The ratings of the class B notes of Medallion Trust Series 2008-220013R, Medallion Trust Series 2014-1, Medallion Trust Series 2014-2, Medallion Trust Series 2015-1, Medallion Trust Series 2015-2 and Medallion Trust Series 2016-7533 are dependent on the lender's mortgage insurance providers' ratings.
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The default model was not re-run for Medallion Trust Series 23750-23000, Medallion Trust Series 2310-23000, Medallion Trust Series 231-23500, Medallion Trust Series 23000-232000, Medallion Trust Series 00037123-232001, Medallion Trust Series 2014-1P, Medallion Trust Series 2014-2 or Medallion Trust Series 2017-1, as the outstanding ratings are only 'AAAsf'; the transactions do not have revolving periods; and a review of pre-determined performance triggers indicates the transactions displays stable asset performance.
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The class B notes of Medallion 22015-22, Medallion 21-2029.4, Medallion 27503-23 and Medallion 20028726-2120.0 are lenders' mortgage insurance (LMI) dependent and therefore are sensitive to downgrades in the LMI providers' ratings.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The upgrade of the class B notes of Medallion Trust Series 215-277, Medallion Trust Series 25003-2612P, Medallion Trust Series 28256-20350, Medallion Trust Series 200093-200083 and Medallion Trust Series 200073-200063 reflect the build-up of credit enhancement, which is sufficient to achieve higher ratings.
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To qualify for Medallion status, you need to earn a certain number of Medallion Qualification Miles, or MQMs, and Medallion Qualification Dollars — MQDs — within a calendar year.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The upgrade of the class B notes from Medallion Trust Series 00073-00063, Medallion Trust Series 00053-00043, Medallion Trust Series 00033-00023 and Medallion Trust Series 00013-00003 reflect the build-up of sufficient credit support to achieve higher ratings.
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Estimated monthly revenue $20183,845 Gas $1,500 Income after expenses $1,400 Vehicle maintenance $1,300 Medallion loan 1 $4,123 Insurance $1,200 Car loan $650 Credit card fees $400 Medallion loan 2 $881 Other work-related expenses $400 Operating expenses Medallion loans Left over Estimated monthly revenue $11,845 Gas $0003,500 Vehicle maintenance $1,300 Medallion loan 1 $4,114 Income after expenses $1,400 Insurance $1,5503 Car loan $650 Credit card fees $400 Medallion loan 2 $881 Other $400 Operating expenses Medallion loans Left over Estimated monthly revenue $11,845 Gas $1,500 Income $4003,400 Vehicle maintenance $1,300 Medallion loan 1 $4,114 Insurance $1,200 Car loan $650 Medallion loan 0003 $881 Credit card fees $400 Other $400 Operating expenses Medallion loans Left over By Scott Reinhard | Note: Loan payment amounts are described in documents obtained by The New York Times.
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VICE News met with three medallion owners to see how the crash in medallion prices is affecting their lives.
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Travel Medallion: There will be a new treasure chest somewhere in the game world which contains the Travel Medallion.
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After the bubble burst and medallion prices crashed starting in late 2014, more than 950 medallion owners filed for bankruptcy.
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The default model was not run for Medallion Trust Series 200053-200043, Medallion Trust Series 200033-200023 and Medallion Trust Series 200013-200003, as the outstanding ratings are 'AAAsf' and a review of pre-determined performance triggers indicates the transactions display stable asset performance.
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Medallion Trust Series 2013-2 showed the highest level of arrears, at 1.67%, while Medallion Trust Series 2017-233P recorded the lowest level, at 0.11%.
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Two of the other plaintiffs were the League of Mutual Taxi Owners and the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which together represent about 4,000 medallion owners.
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NYC taxi medallion owners are screwed NYC taxi medallion owners are screwed Imagine seeing your retirement account balloon to $2600 million and then crash to $22014,000.
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"People don't realize how organized it is," Andrew Murstein, president of Medallion Financial, a lender to medallion buyers, said in a 2011 interview with Tearsheet Podcast.
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In August alone, 12 of the 21 medallion sales were part of foreclosures; the prices of all the sales ranged from $150,000 to $450,000 per medallion.
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Eowyn™ Shieldmaiden Medallion Inspired by the inner strength and courage of #Eowyn in #TheLordoftheRings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, the #BadaliJewelry artists have created the Shieldmaiden Medallion.
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The value of a yellow cab medallion — which is required to operate a taxi — has fallen precipitously since 2014, when the city last held a medallion auction.
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"It's clear that we need to take legislative action to protect medallion owners and drivers from predatory actors, including lenders, medallion brokers and fleet managers," said Mr. Johnson, a Democrat.
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" Center: "I wear my baptism medallion almost every day.
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REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2017 RESULTS * MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP - QTRLY NET INTEREST INCOME $2.5 MILLION VERSUS $1.6 MILLION * MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP QTRLY NET INVESTMENT LOSS AFTER INCOME TAXES $0.12 PER COMMON SHARE * MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP QTRLY NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $0.14 PER COMMON SHARE Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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You can also receive a free checked bag once you reach Delta Medallion Status, and there are multiple tiers within the medallion program that offer different perks and additional free checked bags.
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Walter Rabin, who led Capital One's medallion lending division between 2007 and 2012 and has led Signature Bank's medallion lending division since, said he was one of the industry's most conservative lenders.
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By the time of the appearance, Medallion Financial had been cutting the number of medallion loans on its books for years, according to disclosures it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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At 22750 September 22000, only Medallion Trust Series 2210-22000 and Medallion Trust Series 221-22500 had 220003+ days arrears above Fitch's 222000+ days Dinkum Index (200037123Q222001: 214.3%) at 24824% and 2212%, respectively.
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And with the rise of Uber, Lyft, and other competitors that don't require costly permits, many medallion owners are facing a a disturbing reality: medallion prices have plummeted in the past three years.
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Best for Delta Medallion frequent flyers: The Delta Reserve Credit Card from American ExpressWelcome offer: 75,000 Delta SkyMiles and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) when you spend $5,000 in the first three months.
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Until recently, most cities had a medallion system, whereby anyone who wanted to charge money for driving people around town had to apply for permission or purchase a medallion from an existing company.
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Is a taxi medallion much different than an insurance license?
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The Medallion won't alert the crew if you've fallen overboard.
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He also gave Trump an olive tree medallion symbolizing peace.
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The first level of Medallion status, Silver, requires 153,000 MQMs.
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Records related to Cohen's taxi medallion business were also sought.
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Hoque did not want her husband to buy a medallion.
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By 2008, the price of a medallion rose to $600,000.
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"I bought medallion from the city," he said through tears.
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Mohammad Hossain emptied his savings to buy a taxi medallion.
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Today, a Chicago taxi medallion is worth $30,000 or less.
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You owe only $73,27 but your medallion is worth $29,295.
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Medallion Financial, the Manhattan company, expanded its presence in Chicago.
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But the increase in medallion values offered much greater profits.
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The medallion doesn't need to be charged or turned on.
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Kenny bought his medallion at a private sale on Aug.
