John Aidan Byrne
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ź¦ Retired NYPD cop living in Ireland triggers massive raid over his old gun š
Ašn 88-year-old retired NYPD cop living out his golden years in Ireland was busted in a dragnetĀ worthy of a Hollywood movieĀ āĀ for keeping an old, decommissioned revolver in his home.
Bitcoin with coffee to go: Crypto ATMS comš¼ing to Circle K šÆ
New Yorkers willš§ soon be able to fill up the gas tank and buy cryptocurrency after gas station chain Circle K announced a deal to install bitcoin ATMs.
ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' founder Pat Quinn delivers posthumous farewell
Six months aftšer his death, Pat Quinn, the plucky Yonkers man who helped catapult the Ice Bucket Challenge for Lou Gehrigās disease into a social media phenomena, returned to his...
Wells Fargo mortgage offices in India may be black eye for bank during coronavirus ļ·ŗlockdown
š§ Wells Fargoās sprawling back offices in India, struggling to process residential mortgage deals amid a coronavirus lockdown, may be the next black eye for Americaāās beleaguered third-largest bank, mortgage lenders...
š US Banks may not be out of the woods
Saved by the Fed. Federal Reserve programs, estimated at $6 trillion after some $2 trillion in promised fiscal stimulus last week, have aš§verted a Depression-era crisis for US banks, some...
šŗ How coronavirus has boosted church attendance
All they needed to do to boost Mass attendance was to close the chā¤urch doors. With Masses suspended until further notice due to coronavirus, Catholic churches across the state are...
Bernie Sandersā š„student loan bašilout faces scrutiny
Donāt call him Crazy Bernie ā at least in front of student-debt-laden college grads. Many of them are banking on Democratic presidential candāidate Bernie Sanders to honor his pledge to...
Coronavirus may šforce NYC office staffers to woź¦rk remotely
Batten down the hatches ā New York City is lurchinš§øg closer to a lockšdown.
Workers are 'treading water' despite booming economy, analysts say
The UšS economy is booming ā but not half fast enough for the masses of workers still waiting on a paį£y raise, or who are in financial straits, according to...
Cost-cuttingā¤, layoffs ahead for scandal-plagued Wells Fargšo, analyst warns
Scandal-plagued Wells Fargoās road to recovery will be lonź¦ŗg and painful ā marked by cost-cutting and mš„ore layoffs than originally forecast. As much as 10 percent of the bankās current...
Millennials raised on tech aā±re fine with it replacing them
š Millennials bored by low-level service jobs say bring it on ā automate their jobs, please. And advanced technology is doing just that in spades ā with some 2.5 million jobsš...
New York City sees huge spike in online shopping, packagš¬e delivery
DHL says iš¶ts overall New York City volume is forecast to increase by 13š percent this holiday season over last.
Bronx priest finds fame opposite Robert De Niro in 'The Irishman'
Jonathan Morris shares tearful scenes in the new Martišn Scorsese film.
Revenue is soaršing fāor Hispanic-owned companies
ā Latino-owned small businesses have struck gold ā and are growing faster than the competition, according to a new study.
New Yorkers could face battery-chargingā station āshortage for e-cars
This could come as a shock. While New York stateās future promises to be filled with electric všehicles, finding a battery-charging station could be a challenge. In a new survey...
Student debtors being duped by slicšk Wall Street loan sharks: investigators
Financial sharks are circling distressed student loan borrowers in New York. As defaults hit a record, many local students, anxioź¦«us for financial relief from their sky-high college loans ā now...
Millennials canāt afford real estate ā destined to rš¦¹emain sad apartment dwellers ź¦
The American Dream for millennials just turned a new corner: Thanks to soaring student debt and crushing financial liabilities, homeownership is not in view. Despite a slighāt uptick lately, the...
Bankruptcy filings risināg across the country and it could get worse š
Bankruptcies are back ā flashing warnings that more Americans are knee-deep in debt in big cities lš ike New York. While total bankruptcy petitions nationwide by consumeš rs and businesses are still...
NYSE floor traders are facš ing job extinction
The New York Stock Exchangeās fabled floor traders, fearing steeper job losses in their already diminished ranks, are an ešndangered species.ź©µ With the heyday of the human floor trader now...
US consumer debt surgesź¦ to record highs
America has a shocking new āsavings and loanā crisis. Consumer debt is surging to record highs, fueled by rising mortgage debt, student lš„oans and a binge on credit card use....