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Optimism leaves Americans open to frauds and fads for 250 years — 1dIn 1793 Rush's yellow-fever bloodletting left yards buzzing with flies; 250 years of American optimism still sells seawater gold, Radithor and today's raw-milk and peptide promises.

Dana Whitfield People keep chasing miracle cures and overnight riches because they hate accepting limits on what money or medicine can do.

Docusign Directors Sell 46,548 Shares — Sep 12, 2026DocuSign saw notable insider and major-holder sales in early September 2026, including Peter Solvik selling 46,000 shares and Teresa Briggs selling 548 shares, while other insiders also reduced positions. Concurrently, Amundi cut its DOCU stake by 34.9% in Q2, with institutions collectively owning about 77.6% of the stock as shares traded near $65–66 after earnings beat.

Chris Dalton Insider sales right after the earnings beat make me think management sees limited upside from here.

Cartersville Scrapyard Grades Metals to Set Customer Payments — 10hTaylor’s Scrapyard and Metal Recycling in Cartersville, GA offers a full suite of scrap-metal disposal services for North Georgia—accepting ferrous and non-ferrous metals via drop-offs, roll-off containers, demolition work, and vehicle recycling, with materials weighed, graded, and prepared for shipment to mills. Customers are paid by weight at a competitive rate, and the yard does not sell auto parts or operate tow trucks.

Sam Okafor Focusing only on metal weight and not reselling parts keeps things straightforward for regular customers.

Billionaire David Tepper Sells 41% of Micron StakeBusiness — Sep 8, 2026

Amway Agrees to Largest-Ever $225M FTC MLM Settlement — 2dThe FTC and Washington state have reached a $225 million settlement with Amway and two affiliates over deceptive earnings claims and recruitment practices in MLM, with most funds to be returned to affected consumers and extensive changes to compliance including auditing and tighter limits on training fees. This represents the largest monetary recovery in an FTC action against an MLM, and the case underscores heightened scrutiny of direct-selling practices.

Maya Lindstrom It's about time the FTC hit Amway with real consequences for those inflated income claims that hooked so many recruits.

Rosenblatt Initiates Soluna Coverage With Buy RatingBusiness — 2dRosenblatt Securities initiated coverage of Soluna with a Buy rating and a $4 target, signaling upside from its AI/HPC development plans in Texas, while other analysts have issued a mix of Buy, Hold, and Sell ratings leaving a consensus Hold with a $4 target. In the latest quarter, Soluna posted an EPS of -$0.18 on $15.06 million in revenue, missing estimates as the company pursues its AI/HPC expansion and ERCOT-related milestones.

UEFA Vice President Says Challenger to Infantino Need Not Be European — 3dUEFA is actively seeking a credible challenger to FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the 2027 election, even as Infantino confirms he will seek re-election in March 2027. The campaign centers on governance reforms and opposition to Infantino's plan to sell a stake in FIFA to a private investment group led by Joshua Kushner, with UEFA and its member associations united in driving change.

Marcus Bell A non-European challenger makes sense if the goal is real reform instead of more of the same leadership.

Dire Straits Album Becomes First CD to Sell One Million Copies — Sep 10, 2026Music history milestones are recapped: the first CD to sell 1,000,000 copies marked a shift from vinyl, while the Beatles' She Loves You became the era's biggest UK single with 1.93 million copies sold. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here is hailed as a top classic of the 1970s, Beatles' Love Me Do spawned multiple UK/US versions, and Nickelback's Silver Side Up marked a defining early-2000s breakthrough.

Electra Therapeutics Prices $350 Million Biotech IPO — 2dElectra Therapeutics priced an upsized $15-per-share IPO at roughly $350 million, selling 23,333,334 shares with a 30-day option for 3.5 million more and set to trade on Nasdaq as ETRA; proceeds will fund its ipsoprubart HLH program and other candidates as it scales its late-stage pipeline. The deal underscores strong investor demand for biotech IPOs in 2026, with Electra among multiple companies raising substantial capital for immune-mediated diseases and cancer programs.

Sam Okafor The proceeds should help push their late-stage candidates forward, though execution risk in biotech remains high.

Bank of England pauses gilt sales until 2027 while keeping 2034 unwind target — 2dThe Bank of England has redesigned its quantitative tightening plan, halting long-dated gilt sales and steering the unwind toward shorter and medium maturities while targetting zero long-dated holdings by 2034; it will pause open-market sales and potentially sell via the Debt Management Office to smooth supply and avoid weak pricing. The changes, unfolding over about eight years, aim to reduce the Asset Purchase Facility and manage higher borrowing costs while maintaining a clear path for investors and taxpayers.

AI-Linked Stocks Slide After Leaders Urge Slowdown — 5dGlobal AI-related stocks tumbled after industry leaders, including Anthropic and OpenAI, urged a slower, safety-focused development path, triggering declines in chipmakers and AI infrastructure stocks across Asia, the US, and beyond. The sell-off highlighted investor concerns over regulatory bottlenecks, while ongoing demand for computing infrastructure limited downside in the longer term.

Dana Whitfield This pullback might sting hardware suppliers short term but could prevent bigger regulatory headaches that would hurt everyone involved later on.

Global bond sell-off pushes yields to highest level since 2008Business — Sep 1, 2026

Jared Kim Feels like the whole market is repricing risk overnight and nobody wants to admit how much debt is sloshing around out there.