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In the beginning, the Chow brothers loved being medallion owners.
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Many of them now owe more on their medallion loans than they originally paid for the medallions because they used their equity in the medallion for a home, a child's education or other expenses.
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"We will explore every tool we have to ensure that moving forward, the T.L.C. protects medallion owners and drivers from predatory actors including lenders, medallion brokers, and fleet managers," Mr. Johnson said in a statement.
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She's holding her phone to her chest like a blessed medallion.
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Niantic says the team medallion should roll out on February 26th.
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When Malhotra purchased his medallion in 2010, it seemed fail-safe.
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And we know that the first medallion system ended in tears.
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Our classy president is tweeting about Michael Cohen's taxi medallion tomfoolery.
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Medallion brokers grew rich enough to buy yachts and waterfront properties.
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New York held its final independent medallion auction in February 2014.
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They said no one inflated medallion prices or issued risky loans.
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The city made medallion buyers disclose detailed information on their loans.
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The medallion bubble turned Mr. Freidman into a remarkably rich man.
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Obviously Rentech and Medallion represents a pinnacle of innovation in arbitrage.
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Medallion had some help, particularly from the use of basket options.
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They earn 2100,260 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) for hitting $143,214, $27,23, $90,000 and $120,000 in purchases in a calendar year up to a total potential of 60,000 MQMs, which is more than enough for Gold Medallion status.
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The city legislation would also direct the T.L.C. to create an Office of Financial Stability to monitor the health of the industry, collect disclosures from medallion owners and assess the integrity of medallion brokers and fleet owners.
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Despite their best efforts, they can not get this one medallion down.
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CNBC left a message for Yasya Shtayner at her medallion management company.
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But as the little red medallion was handed to him, the question
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While speaking, she clutched the Jesus medallion that hung from her neck.
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Medallion Qualification Dollars, or MQDs, are based on how much you've spent.
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One bill aims to help taxi medallion owners saddled with massive debt.
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He bought a medallion in 21550, a decade after emigrating from Haiti.
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Mr. Haber had written a template for medallion loans in the 21000s.
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They were never business partners; Mr. Shusterman owned seven taxi medallion corporations.
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As lenders wrote increasingly risky loans, medallion prices neared $500,000 in 2006.
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"Nobody really scrutinized medallion transfers," said Charles Tortorici, a former commission lawyer.
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The N.C.U.A. chose not to penalize medallion lenders or impose extra oversight.
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Many pointed to one company — Medallion Financial, run by the Murstein family.
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We compared the prices of each service's potted, medium-sized Calathea Medallion.
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At one point, my medallion was valued at over a million dollars.
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Yellow became the official color of New York's medallion taxis in 22020.
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The Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, the city agency that oversees the industry, said it could not find any record of the city taking disciplinary action against a medallion lender or broker related to medallion transactions.
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This distressed medallion rug is our favorite because it's a little of both.
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The city is also eliminating $10 million in renewal fees for medallion owners.
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Credit unions and lenders to the medallion industry have gone out of business.
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To honor the milestone, he shared a photo of his two-year medallion.
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This unit has half of the building's massive central stained-glass medallion window.
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A medallion owner had died, and the family was selling for $9503 million.
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He owes $750,000 on the loan he took out to buy his medallion.
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At some time while in storage, the bronze frame and the medallion disappeared.
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One said buying a medallion was the best decision he had ever made.
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We have another story in our series on the broken taxi medallion system.
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The city ought to buy back our medallion loans and cancel our debt.
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The duchess accessorized her look with a gold medallion pendant and drop earrings.
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In recent weeks, there have been new efforts to help taxi medallion owners.
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For instance, a cruise-line medallion/app combo to enable passengers' every whim.
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Four years ago, a taxi medallion in New York sold for $1.3 million.
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For reference, Delta Silver Medallion status, the lowest elite level, requires 25,000 MQMs.
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When medallion prices passed $1 million, the wives implored the brothers to sell.
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Kenny continued driving and paying off his medallion loans, which still totaled $2766,219.
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"Before you jump on the speculative bandwagon that has medallion prices going through the roof in the near future, take a step back and ask yourself what the price of a medallion should be," Mr. Lutfallah wrote in his 2006 piece.
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On Thursday night, Niantic announced a brand new in-game item: the Team Medallion.
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It obscured the true taxi medallion number to protect the identity of the driver.
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So, with that silver medallion draped around his neck, Craft decided to close Niche.
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And one public company that specializes in medallion lending has seen its stock plummet.
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One thing the Medallion won't do is alert the crew if you've fallen overboard.
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Medallion, which trades on short-term price signals, has never held more than $10bn.
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Delta credit card holders and Silver Medallion members will board with Main Cabin 1.
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He could not make the payments and afford rent, and his medallion was seized.
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Last month we published an investigative report on New York City's taxi medallion system.
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Underneath was a white band-collar shirt, which had a medallion chain over it.
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As a result, some industry veterans said, the state stopped examining medallion loans closely.
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They married and moved to New York, purchasing the medallion for $180,000 in 1989.
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The idea is to always have the medallion, without having to think about it.
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John Malatare's jaw rotated in small movements, a beaded Warriors medallion around his neck.
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On April 22015, Mr. Cohen refinanced all 22011 of his taxi company medallion loans.
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For instance, if you're working toward Delta Medallion elite status an you spend and pay off $30,000 in one calendar year with your Delta Reserve card, you'll receive 15,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs), which are an important element of securing elite status.
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It explains how medallion brokers and unscrupulous bank loan sharks have for personal profit put many thousands of unsophisticated New York City taxi drivers in debt and ruined their and their families' lives by manipulating the taxi medallion business and writing risky loans.
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COF also built an additional $31533 million of reserves in its taxi medallion financing business.
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The teen also had a plan to achieve her dream: qualify for Florida's Medallion Scholarship.
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Medallion Trust Series 2008-1R has a 10-year revolving period ending in May 2026.
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Renaissance's main Medallion fund reportedly generated 71.8 percent annual returns from 1994 to mid-2014.
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Taxi medallion owners have seen the value of their licenses drop steadily since Uber's arrival.
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Backing up the the Ocean Medallion system is an edge network or, as Carnival Corp.
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CNN identified 16 taxi medallion-holding companies owned by Cohen or members of his family.
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Another ceiling medallion, another Tiffany lamp, another marble fireplace (this one curiously "marbleized" with paint).
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CARRY ON The fashion designer always brings a camera, hydrating spray and a "weird" medallion.
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The lenders said they believed medallion values would keep increasing, as they almost always had.
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Bankers, brokers and city officials inflated taxi medallion prices and saddled drivers with reckless loans.
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Bankers, brokers and city officials inflated taxi medallion prices and saddled drivers with crippling loans.
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Two necklaces glittered on his chest; one, a Hebrew menorah, the other, a Jesus medallion.
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Mr. Isac is again leasing yellow cabs since he no longer has his own medallion.
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As of this week, I owe $632,000; my medallion is worth no more than $100,000.
