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Ecuador battered the woodwork all night in Philadelphia. Ivory Coast scored once, late in the game, and that was the difference. For 89 minutes, this was a tense and tight-knit scoreless affair — two dark horses sizing each other up, neither willing to blink. Ecuador looked the likelier side to score in the first half as the team hit the frame of the goal multiple times, and ended up conceding late.Then Ivory Coast did what good tournament teams do: it waited, suffered, and pounced. Here are my takeaways from a cruel night for La Tri in Philadelphia.1. Amad Diallo Punished Ecuador’s…

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“He was a total gentleman,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Xi, whom he visited in China last month. “He didn’t send a tanker, along with 20 destroyers on each side of it, to try and break up the blockade,’’ an act that would have put the Chinese and American navies into potential conflict.But he excoriated Mr. Netanyahu for mounting attacks that nearly derailed the final agreement.“He’s a very difficult guy,” Mr. Trump said of the Israeli prime minister, “and to be honest with you, he should be very thankful to us for doing this. Because if Iran had a nuclear…

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At this year’s annual WealthStack Demo competition, the judges awarded the Best of Show Award to bQuest, a longevity planning and support platform for advisors, which launched last year (and won a Wealth Management Industry Award in September). The competition has become a fan favorite among attendees of the Wealth Management EDGE conference, held at The Boca Raton resort in Boca Raton, Fla., this week.This year’s Audience Choice Award went to Vestmark and its artificial intelligence-driven Pulse tool, which provides continuous monitoring and querying of client portfolios for advisors who use the popular turnkey asset management platform.At the conclusion of the…

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President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White made a memorable entrance ahead of historic UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. The entrance was followed by an electrifying national anthem performance from country star Zac Brown and the Armed Forces chorus, as well as a memorable military flyover. The event — which coincides with Flag Day as well as President Trump’s 80th birthday — marked the first professional sporting event on White House grounds. Trump, a longtime supporter of the UFC, and White entered the custom-built arena area after walking through the White…

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The UFC visits the highest seat in the nation on Sunday. UFC Freedom 250 takes place on the White House South Lawn, featuring a lean and mean seven-fight card that will likely be the best the promotion produces all year. In the main event, Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje unify the lightweight titles.UFC Freedom 250 sells itself: top-quality fights at the most unique venue possible. Heading into the event, additional storylines are unraveling. Topuria and Gaethje are pointing the finger at each other for making things personal. It kicked into overdrive after Gaethje alluded to Topuria’s recent divorce, which Gaethje…

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The post What Is a Home Equity Agreement? by Benzinga Contributors appeared first on Benzinga. Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. American homeowners are now sitting on close to $36 trillion in home equity according to Federal Reserve data, a record, yet most of that wealth is locked inside the walls of a house and cannot easily be spent. A home equity agreement is one of the newer ways to pull some of that money out as cash without taking on a monthly payment, and interest has grown as borrowing costs stay stubbornly high. What Is a…

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to announce a package of measures Monday aimed at protecting children online, including possible restrictions on social media use for those under 16, according to a Downing Street spokesperson. “How we keep kids safe online is one of the biggest debates of our time. As a dad, I know every parent wants their child to grow up safe and happy,” Starmer said in a statement. “This is a choice about whose side we’re on: families across the country, or a status quo that isn’t working.” Starmer’s government has been considering tougher limits on…

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The agreement calls for the immediate and permanent end to military operations, including in Lebanon, Sharif said. Pakistan said mediators would now facilitate a series of pre-implementation meetings ahead of the official signing. “These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony,” Sharif added. Iran did not immediately issue a public statement confirming the deal, and the full text of the agreement has not been released, the New York Times reported. The accord is understood to include a 60-day ceasefire framework, with both governments separately committing to continued negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme…

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