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China Rejected Argentine Beef Over a Banned Antibiotic. The Exporter Kept Shipping Beef to America. A 22-ton shipment, a prohibited drug, an unresolved investigation, expanding U.S. beef imports — and questions American regulators have not publicly answered

On March 19, 2026, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) notified Argentina that it had detected chloramphenicol in beef from one of Argentina’s major processors and suspended further imports from that plant.

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New Directions for Women: The Organization, Property, Programs and Money Behind the Third Avenue Shelter

805 Third Avenue North in downtown Myrtle Beach sits New Directions for Women, a women’s homeless shelter operated by New Directions of Horry County.

The relatively small residential-style property is part of a much larger nonprofit organization with more than $4 million in reported assets, substantial private and government funding, a structured recovery-based program, and plans to replace the Third Avenue women’s shelter

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Casinos, Cash, Crypto and Gold: Where Money Really Goes When It Avoids Banks

In recent weeks, I’ve noticed a recurring theme in the questions people have been asking me: If someone doesn’t use a bank, where do they keep their money? Is there a casino loophole? Is there some hidden vault system most people don’t know about? Instead of answering those questions one by one, I decided to break it all down in one place. From cash and gold to prepaid cards and cryptocurrency, here’s what’s real, what’s myth, and how money actually moves outside the traditional banking system in the United States.

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Protecting personal assets involves strategic planning using legal structures like LLCs (Limited Liability Companies) and trusts. Comparing a living trust (also known as a revocable trust) with other estate planning options involves looking at goals like asset management, probate avoidance, privacy, tax planning, and asset protection. Here’s how living trusts stack up against other common estate planning tools:

1. Living Trust (Revocable Trust) Pros: Cons: 2. Will Pros: Cons: 3. Irrevocable Trust Pros: Cons: 4. Joint Ownership with

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