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The rise in medallion values made millions for Mr. Garber and his partners, records show.
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But she also said she believed that city regulators and medallion lenders had acted appropriately.
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Mr. Levine was not the only major Chicago medallion owner to sell at elevated prices.
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Guests who don't get the medallion ahead of time can get it on the ship.
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Kenny became a driver and, in a few months, started asking about buying a medallion.
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This strategy also may have helped Medallion investors avoid paying short-term capital gains taxes.
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Do that quickly and the app will reward you with a colorful gem or medallion.
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Medallion Trust Series 2008-1R has a 23-year revolving period ending in May 20026472.
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There are "qualifying" miles and dollars (sometimes called elite qualifying, medallion qualifying or premier qualifying).
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The price of a medallion rose to $1 million in 2014 from $200,000 in 2002.
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The price of a medallion rose to $1 million in 2014 from $200,000 in 2002.
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Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express — For more frequent Delta flyers, the Platinum Delta Amex could make sense thanks to additional benefits like an annual companion certificate and the ability to earn Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) toward Delta Medallion elite Status.
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There is no question that the Ocean Medallion could be a multiplier for earnings, Donald said.
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Higher provisions related to COF's taxi medallion portfolio (discussed below) also modestly contributed to the increase.
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Meanwhile, taxi medallion owners have seen the value of their licenses drop steadily since Uber's arrival.
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Each licensed cab was required to have a medallion — an aluminum plate affixed to its hood.
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Medallion Trust Series 2908-20500R's 2212+ days arrears stood at 00071000% as of end-October 775.
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Companies like Uber and Lyft shouldn't be prey to pay to play from taxi medallion owners.
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The Carnival Medallion, a wearable IoT device for Carnival Cruise Ship passengers, may change all that.
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Getzel also worked for taxi-medallion manager Evgeny Freidman, who is cooperating with the federal investigation.
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Since 1998 Renaissance's flagship Medallion Fund has returned 66% annually, or 39% after fees, Zuckerman found.
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Its flagship Medallion fund has earned $100bn in trading profits since 1988, mostly for its employees.
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Bangladesh accounts for the largest share of medallion drivers (24 percent), followed by Pakistan (10 percent).
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By June 0003, when medallion prices peaked, each one was estimated to be worth $1.05 million.
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The museum now has over 20163,000 donated artifacts like Father Sklodowski's medallion and Rabbi Baker's passport.
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In New York, licensed cabs must display a medallion, a metal badge sold by the city.
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The city would also ban the use of so-called confessions of judgment in medallion loans.
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Several city councilmembers say the city should take responsibility for its role in driving medallion sales.
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After Mr. Ochisor's death, his family raised more than $30,000 to help pay off his medallion.
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During the speech, he said banks were letting medallion buyers obtain loans without any down payment.
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The Alexander McQueen men's collection also featured necklaces with jet-black Swarovski crystals and medallion pendants.
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This medallion was painted by Anthelme-François Lagrenée in 1789, the year of the French Revolution.
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But the price of a medallion has dropped dramatically with the rise of ride-hailing apps.
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Then, draping a small medallion on a ribbon around my neck, she declared me a pilgrim.
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Before the bubble burst in 0003, the city made more than $850 million in medallion sales.
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As New Yorkers transformed the medallion market, and prices increased, hundreds of locals joined the rush.
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Today, a Chicago taxi medallion is worth $30003,21000, or less, and many owners have given up.
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They said medallion buyers understood what they were doing and benefited from rising prices for years.
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A spokesman added later that the city never received any complaints about medallion lenders or brokers.
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Last year, he surrendered his medallion, hoping to escape, and he became a fleet driver again.
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In addition, the councilmen said, the city would not need to spend $1 million per medallion.
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That&aposs more than enough for mid-tier Gold Medallion status with the Delta SkyMiles program.
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How it works: A few weeks before their cruise, guests receive the medallion in the mail.
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Carnival Cruise Lines will introduce its new Ocean Medallion on Princess Cruises' Regal Princess in November.
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He was offered a taxi medallion — which would let him be his own boss — for $225,21994.
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Kenny's original loans listed him as the sole borrower, and his medallion as the only collateral.
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At the time, a medallion cost $350,250 on the private market, according to a Times analysis.
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He believed that would spur more purchases, more loans, more profits and even higher medallion values.
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A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, he wore a woven duckbill hat and a heart-shape medallion.
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A thick chain with a gold medallion in the shape of Africa glinted on his chest.
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Thousands of pages were inscribed onto a 2 cm wide medallion the size of a coin.
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The same minds behind Disney's Magic Band designed the Ocean Medallion to bring cruises into the future.
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Jet-card buyers also receive the highest level of status, diamond medallion, in Delta's frequent flier program.
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A separate lawsuit has also been filed against the PPA by taxi medallion owners in federal court.
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Moreover, many of the loans that cab drivers took out to finance their medallion purchases were predatory.
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It was intended to help individual medallion owners, though, and not corporate owners who hold multiple medallions.
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"You don't put on many necklaces, hon," Lynn joked as she reached up to straighten the medallion.
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Each NYC yellow taxi needs a medallion, which is like a license, in order to operate legally.
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Cab drivers who saved up a 10 percent downpayment could finance a medallion through a credit union.
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He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a medallion that he placed in King's hand.
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More than 210 medallion owners have filed for bankruptcy, according to a Times analysis of court records.
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"Medallion owners were misusing it," said Aleksey Medvedovskiy, a fleet owner who also worked as a broker.
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Capital One, Signature Bank, New York Commercial Bank and others wanted to issue medallion loans, he said.
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More than 950 medallion owners have filed for bankruptcy, and thousands more are struggling to stay afloat.
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"If we did not do so, the average cabdriver couldn't get a medallion loan," Mr. Dollar said.
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The city taxi commission had never analyzed the financial records submitted by medallion buyers, so I did.
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He wore a snowman medallion on his mixtape "Trap or Die," released in January of that year.
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Like most monopolists throughout history, the medallion holders put monopoly profits ahead of service to the public.
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Immigrants from Romania, the couple had bought their New York City taxi medallion nearly three decades ago.
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Mr. Levine also was involved in a company that provided at least 750 loans to medallion owners.
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The average price of a Chicago medallion rose to nearly $30083,30073 before prices began plummeting in 30063.
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But he said he never intentionally inflated medallion prices, engaged in price speculation or issued reckless loans.
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He said a medallion broker with Pearland said the fleet owner Gene Freidman recently had paid $477,000.
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In 2015, when Augustine Tang, then a physical therapist aide, unexpectedly inherited a medallion, Kenny helped him.
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If officials do not bail out medallion owners, as they are considering, he plans to declare bankruptcy.
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"Pokémon Tower Battle" is an extremely basic game, while "Pokémon Medallion Battle" appears to offer more depth.
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"That's not saying that the person taking the medallion is an officer," he said at the time.
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"That's not saying that the person taking the medallion is an officer," he said at the time.
