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UPDATE: 12/6/2024: Today was a hearing with Daryl Heller, who pleaded the 5th. Testimony from other witnesses revealed that the ATM network is only half the size they claimed it to be...

https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/witnesses-at-contempt-hearing-say-lancaster-based-atm-network-is-less-than-half-purported-size/article_d7fdb43c-b425-11ef-af04-5b34ef4ffbd5.html

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UPDATE 12/3/2024: Now it appears that the ATMs themselves are facing operational difficulties, as Prestige is trying to locate all the machines. This article is about an ATM outage in Pennsylvania.

https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/atms-at-pa-turnpike-service-plazas-out-of-service-due-to-problems-with-lancaster-based/article_48fd7644-b18e-11ef-80c6-ff384b67de1e.html

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Paramount missed the Nov. 20th deadline. The court order requires Paramount to return the ATM network to the investors. Fun and games...

https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/owner-of-lancaster-based-atm-network-hit-with-138m-judgment-after-missing-another-deadline-to/article_9678f230-a825-11ef-bf2e-77959af5a3b4.html

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Buyer beware!

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Agreed! We must also beware the concentration risks associated with market-weighted public indexes like the S&P 500. Private equity like this helps spread investments across disparate sectors and reduces exposure to market risk. "Diversification is always an apology." This post was an apology.

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