind offseason and preseason, the San Francisco 49ers got some much-needed good news going into Week 1 of the NFL season.
Nick Bosa will play against NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams in Thursday's season opener in Melbourne, Australia, defensive coordinator Raheem Morris told reporters Monday, Sept. 8. The All-Pro edge rusher tore his right ACL in Week 3 last season and began doing individual drills during training camp in July but was soon sidelined again with tendinitis. He continued to rehab in recent weeks and returned to practice on Sept. 2. He progressed enough in his rehab to travel with the Niners to Melbourne, but his status remained unclear.
That was until Morris addressed the media on Monday night in no uncertain terms.
"Oh, he's going out there," Morris said. "Whatever you want to say, he's going. He'll be there. We're not hiding that."
Bosa took the field for practice in full uniform on Monday with a brace on his right knee. A few other key players on the injury report – tight end George Kittle, wide receiver Mike Evans and running back Christian McCaffrey – were all reportedly fully dressed as well.

#Monday

MELBOURNE, Australia - The mystery is solved.
San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris told reporters ahead of Tuesday's practice at AAMI Park in Melbourne that defensive end Nick Bosa will play in the season-opener against the Los Angeles Rams.
"Oh, he's going out there," Morris said, after initially giving an unclear response and being asked to clarify in a follow-up question. "Whatever you want to say, he's going. He'll be there. We're not hiding that."
The announcement of Bosa's return ends more than a month-long saga since the 28-year-old began missing training camp practices. Bosa, who's coming off a torn right ACL, was dealing with lingering tendinitis from his recovery early in August.
Then, he suddenly returned for one practice last Wednesday, the morning of the 49ers' flight to Australia. After that practice, Bosa said his body felt great and that he was preparing to play.

#morris #play #going

If there were any doubts about Nick Bosa suiting up in Australia for the San Francisco 49ers, defensive coordinator Raheem Morris put those to rest in his most recent press conference.
Morris told the media, "He's going [out there]. He'll be there. We're not hiding that."
We're a week removed from Bosa saying he had a great day after opening up about his recovery. It sounds like Bosa and the 49ers have seen everything they've needed to during this most recent set of practices.
Bosa was in full pads for Tuesday's session:
The 49ers entered this season with their defense centered on Nick Bosa. There was already immense pressure on his shoulders. After Sam Okuayinonu broke his foot and landed on the Injured Reserve, Raheem Morris may rely on his star edge rusher even more.

#bosa #nick

Team USA's Caitlin Clark had one of the worst games of her professional career at the FIBA World Cup, but she attracted attention for an entirely different reason.
Clark ended USA's 55-52 win over Italy at the FIBA World Cup with one point, making zero field goals for the first time in her professional career.
The win kept spirits high in the locker room, but the camera-aware Clark made one action after the game that her teammates noticed, and now fans are pointing it out relentlessly.
The broadcast shared a clip from Team USA's locker room where Angel Reese, Jackie Young, and Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston are seen laughing at Clark for hiding her feet under her locker's bench to make sure they aren't visible on camera.
Clark likely made a fantastic decision, as there are corners of the internet where a pixelated screenshot of her feet would go viral.

#team #locker #camera

The New England Patriots have plenty of questions to answer before the season opener; however, one of them is hiding in plain sight. Who actually wants the kickoff return job?
Special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer is not ready to give anyone the ***** le. The Patriots have several players capable of handling returns, and Springer made it clear that the final decision could come down to something as simple as who is active on game day.
Aug 13, 2026; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel watches from the sideline during the second half against the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images
Springer was asked about the Patriots' kickoff returner and refused to put a name on it. Instead, he pointed to the number of options on the roster and said the decision will depend partly on the active list each week. That keeps one of the team's special-teams jobs unsettled heading into the regular season.
That answer is pretty telling. The Patriots are not necessarily looking for one player to handle every kickoff. With roster spots changing from week to week, the Patriots can afford to keep the competition open and choose from multiple return-capable players depending on the matchup and overall game-day personnel.

