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By Anna Lucente Sterling New York City PUBLISHED 6:30 PM ET Jun. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:30 PM EDT Jun. 15, 2021 SHARE It’s been 36 years since Eric Sawyer was told by his doctor that he had two years left to live. It was 1985, and his boyfriend Scott was dying of AIDS. The trauma of that time is why his doctor initially withheld that life sentence when Sawyer first found out he was HIV-positive years earlier. “The doctor said, ‘I didn t want to let you know that Scott literally had less than a year to live at that point, but you have probably less than two years to live so you should get your affairs in order, ” said Sawyer. ....
Looking down their nose at you : GameStop frenzy showed a fresh contempt for hedge funds. Why do Americans hate them? Jessica Menton, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT In the middle of a pandemic and slow economic recovery, Americans think they’ve identified their Wall Street villain: hedge funds. Their nemesis is summed up in a few searing images: a hedge fund manager who makes millions betting that the subprime mortgage market will collapse, without warning them. Or another relaxing on a yacht as the economy tanks. Years of anger culminated late last month when a group of angry small-time investors on Reddit took on a few of those firms in the GameStop “short squeeze” frenzy. That spurred millions of others to join in, as their effort to drive up the price of a stock perceived as undervalued soon shifted to a campaign to “Stick it to Wall Street. They used the squeeze to rally the share price and make profits for ....