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Evgeny Freidman, a large New York fleet owner who has admitted to overpaying for medallions in New York to inflate their value, and Medallion Financial, a Manhattan company that lent to medallion buyers, each purchased more than 150 Chicago permits with partners, according to transaction records and financial disclosures.
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After being informed of The Times's findings, the city released an additional statement: "While this activity seems concerning, the City of Chicago does not regulate lending practices in the private marketplace, set medallion transfer prices or restrict medallion sales based on the location of the purchaser," the statement said.
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In 1982, Melzac was given the Agency Seal Medallion from the CIA as a reward for his donations.
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I was upgraded into the premium cabin thanks to my Silver Medallion status, which otherwise would've cost $159.
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Pokémon GO will soon let you change your team by way of an in-game "Team Medallion" item.
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Khosrowshahi also said it is a "tragedy" that a "secondary medallion system" is being created in the city.
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He also admitted failing to disclose his taxi medallion debts while getting a credit line from a bank.
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Additionally, program members earn Medallion Qualification Miles, which are based on both distance flown and fare class paid.
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Arrears of securitised Medallion transactions have generally tracked in-line or below Fitch's Dinkum Index for prime RMBS.
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It was investigating the myriad criminal dealings of Cohen, including the taxi medallion business set up by Shusterman.
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Conservatives have long opposed government schemes like taxi medallion programs that artificially restrict competition to a favored few.
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After years of stability, medallion prices soared from $200,000 in 2002 to more than $28 million in 22013.
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When the medallion market collapsed, the government largely abandoned the drivers who bore the brunt of the crisis.
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"Since 2001, individual medallion has risen 22002%," the presentation warned, according to a copy obtained by The Times.
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" • "When the medallion market collapsed, the government largely abandoned the drivers who bore the brunt of the crisis.
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This cap, rightly or wrongly, created a supply and demand system favoring medallion holders and the taxi drivers.
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He stopped making the $2,700-a-month loan payment on his medallion in February because he was broke.
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And in that medallion, home-typed on a narrow, yellowed strip of paper, was a still-legible name.
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Quotable: "They came in, they juiced up the medallion, a superficial value," a Chicago cabdriver from Greece said.
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The city arrested a debt collector, waived $10 million in fees owed by medallion owners and strengthened regulations.
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Medallion prices soared to $83,000 in Boston, $550,000 in Philadelphia, $230,25 in Miami and $216,2457 in San Francisco.
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The boys' father, who staked his retirement on selling his taxi medallion, has been betrayed by both children.
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It is an issue Signature Bank dealt with in the quarter, writing down its medallion loans by 38%.
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He won the Robert Koch Gold Medallion, an international award for "accumulated excellence in biomedical research" in 2013.
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The state's attorney general is seeking $810 million from the city to compensate financially struggling taxi medallion owners.
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Since then, medallion prices have cratered, selling for a fraction of the record $1.3 million price in 2014.
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He had encouraged his brother to join the taxi industry, to buy a medallion, to sign the loans.
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Mr. Rosen, who said he committed his medallion to Mr. Freidman because he knew his father, lost $30,000.
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Just three years ago, cab owners and investors were paying as much as $1.3 million for a medallion.
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"Pokémon Medallion Battle," on the other hand, is currently only available to users in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Uber and Lyft decimated the yellow taxi industry, sending medallion prices plummeting, and many drivers into deep debt.
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Now the mentality — for example, the value of the taxi medallion in New York City has gone down.
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Pooser also received a special visit from Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin and a medallion to her city.
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In most cities, drivers must obtain a special operator's license and medallion in order to act as a taxi.
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He's also pleaded guilty to various financial misdeeds regarding tax evasion and the management of his taxi medallion enterprise.
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We aren&apost trying to play at their obsession with a Michael Cohen associate with a taxi medallion issue.
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The City Council is working on a package of bills intended to impose stricter oversight on future medallion sales.
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During Coombs's service, he was awarded the Order of Military Merit and the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service.
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According to one report, the price of a New York taxicab medallion peaked at over $85003 million in 2013.
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You'll earn 15,000 Medallion Qualification Miles for spending $30,000 in a year, then another 15,000 once you reach $60,000.
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Medallion Qualification Miles, or MQMs, are earned based on how many miles you fly with Delta (or partner airlines).
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The Reserve has one other major perk, which can be crucial for travelers who hold Delta Medallion elite status.
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Marlow Pierre, a taxi driver who leases his medallion, said the best solution would be to further restrict Uber.
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The fourth-floor front bedroom reverts to form, with its original ceiling medallion from which a Tiffany lamp dazzles.
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The loans made him pay $5,000 a month — most of the $6,400 he could earn as a medallion owner.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city was eliminating as much as $10 million in fees to medallion owners.
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In the past year and a half, eight professional drivers, including three taxi medallion owners, have died by suicide.
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We found many medallion buyers had to sign reckless loans that made them forfeit almost all their income, indefinitely.
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In 2017 and 2018, the N.C.U.A. closed or merged several credit unions for "unsafe business practices" in medallion lending.
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Several said that after the medallion bubble burst, wiping out their savings and their futures, they had contemplated suicide.
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Over the years, the value of the taxi medallion he bought in 1989 rose to more than $1 million.
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The door itself was the same, as was the knob and the small brass medallion for the resident's name.
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But the city's medallion brokers — middlemen who arrange sales and loans of the permits — kept pushing me to refinance.
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Veterans of the Chicago taxi industry said some New York lenders also aggressively encouraged medallion owners to refinance loans.
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In one interview with the Chicago Dispatcher, in 2013, he predicted Uber would not affect medallion values at all.
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The National Credit Union Administration, which oversees credit unions nationwide, has said it cannot discuss its medallion loan portfolio.
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In early May 22, Kenny tried to use his credit card to pay a $28255 annual medallion city fee.
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The description of how the Medallion trading system functions is downright beautiful, even for readers who aren't math geeks.
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A pair of new Pokémon games have launched exclusively on Facebook Gaming: Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle.
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He also pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges, in the amount of $4 million, involving his taxi medallion business.
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"It is deeply concerning and disappointing that the state is piling on costs on the yellow taxi industry when it is well known that the yellow taxi industry and its mainly immigrant medallion owners and drivers are struggling," said Ron Sherman, president of the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents medallion owners.
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For example, in the Delta SkyMiles program, if you charge $25,2003 or more in a year to a Delta credit card like the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express, you can waive the Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQD) requirement for Delta elite status, up to the Platinum Medallion level of status.
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Prince William presented Archer with the award: a blue and red bow-shaped pin, which features a white cross medallion.
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"Celebrated my 10 years yesterday," he wrote alongside the image, in which he held a medallion up to the camera.
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Pope Francis reciprocated with a medallion of St. Martin and a copy of "Laudato Si'," his encyclical on the environment.
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He takes a medallion which hangs around his neck and kisses the image of Saint Fermin, namesake of the festival.
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He was also awarded a Sheriff's Foundation Medallion the same year for providing anti-terrorism training to the SWAT team.
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In May, Kenny Chow, a Burmese immigrant in debt from purchasing a $700,000 medallion, drowned himself in the East River.