#Patriots #springer

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A 39-year-old man recently saw roughly $750,000 in company equity vest after four years at the same tech company. His girlfriend of two years wants her name added to the brokerage accounts holding the shares and says keeping the accounts solely in his name means he doesn't trust her—or worse, that he's "hiding money."
Those are two separate issues. Whether to combine finances is a relationship decision. Whether to retitle a six-figure investment account is a financial and legal one. Many financial advisors would recommend evaluating ownership, taxes, and long-term planning before adding anyone else to an account of this size.
The tax treatment depends on the type of equity compensation.
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#Equity #financial

The keto diet may have surprising benefits for liver health, a new study suggests.
The research, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, studied 42 adults who had obesity, prediabetes and excess liver fat.
In a randomized clinical trial, the participants were ***** igned to three weight-loss diets – a low-carb ketogenic diet, a Mediterranean diet and a low-fat, mostly plant-based diet.
Secret To Weight Loss May Be Hiding In Your Gut, New Study Suggests
The keto diet's calories consisted of about 4% carbohydrates and 73% fat, according to the study. The Mediterranean diet provided about 50% of calories from carbohydrates and 35% from fat, while the low-fat diet provided about 70% of calories from carbohydrates and 15% from fat.

#liver

The biggest opportunity for the stock isn't some futuristic gadget, but a powerful dynamic hiding in plain sight in its latest results.
Apple (AAPL) stock has delivered a handsome 40% return over the past year, and with the business firing on all cylinders, you might be asking a fair question: what on earth could drive it materially higher from here?
The answer isn't a secret new product or a far-off technological breakthrough. It's something much more immediate. The single biggest opportunity for Apple is simply its ability to catch up to the substantial, record-setting demand it's already seeing for its core products.
A 'Remarkably Better' Problem to Have
Apple's engine is running hot. In its most recent quarter, the company posted a record $109.4 billion in revenue, up 16% from a year ago. The growth in its core products was even more impressive. iPhone revenue surged 22% to $54.3 billion, while the Mac division put up its best June quarter ever, growing an eye-watering 29% to $10.4 billion. Management was candid about the situation, calling it a demand forecast issue. where the iPhone and the Mac are both doing remarkably better than we thought they would do.

#Opportunity

The 10-year Treasury yield touched 4.80% on Tuesday, its highest level since January 2025. The 30-year sits at 5.28%, close to levels last seen in 2007.
Every framework that has dominated market commentary in recent weeks says equities should be buckling under that.
The S&P 500 – tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) – is up roughly 11% for the year and trades at 19.6 times forward earnings, which is cheaper than it was on June 30.
Something in that chain of reasoning is broken.
The reason is hiding in a place that gets less attention than bonds: corporate earnings.

#spdr

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Europe's benchmark just swapped an old auto giant for an AI infrastructure comeback story. Nokia is back in the Euro Stoxx 50. Volkswagen is out. That says a lot about where investors think Europe's future growth is hiding.
Nokia will rejoin the Euro Stoxx 50 before the market opens on September 21, ending a one-year exile from the euro area's blue-chip stock benchmark.
The Finnish mobile network-equipment maker will enter alongside French utility Engie. Volkswagen and Dutch information-services group Wolters Kluwer will drop out.
The reshuffle is more than a quarterly paperwork exercise. Nokia shares have more than doubled over the past year as investors bought into the company's push into artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure. The group has been shifting more attention toward fiber-optic equipment and network systems used by companies building AI data centers.

#nokia #volkswagen #investors #year

Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Whisper Man
Horror keeps finding Owen Teague.
The 27-year-old actor has become one of the genre's most recognizable young faces, starring in three Stephen King adaptations, including the It franchise. Now, he's the terrifying figure hiding in Netflix's buzzy new crime thriller, The Whisper Man.
"I am attracted to things that are a little bit twisted. I think it's my sense of humor," Teague tells Yahoo, then laughing: "It's also my face."
The irony here is that Teague doesn't watch many horror movies himself.

