The Wolf of Wall Street is a film about a man who makes a fortune by manipulating speculative stocks and selling them to investors who trust his brokers. And some of the money that paid for the film, prosecutors suggested, was itself stolen from a fund meant to serve the people of an entire country. Everyone knows the story on screen. The one worth understanding is what was going on behind the camera. The film that made fraud look glamorous Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film follows Jordan Belfort, a real stockbroker whose firm manipulated the prices of speculative shares and sold…
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Roughly half the world’s population is female, but the STEM fields don’t reflect that. The 2024 U.N. Global Education Monitoring Report on gender found that about 35 percent of STEM college graduates were women. The proportion hasn’t increased much in more than a decade.When it comes to STEM careers, the percentage is even lower. Women made up about 28 percent of the global STEM workforce in 2024, according to the World Economic Forum.There are myriad factors for the discrepancy, including a lack of family support, some teachers encouraging only boys to pursue STEM subjects, and a shortage of female role…
One of the greatest lies in politics is that anyone who opposes excessive government regulation must therefore oppose government enforcement. Those are two entirely different issues. I have always argued that government has expanded into areas where it has no constitutional business while simultaneously abandoning the few responsibilities that actually justify its existence. Protecting the integrity of the nation’s food supply is one of those responsibilities. If Washington cannot ensure that Americans can buy a head of lettuce without wondering if it will send them to the hospital, then what exactly are taxpayers funding? CNBC reported that the FDA has…
Screencap if Twitter/X video. Tonight on CNN, a host asked Scott Jennings about the anti-ICE bombing in New York City. She wanted to know if he believed Tom Homan’s claims about the incident, or if he thinks this was just the act of one individual. You could see exactly where the host was going with this, but Jennings shut her down completely. He pointed out that this is just the latest example of what has been going on for months, even years now. ICE is under attack from the radical left. If you can’t see this, you are just blinded…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly embracing married life by prioritizing both family and time together. According to insiders, the couple’s pet dog is enjoying a luxury lifestyle complete with premium care and constant attention. The reports come weeks after their star-studded wedding, where guests were said to be captivated by Taylor Swift’s bridal look and the couple’s commitment to one another. 5MEGA Swift and Kelce are reportedly extending their luxury lifestyle to the newest member of their household, a beloved pet dog that insiders say is receiving first-class treatment. According to a source who spoke to Star Magazine,…
“FOR ALL OF LEBANON”L’Oeuvre d’Orient, the Catholic NGO, had been planning to head to the southern Christian villages of Debl, Rmeish and Ain Ebel, to inaugurate a sports zone with joint funding from the French UNIFIL battalion, to create an outlet for young people still living in the area, where it is forbidden to enter or leave without prior permission.The convoy went back a few kilometres and waited for several hours near an Italian battalion base.The organisation, which has made several trips to Lebanon’s few inhabited Christian southern towns over the past months to deliver aid, then informed journalists that…
Authorities detain ferry crew members after drug tests reveal violations in Guyana’s worst marine disaster in decades.Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026Authorities in Guyana say they have recovered 27 bodies from a ferry that capsized off the country’s coast with 179 people on board.The MV Barima issued a distress call on Saturday night, having overturned while ferrying passengers from the capital, Georgetown, to Port Kaituma in Guyana’s northwest.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOfficials said on Monday that 69 people had been rescued, while 83 remained missing. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill described the sinking as the…
Amid trade speculation, Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan had an historically poor start in a 13-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians.On Monday, Ryan set a personal and Twins franchise record by allowing six home runs. Per Stathead research, he became just the 11th starting pitcher of the live ball era (since 1920) to hit that mark in a single game.Ryan was pulled after four innings, allowing eight earned runs on 10 total hits with three strikeouts in 78 pitches. After entering the day with a 2.85 earned run average in 20 starts, Ryan’s ERA jumped to 3.38 following the defeat.…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The most effective founders don’t work harder — they run a five-day audit to find where their own involvement has quietly become the bottleneck slowing the business down. Real growth comes from deliberately reclaiming time for strategic work, delegating the rest, and rebuilding your week around the few things only you should own. There is a stage in business where effort stops producing the results it once did. Your calendar is full, your team depends on you and yet progress feels slower than it should. You are involved in everything,…
More than two and a half millennia after The Odyssey’s epic homecoming story was first told, it still resonates with audiences. A new movie version from director Christopher Nolan both transports viewers back in time (albeit with historically inaccurate costumes) and gives them a fresh take for today.This story may endure for a reason. Its narrative structure, known as a “hero’s journey,” has shaped modern fiction, from Star Wars to Barbie. And psychology researchers have found that the tool helps us make meaning of our own lives, too, by thinking of ourselves as the Odysseus of our own stories. “If…