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Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Go all in on this SEC rivalry with a bigger payday.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The couple still have one 12-year-old son at home – one of their adult sons, a Coast Guard member stationed in Portsmouth, also was watching the days tick down to mid-month payday.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
And the shift could mean a major payday for staff outside the C-suite.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Go all in on this SEC rivalry with a bigger payday.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The couple still have one 12-year-old son at home – one of their adult sons, a Coast Guard member stationed in Portsmouth, also was watching the days tick down to mid-month payday.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
And the shift could mean a major payday for staff outside the C-suite.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Payday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payday. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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payday
noun
pay·day
ˈpā-ˌdā 
: a regular day on which wages are paid
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