#stephen

When Alix Earle spoke to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of her new Netflix reality television series, "Earle Meets World," she slipped in a small dig directed toward her former boss, Alex Cooper, with whom she is currently embroiled in a months-long feud.
Earle was asked how it felt to finally address the beef on camera in the series that is due out Sept. 4. "I'm happy that I said my piece, but I'm happier just to, like, focus on the premiere and having the show out there," she told the reporter. "And, you know, hers are getting canceled, so it is what it is."
Earle's podcast "Hot Mess" was hosted on Cooper's Unwell Podcast Network until March 2025, when it was abruptly announced that it was leaving.
Cooper, best known for hosting the podcast "Call Her Daddy," took to social media in April of this year to address the rumors of their rift, saying in a video, "Hey girl, the passive aggressive reposts and the likes and the commenting on things — I've got to call you out here." She continued, "You're going to need to get specific and just say what you've got to say about me. There's no NDA. No one is stopping you. Stop hiding behind other people and just say it yourself." Then, Earle responded to her in the video's comment section: "Okay on it."

#address #alix

It's no secret that the UConn Huskies have been the boogeyman, or monster hiding under the bed, for the Illinois men's basketball program in recent memory.
It all started back in 2024, when the Illini were amidst a magical March Madness run and ended up being tasked with facing a juggernaut Huskies team in the Elite Eight.
Things started off competitively in the game, with the score tied at 23 with two minutes to go in the first half, and both teams in the fight.
And that's when things took a turn for the worse for the Orange and Blue, as the Huskies went for the kill shot, ripping off a now-infamous 30-0 run.
Illinois ended up losing 77-52 after trailing by as many as 30 points at one point in the second half,

#started #ended #half #march

Tesla's FSD reached 55% of Q2 North American deliveries and 1.5 million paid subscribers globally, embedding a software subscription business inside an automaker.
GM trades at 29x P/E and Rivian posts -66% operating margins, framing just how much unproven autonomy optionality is embedded in Tesla's 185x forward multiple.
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Everyone is focused on Tesla's vehicle deliveries. I think that misses the point. The number that could actually decide Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) future is the Full Self-Driving attach rate, which reached 55% of Q2 North American deliveries with paid FSD customers hitting nearly 1.5 million globally. That is a software subscription business hiding inside an automaker.
Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Tesla is $377.78, modest upside of 4.11% from $362.86. That is a hold, delivered with high (90%) confidence.

#american #tesla #software

In the open air of the Raiffeisen Arena, with bedlam all around, there was nowhere to hide for Celtic or Martin O'Neill.
The Scottish champions had endured one of the darkest nights in their European history.
After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties last year at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that is saying something.
Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O'Neill's Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss following extra time.
There was no hiding place, and the Celtic manager was frank when put in the spotlight at full-time.

#celtic #champions #aggregate #raiffeisen

In the open air of the Raiffeisen Arena, with bedlam all around, there was nowhere to hide for Celtic or Martin O'Neill.
The Scottish champions had endured one of their darkest nights in their European history.
After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties last year at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that is saying something.
Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O'Neill's Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss.
There was no hiding place, and the Celtic manager was frank when put in the spotlight at full-time.

#celtic #champions #o 'neill

Mexico's state oil firm Pemex and Brazil's national oil company Petrobras are joining efforts and expertise to drill prospects in Mexican waters in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to unlock huge oil resources from source rock formations that are miles deeper and eight times older than the currently producing formations in the U.S. Gulf.
Exploration in the Jurassic formations deep under the Mexican Gulf seabed in the Campeche Bay carries high risks, but the reward in case of a discovery could be enormous, geologists and ******* ysts tell Bloomberg.
Back in 2018, Pemex drilled more than 7,800 meters (25,600 feet) below the sea floor and penetrated the Campeche salt layer in an exploratory well that was declared unproductive. The Mexican oil giant hasn't ventured new exploratory wells in the area since then, but industry experts believe that Pemex may have found something of great geological and/or hydrocarbon-bearing potential, which has prompted it to pursue exploration further.
Pemex hasn't shared publicly any results of its 2018 drilling campaign offshore Campeche, but ******* ysts say there is a reason why the Mexican oil giant hasn't abandoned efforts to find huge resources and turn around years of declining domestic oil production from legacy wells.
Related: America's Next Strategic Partner Is Hiding in Plain Sight

#mexican #formations #efforts

Full House alum Jodie Sweetin says in a new interview that she and her costars visited Disney World together this month while in Florida for a fan convention.
The actress and her costars on the sitcom, which aired from 1987 to 1995, have remained close.
The group was escorted by security, but some fans still needed help recognizing them in the dark.
Well, don't worry about having to wonder if it's John Stamos.
His fellow Full House alum Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner on the iconic '80s sitcom, explained Monday on the Good Guys Podcast hosted by Josh Peck and Ben Soffer that she recently visited Walt Disney World with the former Jesse Katsopolis, and he wasn't hiding at all. Far from it.