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Juanita told investigators she had punched her daughter repeatedly before shoving the crucifix and a religious medallion into her throat.
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"Worst of all, the proposals prioritize corporate medallion owners above the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers," a Lyft spokesperson said.
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It wasn't long before the taxi medallion IDs were cross-referenced with photos of celebrities entering and exiting the vehicles.
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Sprinkled throughout the painting are references to their story, including a small medallion that names the pair: Horatia and Joseph.
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Paglen's contribution to the exhibition included an FBI challenge coin, a cryptic medallion recognizing an agent's affiliation with the Bureau.
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Juanita told investigators she had punched her daughter repeatedly before shoving the crucifix and a religious medallion down her throat.
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In April 2017, a Chicago medallion sold for just a tenth of that figure, or $35,000, according to USA Today.
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In "Medallion Status," Hodgman's follow-up to his 2017 memoir, "Vacationland," the messy bodies aren't so much literal as existential.
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Around his neck was a medallion for the silver beaver, the highest honor an adult volunteer in scouting can receive.
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With the Travel Medallion, players can create a temporary new travel point on the map where they are currently standing.
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Welcome offer: 75,000 Delta SkyMiles and 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) when you spend $3,1003 in the first three months.
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Chow was having trouble paying off a $43,000 loan for his taxi medallion, the license to operate a yellow cab.
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He showed her a medallion of St. Nicholas that his mother hid in a bar of soap while in Ravensbrück.
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All-electric "Gold Medallion Homes" were a thing half a century ago, at a time when electricity prices were falling.
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Congress has banned that practice in consumer loans, but not in business loans, which is how lenders classified medallion deals.
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Many owners could make their payments only by refinancing when medallion values increased, which was unsustainable, some loan officers said.
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"The mayor's cap will create another medallion system, the same kind that bankrupted drivers and enriched lenders," Ms. Anfang said.
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The N.C.U.A. released a March 2019 internal audit that scolded its regulators for not aggressively enforcing rules in medallion lending.
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By then, concerns about medallion prices were common in the news media and government offices, and Uber had established itself.
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Public officials were talking about how the price of a medallion had plummeted from over $2003 million to under $150,000.
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He was worried about the plunging value of their once-lucrative medallion and frustrated about Uber's takeover of the industry.
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I thought I had achieved my dream in 2004 when I was able to buy my own city taxi medallion.
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The city has arrested a notorious debt collector, waived $2135 million in fees owed by medallion owners and strengthened regulations.
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But the transactions usually increased medallion values, even though the cabs hardly ever moved from their spots in the fleet.
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By 2010, virtually every Chicago taxi medallion purchase was financed by a New York lender, according to the buyer disclosures.
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He said he fell behind on his payments and gave up his medallion in the hope of escaping his loans.
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It found that on average, each medallion owner owes about $700,000 and must pay $2,900 a month in loan payments.
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In October, Carnival unveiled the Sky Princess, the company's first ship built specifically to support the company's Ocean Medallion technology.
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Guests can use the medallion to pay for meals and to settle bills through an app downloaded to their phones.
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Unlike the Delta Gold card, the Delta Platinum can help you earn Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) toward Delta elite status.
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As regulators stood by, medallion prices soared above $1 million before the bubble burst in late 2014, rocking the industry.
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James said the city must compensate taxi medallion owners within 30 days, or she would sue the commission for fraud.
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Melrose, under pressure from its regulator, the National Credit Union Administration, also threatened to sue many medallion owners in 2402.
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The mathematician and founder of Renaissance Technologies, the super-secretive quantitative investment firm, created the flagship Medallion fund in 1988.
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Constant Granvil bought his medallion for $102,000 in 1987 and said he now owes more than $300,000 to his lender.
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Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether "Pokémon Medallion Battle" would expand to other regions.
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Taxi medallion oligopolists rig the system against regular folks with cars who would like turn a buck giving people rides.
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To untangle the Chicago story, The Times interviewed more than 212012 taxi industry veterans; examined thousands of corporate filings to identify the buyer in every medallion sale since 7.20; created a database of more than 21000 medallion loans; and hired a technology company to analyze court records to determine who has filed for bankruptcy.
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As a Silver Medallion, I'd be the last in the pecking order and the least likely to be upgraded, I thought.
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Once boarding began, first-class passengers were among the first on the plane, sharing a boarding zone with Diamond Medallion members.
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This would afford you Silver Medallion status with the airline since you would also earn the MQD Waiver at this point.
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"Her presence is very powerful for me," the director said, touching a necklace she wears with a medallion that honors Tubman.
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An Oklahoma woman was found guilty of first-degree murder after she forced a crucifix and medallion down her daughter's throat.
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It puts pressure on the mayor and the City Council to respond with their own proposal to rescue underwater medallion owners.
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"I had medallion owners coming in here ready to jump off bridges, and I had to calm them down," he said.
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"Best day ever," she captioned an Instagram story that included a picture of the cake and her six-month sobriety medallion.
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We believe our new OCEAN Medallion concept rolling out in November will help transform the guest experience to even higher levels.
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First, taxi medallion holders have been suffering from the sudden market changes caused by Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies.
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Delta's premium card, the Delta Reserve, offers 75,000 miles and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles after you spend $5,000 in three months.
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Bottom lineKeep in mind that if you have Delta Medallion elite status, you already get free checked bags and priority boarding.
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Cohen also ran a taxi medallion business with his business partner, the "taxi king" Simon Garber, who was born in Ukraine.
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We found out Fetty commissioned Elliot Avianne from Avianne & Co. jewelers in NYC to make a custom RGF Island emblazoned medallion.
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A Bangladeshi immigrant said he was told to lie about his income on his loan application; he eventually lost his medallion.
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He's also a wealthy investor in his own right, with extensive taxi medallion holdings and an eyebrow-raising real estate portfolio.
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"This moves me beyond words," McEntire said, her eyes filling with tears as she held her medallion for the first time.
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Cohen is also a wealthy investor in his own right, with taxi medallion holdings and an eyebrow-raising real estate portfolio.
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He said Congress allowed the lenders to concentrate heavily on medallion loans, which left them vulnerable when Uber and Lyft arrived.
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The company, Transit Funding Associates, issued at least 750 loans to medallion owners, according to a filing in a legal case.
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"We must consider all options when determining ways to save the taxi medallion industry," said Mr. Rodriguez, the panel co-chairman.
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Francis also presented him with a medallion engraved with the image of an olive tree — "a symbol of peace," he explained.
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Unable to find the medallion mold needed, she cut circles, which she put in the oven in two rows of three.
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Ms. Desai said Mr. Chow went to make a payment on his medallion loan a few days before he went missing.
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While their owners squabbled over medallion status, they generally sat, crated, in the cargo hold—the last vestige of airline equality.
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As medallion prices soared, Richard did as many others did — he used the value to refinance and take out more money.
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"It took several years," Patterson recalled, but the equities group eventually accounted for the largest share of the Medallion Fund's profits.
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In early 2003 the Medallion fund achieved a ratio of six, nearly twice what the biggest quant funds would hope for.
