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The Daily Money

ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Wed Jun 5 2024

 

Daniel de Visé Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

Suddenly, Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter seems prescient.

The platform known as X now officially allows users to post, view and share adult nudity and sexual content, Anthony Robledo reports.

Under the updated policy, Elon Musk's social media platform will allow consensually produced and distributed adult pornographic content, so long as its "properly labeled and not prominently displayed," whatever that means on a platform of cascading blurbs.

Prompts for big tips spark backlash

Signs of backlash against "tipflation" are emerging, Medora Lee reports, but not enough to make them go away.

A survey by the personal finance site Bankrate finds that the frequency of tipping has generally declined in every category, including restaurant servers and rideshare and taxi drivers.

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Remember Trump Media's debut on Wall Street?

Buoyed by legions of avid supporters, Donald Trump made a bubbly entrance on the Nasdaq stock exchange back in late March, Bailey Schulz and Jessica Guynn report.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group soared like helium from the opening bell and maintained most of those gains until late in the trading day. A selloff brought Trump's namesake social media company closer to earth, with a closing market value of nearly $8 billion, on par with ride-hailing company Lyft and online marketplace Etsy.

In the weeks and months since, the stock has had a wild ride.

About The Daily Money

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'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the social media platform X in downtown San Francisco on July 30, 2023.

X (formerly Twitter) now allows users to post, view and share consensually produced and distributed adult nudity or sexual content under new policy.

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3. Undertipping     Speaking of bigger tips: Some restaurants now figure a service charges into their prices so that servers and other personnel can be guaranteed a decent salary. In most places, though, restaurant servers work for far less than minimum wage, with the shortfall theoretically made up for by tips. Nothing is more petty for a diner than to nickel-and-dime those who have served the meal. Don't be stingy, even if you have   complaints about the service. If you're the one sitting at the table, chances are pretty good the server needs that extra couple of bucks more than you do. (If you have a truly bad experience with service, leave a minimal tip â€" say 10% â€" and let the manager know.)
 

Gen Z's not mad if you ask for a tip, but they're unlikely to give one

Americans are tipping less often, a new survey says, but that doesn't mean businesses will stop asking. Find out who the best and worst tippers are.

Trump Media & Technology Group stock market trading information is seen on a television at the Nasdaq Marketplace on March 26, 2024 in New York City.
 

Truth Social parent company Trump Media soars on first day of trading

Trump Media, the parent company of Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, is now trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Punta Cana's Bavaro Beach
 

Beware of fake vacation, concert scams with these tips

Scammers look for opportunities -- like the popularity of summer vacation and concerts - to defraud consumers.

A Trader Joe's location in East Lansing, Mich. on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
 

What to know about the new Trader Joe's bag being resold online

Trader Joe's new mini-insulated tote bag has already appeared on third-party resell websites not even 24 hours after they were dropped in store.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket in the first quarter against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center.
 

Caitlin Clark is talented. She's marketable because she's white.

There is a through line from Elvis Presley to Caitlin Clark that reveals how white performers are elevated above their talented Black peers.

In this photo illustration, A Ticketmaster website is shown on a computer screen on November 18, 2022 in Miami, Florida.
 

Ticketmaster, Live Nation sued after customer data listed on black market

Two California residents filed the lawsuit Wednesday, alleging both Ticketmaster and Live Nation failed to properly secure their personal information.

Fearless Fund co-partners Arian Simone and Ayana Parsons attend a press conference in New York on August 10, 2023.
 

Appeals court blocks grant program for Black women

In major win for conservative activist Edward Blum, Fearless Fund was blocked Monday from investing only in Black women while the case is litigated.

A researcher browses an internet site with a job offer for a United Nations agency that has been flagged as a scam in Nairobi on June 30, 2022. A report by Code for Africa revealed that in 2020 when job losses soared during the Covid-19 pandemic 33 scam recruitment Facebook accounts, groups and pages with more than 184,000 followers targeted people in Kenya, requiring them to send about 350 Kenyan shillings ($3) before placements that never materialized.   Syndicates behind these scams rely on the desperation of job seekers who fail to double-check the authenticity of job postings and send money without hesitation to secure employment, said Kenyan cyber security expert Anthony Muiyuro.
 

Scams targeting seniors on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

Scammers have expanded their tactics when targeting senior citizens. Two experts offer tips on how to protect yourself or someone you know.

The Dollar General on Wadhams Road in Kimball is shown on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
 

How to save at Dollar General with USA TODAY's coupons page

Dollar General's discounts are deep but shopping with digital coupon codes from USA TODAY's coupons page can help stretch your dollar even further.

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