#full #visited #sitcom

James Blunt shared an article denying that American actress Hayden Panettiere was brought to his bed when she was 18.
Panettiere, a former child actress known for her roles in Nashville and Heroes, died on Aug 16 aged 36 in a suspected overdose. Her official cause of death has not yet been revealed.
In her May 2026 autobiography This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere recounted an incident in which she said an unnamed woman asked her to get in bed with an "undressed" and "very famous" British singer in his 30s on a yacht in France.
She wrote that she was 18 at the time and the incident led to her hiding on the boat.
Since her death, theories began circulating that Blunt was the unidentified British singer-songwriter she wrote about in her memoir. Online sleuths pointed to a picture of the pair together in 2009.

#american

Raiders' focus on Fernando Mendoza and Kirk Cousins is hiding a bigger problem originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Las Vegas Raiders are all the talk in the NFL right now. That's what happens when you have two superstar quarterbacks on your roster.
The Raiders, of course, have veteran Kirk Cousins and rookie Fernando Mendoza on their roster. They selected Mendoza with their No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Expectations are high. The sky is the limit. All eyes are on these two.
But, it's easy to ignore other parts of the puzzle when the quarterbacks are getting all the media hype. The Raiders may have another problem that they need to address before the season starts.
In a piece out on Saturday, ESPN's Ryan McFadden lays out a problem the Raiders have that perhaps they haven't addressed enough. It's their secondary.

#fernando #quarterbacks #preferred

If there's a habit I've picked up from watching markets, it's that when everyone is looking at the loudest trade, I start wondering what's happening in the quiet corners.
The biggest clues aren't always found in a soaring stock that's already overvalued or a famous **** yst calling for a breakout. Sometimes they're buried somewhere else that investors never bother to open. I'd put this one in the last category.
The latest 13F filing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust shows a new $352.7 million position in The Home Depot (HD). At the same time, the trust cut its stake in Berkshire Hathaway by about $818 million.
That's not pocket change, and it's certainly not the kind of portfolio move I'd scroll past without asking why.
Why? This is big money moving from one of the market's most iconic investments into a home-improvement giant. There must be a story hiding underneath the numbers. The trust just bought the shares while everyone else seems to be waiting for the housing market to come back to life.

#else #bill

FR8 Solutions and 22 independent drivers have reached a settlement in a federal civil RICO lawsuit. The drivers accused the company of altering rate sheets and hiding revenue from hauled loads. On July 28, a Florida court dismissed the case with prejudice. The court filings do not disclose the settlement's financial terms.
Plaintiffs and defendants filed a joint notice of settlement on July 27. They told the court they had resolved the matter and were finalizing their agreement. Judge Wendy Berger closed the case the following day. Her order allows either side 60 days to request a final order or reopen proceedings.
FR8 and the drivers worked under agreements that promised drivers 88% of each load's linehaul rate. The complaint claims company records showed smaller rates than FR8 actually received. Drivers claimed FR8 supplied settlement statements and dispatch documents that understated the company's revenue. The lawsuit says those documents reduced their percentage-based payment on individual loads.
One disputed shipment ran from Wood Dale, Illinois, to Gaffney, South Carolina. FR8's system showed a $2,400 rate, while the complaint claims FR8 received $2,500. Another shipment ran from Del Rio, Texas, to Kansas City, Kansas. For that move, the drivers claim FR8 showed $8,000 but received $15,000.
The $7,000 difference represented $6,160 under the drivers claimed 88% formula. Drivers also identified Ascent On-Demand, Active On-Demand and Landstar in disputed transactions. They claimed another company operator revealed different rates during June 2023. FR8 then ended their contracts and locked them out of its mobile application, the lawsuit states.

#settlement #claimed