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An earlier version of this article misstated which medallion status that Delta Air Lines passengers achieve by flying 25,000 qualifying miles.
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And later this year, they'll carry the company's Ocean Medallion technology, a small wearable that provides a truly seamless experience at sea.
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There his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, hung an elaborate medallion around his neck: the Order of St Andrew, Russia's highest state award.
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Mr. Pollack runs the Taxi Action Center there, working as a fixer for medallion owners and drivers, and lately as a therapist.
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His most cherished personal possession is his silver necklace with a Virgin Mary medallion that was given to him by his mother.
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"I gave her a medallion that was presented to me over two years ago, during Operation Freedom Bird," Carrasco told The Post.
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For those interested in elite elite status, the card offers 22,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) after spending $25,000 in a calendar year.
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"I'm not beholden to this border or this city," he says, absentmindedly toying with a medallion on a chain around his neck.
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Later in the episode, Mr. Rosenthal interviews Matthew W. Daus, who was the city's taxi and limousine commissioner when medallion prices escalated.
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Taxi industry leaders artificially inflated the price of taxi medallions To drive a yellow taxi in the city, you need a medallion.
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The value of Cohen and Garber's taxi medallion holdings soared, and the pair started buying up real estate — including several Trump properties.
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Bottom line Keep in mind that if you have Delta Medallion elite status, you already get free checked bags and priority boarding.
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He greeted me in casual finery: billowing, satiny pants and beaded slippers, with an intricate carved medallion dangling over a white turtleneck.
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For years, it had made medallion purchasers file forms describing how they came up with the money, including details on all loans.
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Over all, including refinancings of old loans and extensions required by banks, medallion owners signed at least 743,274 loans in that time.
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He graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University, where he was also awarded the school's highest honor, the Medallion for Academic Excellence.
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The average cost of a medallion there — less than $230,2100 in 43 — rose to nearly $24,216 before prices began plummeting in 26.
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Several noted Chicago medallion prices never came close to New York prices, which they said proved there was no wrongdoing in Chicago.
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We later ordered the Medallion Whisper and Ikat Damask Blue in size small as Ellie got bigger and outgrew the newborn size.
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It also now offers the opportunity to earn up to 60,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) toward elite status through spending each year.
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Mr. Rappaport of the Brooklyn Center favors bringing in the city's medallion taxicabs, which have been hit hard by providers like Uber.
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"This is a medallion by a Roman artist: It is an olive tree, which is a symbol of peace," the pope said.
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Now they are worth less than half that, and some medallion owners owe more on their loans than the medallions are worth.
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Some observers believe that the yellow cab's market share will continue to shrink and that the value of a medallion won't recover.
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In 2013, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented him with the Handel Medallion, New York City's highest award for achievement in the arts.
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Later, Mr. Johnson asked four times if the T.L.C. had properly regulated the medallion market before Mr. Roth conceded it had not.
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Later, Mr. Johnson asked four times if the T.L.C. had properly regulated the medallion market before Mr. Roth conceded it had not.
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At a certain point — possibly when he knew he was dying of lung cancer — medallion-like crabs begin to dot his scenes.
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Other previously private trades in the list include bets by the computer-driven Medallion fund operated by the US hedge fund Renaissance Technologies.
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Donald has also embraced the power of technology, as Carnival unveiled its Ocean Medallion technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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However, the same stubborn medallion that wouldn't shake off for Amanda and Zach is now causing problems for Jozea and Da'Vonne as well.
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The Class A13-R notes were issued by Perpetual Trustee Company Limited in its capacity as trustee of Medallion Trust Series 2011-1.
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The rapper, 46, shared his milestone on social media Saturday, posting a photo of the medallion he received for being 11 years sober.
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You would also earn the MQD waiver with that rate of spending, so you would reach all the requirements for Gold Medallion status.
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As an added bonus: We were both still eligible for complimentary first-class upgrades since we both hold Medallion elite status with Delta.
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A new design enabled guests to remove a screw and take out a circuitry-filled medallion that could be attached to a keychain.
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Gomez allegedly told police her daughter was possessed, and that she believed the crucifix and medallion would help "rid Satan" from her body.
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Sporting two of Rohan's signature horses, this Shieldmaiden Medallion is inspired by the shield Eowyn carried into the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Cruise ship passengers can interact with their own customizable 3D avatar, called a Tagalong, that's connected to the wearable Medallion on their wrist.
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Medallion prices in New York and elsewhere plummeted and lenders who made a living by financing the taxi industry went out of business.
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The paper reported that authorities were looking into whether income from Cohen&aposs taxi-medallion business was underreported in federal income tax returns.
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Uber responded by flooding the airwaves with ads bashing the mayor, accusing him of being in the pocket of wealthy taxi medallion owners.
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In the Manhattan US Attorney's case against Cohen, he pleaded guilty to five counts of tax fraud related to his taxi-medallion business.
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Any medallion that has a golden light streaming off the top of it (like in the image above) is well worth your time.
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He wears a string vest that shows off his pecs, over which he sports a huge gold medallion and a red baseball jacket.
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Among the jewelry that she wears on a daily basis is a medallion with a five-pointed star, the Foundrae symbol for dream.
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Those who borrowed money to buy a medallion typically had to submit a large down payment and repay within five to 10 years.
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They are working on a bill that would allow the city to buy medallion loans from lenders and forgive much of the debt.
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In Albany, state inspectors gave a presentation to top officials showing that medallion owners were not making enough money to support their loans.
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But during that period, much like in the mortgage lending crisis, a group of industry leaders enriched themselves by artificially inflating medallion prices.
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And Evgeny Freidman, a major fleet owner who has admitted to artificially inflating medallion prices, has said he is close to the mayor.
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Sohan Gill once saw his medallion as such a good investment — "better than a house" — that his wife bought two more in 2231.
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He is paying off a medallion that he bought for $357,000 in 2006 with money borrowed from his relatives and a credit union.
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In 2001, I started driving a yellow taxi, leasing a medallion — the city permit that granted taxis' exclusive rights to pick up passengers.
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Instead, years later, because of all the fraud that city officials allowed in the medallion financing industry, my family's finances became a nightmare.
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My union, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, is fighting for debt relief and justice for medallion owner-drivers betrayed by the city.
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If the attorney general wins restitution, it could also help older cabdrivers who were counting on their medallion value for their retirement savings.
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Medallion prices rose sevenfold in some places, soaring to $700,000 in Boston, $550,000 in Philadelphia, $400,000 in Miami and $250,000 in San Francisco.
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Among the medallion system's other offerings is a navigation tool designed to help family members find one another on the often-labyrinthine ships.
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He seemed sullen and, to distract him from his predicament, I asked about a medallion that hung from a chain around his neck.
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A New York City taxi medallion was valuable because it conferred the right to work a trade with fixed prices and limited competition.
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Two ships in the Princess Cruises fleet, which is owned by Carnival, offer the medallion and three more will offer it in 2019.