BCB Bancorp prices $85.25M stock offering ahead of expected Q3 lossFinance — 3dBCB Bancorp launched an underwritten public offering of 11 million shares for about $85.25 million, with a 30-day option to sell additional shares, to bolster liquidity and capital while supporting the bank’s plan to dispose of identified problem loans; closing is expected around September 18, 2026. Simultaneously, the bank is marketing roughly $210 million of problem loans along with weaker CRE and cannabis-related loans for sale, with projected quarterly losses and tax-related valuation impacts as it works to restore balance sheet strength and profitability.

Nicole Hardy Raising capital ahead of the Q3 loss and tax hits looks like a proactive move to stabilize things and return to profitability.

PBOC Plans Metrics to Limit Banks’ Long-Bond Holdings — 5dChina’s central bank plans to add new metrics to the Macro Prudential Assessment to curb banks’ excessive long-dated bond and fund holdings and to monitor deviations between money-market and bond yields, with specific thresholds still under consultation. The move comes as the bond market rallies while global markets sell off, potentially prompting smaller banks to adjust portfolios as regulators tighten risk controls under the dual-pillar framework.

Arsenal reportedly adds sell-on clauses to four recent player sales — Sep 3, 2026Arsenal’s sale of Fabio Vieira to Hamburger SV could yield added revenue through a sell-on clause, though the clause’s exact value remains unknown and the deal ended at €10m with HSV. Across the Premier League, clubs continue to generate big income from player sales, with notable records and histories for Chelsea and Arsenal, plus a trend of individually high transfers and related quizzes highlighting the sport’s largest deals.

Nicole Hardy Smart business from Arsenal, that Vieira fee could look even better in a couple of years if he does well at Hamburg.

Trump childhood home in Queens sells for $1.93 million after renovation — Sep 11, 2026Donald Trump’s childhood home in Queens sold for $1.93 million after an eight‑month renovation costing about $500,000, converting the neglected Tudor into a modern 3,100-square-foot residence. Built in 1940 by Fred Trump, the house where Trump spent his first years has become a notable hinge between his early life and his public‑facing real estate history, with previous sales and Airbnb phases noted.

Chris Dalton History aside, two million for a Queens house that size is still a stretch for most buyers.

Ezra Insiders Sell $93,774 in StockBusiness — Sep 11, 2026Ezra Holdings insiders including CFO Joel Markovits, VP Yaakov Beyman, and Director Alex Blumenfrucht sold large blocks of EZRA stock on August 3, reducing their ownership by roughly 75%–100% as the shares traded near $2.72 after the trades. The company also reported a quarterly loss of $3.26 per share on $2.11 million in revenue, highlighting continued profitability concerns amid a volatile share price.

Nestlé sells $1 billion vitamin brands to Yellow Wood in portfolio shift — Sep 1, 2026Nestlé will sell its mainstream vitamins and supplements business, including Nature’s Bounty and other brands, to Yellow Wood Partners for $1 billion as CEO Philipp Navratil focuses the company on higher-growth pillars. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2027, will help reduce leverage and free resources for Nestlé’s core growth areas, with the VMS unit being restructured under dedicated ownership as part of a broader portfolio transformation.

Nicole Hardy Funny how these deals always "reduce leverage" - corporate speak for shuffling debt around.

Melania Trump Selling Mother’s Day-Themed Necklace Reporting — Apr 22, 2024Former First Lady Melania Trump is expressing some “love and gratitude” by selling a necklace in time for Mother’s Day. The product, called “Her Love & Gratitude,” was launched Sunday and is selling for $245, per The…

Don Lemon Pushes Back on Pelosi’s Claim That Reporters Should ‘Sell’ Dem AgendaReporting — Oct 21, 2021CNN’s Don Lemon is rejecting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) claim that reporters “could do a better job” selling their agenda. On Wednesday, Lemon said, “It’s not our job to sell the narrative. It’s our job to…

Trump: ‘I’m Asking Today, Joe Biden, to Please Stop Selling the Wall’ — Dec 16, 2024President-elect Donald Trump has a message for President Joe Biden: “Please stop selling the wall.” During a news conference on Monday, Trump addressed the Biden administration selling off unused materials of the border…

China’s New Strategy For Selling Drugs to Americans — Jul 23, 2026China-linked firms sell unapproved peptides via crypto as FDA reviews safety risks amid scrutiny now

Trump Threatens Bombardier With US Market Ban — Sep 8, 2026President Trump escalated the Canada-US tariff clash by threatening to block Bombardier from selling its jets in the United States unless the company builds them domestically, arguing the Canadian firm relies heavily on American buyers. The move comes amid ongoing trade tensions and uncertainty over enforcement, even as Bombardier remains US-certified and integrated with the US aerospace industry.

Derek Foss Bombardier employs thousands of Americans through suppliers, banning them would hurt US workers too.

Raleigh Homebuyer Offers Cash Sales Across Eight CountiesLifestyle — Sep 8, 2026In Raleigh, Easy Sale HomeBuyers offers direct, as-is cash purchases to speed real estate transactions and sidestep traditional MLS hurdles, appealing to sellers facing repairs, probate, or urgent financial needs. Beyond this transactional option, estate planning and selling decisions—often emotionally charged—benefit from early planning, clear deadlines, and evaluating cash offers versus traditional listings as part of a broader strategy.

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