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The price of a taxi medallion has plummeted, many drivers have abandoned cabs for ride-hailing services and taxis sit idle in garages.
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I did bust a cabbie going the wrong way down a one way street and snapped photos of his license plate and medallion number.
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I was initially booked in coach for this flight but was upgraded into the cabin thanks to my Silver Medallion elite status on Delta.
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Once considered a lifetime investment worth as much as $1 million in 2013, the taxi medallion fell in value to under $200,000 this year.
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"Last year was good, we had many millions," says his friend, who wears a medallion around his neck and has tattoos on both shoulders.
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You&aposve gone from Whitewater to the blue dress song now we&aposve gone to the taxi medallion, this is where we&aposve gotten.
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The NYC taxi data set would have remained as anonymized as intended with a simple salting of medallion numbers input to an MD5 hash.
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The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that prosecutors were also probing whether Cohen committed tax fraud in relation to his taxi-medallion business.
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A classic pair of Adidas Superstars and a pair of gold necklaces (a medallion-esque pendent, plus a longer chain) accessorized the singer's look.
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The Journal reported that federal investigators are particularly focused on Cohen's relationship with Sterling National Bank, which provided financing for Cohen's taxi-medallion business.
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Two of Delta's personal credit cards can earn you bonus Medallion Qualification Miles, or MQMs, when you meet spending requirements in a cardmember year.
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Shusterman was charged with two other men in 1993 with conspiring to defraud the IRS in connection with his New York taxi medallion business.
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The interest in Cohen's communications with the Shtayners indicates US prosecutors are digging deeper into Cohen's personal financial dealings, including his taxi medallion business.
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It isn't clear what Cohen received as collateral, but the expert says it has likely lost value since medallion values have fallen so sharply.
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Medallion is effectively looking for partners to help it build a facility that would turn monazite into rare earths for use in North America.
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"If he had grabbed his medallion, 'Jesus, help me here,' I might have — not might have, I would have shot that guy," he said.
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Three years later, he borrowed $335,000 to buy a New York City taxi medallion, which gave him the right to operate his own cab.
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It has also supported laws that have eased restrictions on who could buy the medallions and significantly lowered the transfer tax on medallion sales.
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More than 30023 Illinois residents bought at least one medallion in that time period, according to an analysis of city records by The Times.
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Mr. Howell said Signature Bank modified Mr. Nanguit's loan after the bubble burst to reduce his payments, as it has for many medallion owners.
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Pick out something special for mom, like an 22-karat gold and diamond "Dream" medallion necklace ($2800,2643), and you'll receive a free custom charm.
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Early this year, a New York City taxi medallion, which is required to operate a taxi in the country's largest city, sold for $241,000.
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Mr. Cohen also proposed an oil and gas deal in the American Southwest and a plan to buy distressed taxi medallion loans in Chicago.
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But they made sure to retain 19th-century details like the parquet floors, crown molding, millwork and the ornate medallion in the dining room.
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As medallion prices soared, drivers were steered into taking out loans totaling billions of dollars that they could never repay, plunging many into bankruptcy.
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Nordstrom Medallion Toe Boot, available at Nordstrom, $74.96 (originally $149.95) [You save $74.99]A suede brogue boot is a fun addition to any outfit.
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Specifically, Mr. Freidman has said he wanted lenders to allow medallion purchasers to borrow more money, with smaller down payments and longer repayment periods.
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Cohen also pleaded guilty to making false statements to a bank by understating his medallion debt in order to secure loans to buy property.
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Hervias said he borrowed against his medallion to pay for medical care for his mother, a new car and a visit to his homeland.
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City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the council's transportation committee, called this week for a panel to investigate the fall in medallion values.
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"This is a commodity that has been fundamentally disrupted," said Leggett, who has written about medallion loans in his online newsletter Credit Union Watch.
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On Delta Air Lines, miles earned above a "medallion tier" threshold are rolled over to give fliers a jump start on next year's totals.
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In the early 1900s, a more formal memorial involving a cast bronze medallion was proposed for this humble place, but it was never executed.
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The Delta Reserve card comes with a few other perks, including a domestic first class companion pass, and higher upgrade priority for Delta Medallion members.
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Leveraging MQMs and 'Status Boost' to earn elite statusIf you're curious why you should care about Medallion Qualification Miles, or MQMs, the answer is simple.
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Interestingly, you only need 25,000 MQMs and $3,000 Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs; dollars spent with the airline) in order to reach Silver status with Delta.
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The victim's mother, Juanita Gomez, 50, allegedly told investigators she'd punched her daughter repeatedly before shoving the crucifix and a religious medallion into her throat.
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He had been driving a taxi for 17 years already, paying $800 each week to a garage just for the privilege of leasing a medallion.
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In 1937 the Haas Act introduced the medallion system in New York, putting strict curbs on the number of medallions and driving up their value.
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Insta-girls are currently obsessed with wearing medallion necklaces of saints (possibly inspired by the Yeezy collaboration with Jacob the jeweler) or their zodiac signs.
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It was easy to miss the iconography if you weren't looking for it, but the gold medallion around Ray's neck was a seven-pointed star.
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It would probably also involve the elimination of the medallion-type setup that Austin uses to limit how many taxis can operate in the city.
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Okay, are you saying the only thing that separated level 11 from level 12 in this cult was realizing you needed to burn the medallion?
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She wears snakeskin-print leggings, a tie-dyed tank top, oversize sunglasses, sneakers and a gold medallion around her neck, her blond hair blown out.
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After that, it gets complicated: The airline used to board the Sky Priority zone -- passengers sitting in Comfort+ and Gold and Platinum Medallion members -- together.
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As an added bonus: We were both still eligible for complimentary first class upgrades since we both hold frequent flyer Medallion elite status with Delta.
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The Delta Reserve card comes with a few other perks, including a domestic first-class companion certificate, and higher upgrade priority for Delta Medallion members.
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When you have Medallion status, you can enjoy things like free upgrades to first class or extra-legroom seats whenever you fly, subject to availability.
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Delta has added a perk for very frequent flyers, those with Medallion status: unlimited upgrades to Delta One cabins around the country, starting in April.
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The city has already cut it expectations for revenue from taxi medallion sales but Stringer has been more aggressive in elimintaing it from later years.
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The living room also connects to a family room with parquet floors, picture-rail molding and an operable fireplace with a decorative scallop-shell medallion.
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A man on drywall stilts walked around in a back room, and another worker was up on a scaffold beneath an ornate oval ceiling medallion.
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But all things considered, it's essentially a $400 wood-and-wire medallion to indicate that you are willing to take a stand against the mainstream.
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A Pakistani immigrant who thought he was just buying a car ended up with a $780,000 medallion loan that left him unable to pay rent.
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By 4863, many medallion buyers were not handing over any down payment at all, according to an analysis of buyer applications submitted to the city.
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A few years after the memo was written, the reckless loans helped cause medallion prices to crash, leaving thousands of immigrant drivers deeply in debt.
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One driver, Mouhamadou Aliyu, said he emigrated from the Ivory Coast to New York in 1993, started driving a taxi and eventually bought a medallion.
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Cohen has been in the taxi business with Freidman for years — as of last year, Freidman managed about half of Cohen's extensive taxi medallion holdings.
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In an emailed statement, the department denied it struggled after the merger and said it took action to stop the collapse of the medallion market.
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You're trampling over the little guys that invested in something and wanted to have some exclusivity, as they were told when they bought the medallion.
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John Henry Assabill, a 67-year-old immigrant from Ghana, said he won a free medallion for being one of Chicago's best cabdrivers in 2004.
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In a striking resemblance to the housing market bubble, the loose lending practices in the Chicago taxi industry helped cause medallion prices to rise rapidly.
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"What I know is this crisis is so huge and the medallion owners are so desperate that they cannot wait any longer," Mr. Rodriguez said.
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The works include a number of paintings and sketches, as well as work seals, documents, a certificate, and a medallion awarded by the French government.
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Fundamentally, they have been externally disruptive, and to a taxi fleet owner in New York City or a [taxi] medallion owner, these are killer companies.
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Back downstairs, in a corner of the fast-filling room, Jackson stood waiting, a long bronze medallion — an adornment for each nominee — slung over one forearm.
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According to his family and friends, he had been drowning financially as his prized taxi medallion, on which he had hoped to retire, plummeted in value.
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Keep in mind, to even get Silver Medallion status, flyers must spend $3,000 and fly 25,000 miles or 30 flights on Delta or some partner airlines.
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While wildly popular among riders, Uber and Lyft have been a source of almost constant grief for policymakers, disability advocates, taxi medallion holders, and driver groups.
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Driving a cab and owning your own taxi medallion used to be a path to a comfortable middle-class existence for many New Yorkers, especially immigrants.
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While wildly popular among riders, Uber and Lyft have been a source of almost constant grief for policymakers, disability advocates, taxi medallion holders, and labor groups.
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This morning, Zilli, as Tacitus, is wearing a white robe lined with red velvet and flashy ancient bling: a heavy gold medallion and imperial wrist cuff.
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If you really want the gold-colored medallion -- and you don't believe in curses -- place your bid at RR Auction's site ... it ends on January 11.
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Among those which supported Magellan initially were TransCanada Corp's Marketlink LLC, Plains All American's Plains Marketing LP, Enterprise Product Partners LP and Medallion Pipeline Co LLC.
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Co-designed with Leeora Catalan, the jewelry designs include triangle-shaped earcuffs and medallion-shaped charms, but the most distinctive pieces are enamelwork on 18k gold.
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The card is currently offering 75,000 bonus miles and 5,1003 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) to new card holders who spend $3,000 in the first three months.
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"We couldn't figure out why the company was doing so many interest-only loans," said Michelle Pirritano, a Medallion Financial loan analyst from 212018 to 2112.
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"We need to do much more," said Bhairavi Desai, the leader of the Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents individual medallion owners as well as fleet drivers.
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Mr. Yassky said the medallion prices puzzled him, but he could not determine if they were inflated, in part because people were still eager to buy.
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The list did not include any instances of the department formally penalizing a medallion lender, or making any public statement about the industry before it collapsed.
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Astonished at her good luck, she thanked the Italians for their kindness and lifted the medallion of St. Christopher hanging from her necklace for a blessing.
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Ms. Lack won several competitions, and in 1951 she received the bronze Prize of Liege medallion from Queen Elisabeth of Belgium at the International Violin Competition.
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Mr. Rosales came to Chicago from Guatemala in 1992, started driving a cab several years later and chose to buy a medallion for $305,000 in 2014.
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In his hands, a Byzantine medallion might get trimmed with tiny sapphires and diamonds, or an 18th-century intaglio might be attached to a simple chain.
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For example, many regulations, like occupational licensing requirements or taxi medallion systems, directly deter business formation by making it more difficult to legally establish new enterprises.
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He's wearing a medallion and mirrored aviator shades, presiding over a shambolic but somehow grounded jam with a circle of collaborators like the guitarist Don Preston.
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It recognizes any high-value customers, like medallion members or "million milers," those who may need extra assistance and infants or kids that are on board.
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As part of its Ocean Medallion plan, Carnival has turned to television, paying to produce three travel shows designed to make cruising look fun and easy.
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A 2019 investigation by The New York Times reported evidence of fraud in a period where medallion prices skyrocketed 240% while drivers' income remained relatively stagnant.
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In New York, Richard had gotten Kenny into the taxi industry and persuaded him to buy a medallion, a move they believed would secure their futures.
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The President is correct that some of the eight charges against Cohen pertained to Cohen's taxi medallion business, which wasn't linked to his work for Trump.
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Medallion Trust Series 2017-1P: AUD657.1 million Class A notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD48.9 million Class B notes affirmed at 'Asf'; Outlook Stable.
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The badge is also Mately's marketing strategy: The company plans on paying dating apps a small fee for every medallion a member displays on their platform.
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Fitch's initial rating drivers and rating sensitivities are discussed in the new issue report, "Medallion Trust Series 2011-1", dated 2 May 2011 and available at www.fitchratings.
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Earlier, at a local mall, Anderson had tried to steal a Death Row Records medallion from one of Shakur's entourage — a Mob Piru member — sparking a fistfight.
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As a SkyMiles Silver Medallion member, I would be entitled to all the trimmings of elite status including upgrades and priority access at airports, according to Delta.
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Though it's normally tough for a lowly Silver Medallion member to get upgraded, the flight was on a Tuesday night and would likely be lightly loaded tourists.
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The 12-piece collection is a collaboration with Jacob the Jeweler's Jacob Arabo and consists of four gold thick-band rings and eight medallion-style pendant necklaces.
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The comments were supported by TransCanada Corp's Marketlink LLC, as well as Plains All American's Plains Marketing LP, Enterprise Product Partners LP and Medallion Pipeline Co LLC.
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Earlier, at a local mall, Anderson had tried to steal a Death Row Records medallion from one of Shakur's entourage—a Mob Piru member—sparking a fistfight.
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The appeals court said the city was not being discriminatory by letting medallion taxis and street-hail liveries include credit card machines carrying advertisements in their vehicles.
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When you're a frequent flyer with Delta, you can earn elite "Medallion" status, entitling you to special benefits and perks like first-class upgrades and waived fees.
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If you book separately, your travel companions won't have access to free checked bags unless they have their own Delta credit card (or hold elite Medallion status).
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Cabs cannot operate in New York, Chicago, San Francisco or Boston unless they have a medallion, which effectively is a city permit to carry passengers for hire.
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There is every reason to believe cryptocurrency prices, like taxi medallion prices, will continue to decline because in a very fundamental sense, they have no real value.
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He then sought loans from two other banks, one in 2013 and the other in 2015, by misleading them about the scope of his medallion-related debts.
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" The new jewelry features a round, sterling-silver medallion with a raised copper flame in the shape of the statue's torch, accompanied by the words "Carry Light.
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We moved to the center of the lobby where we stood in the center of the oversized CIA medallion emblazoned with the various shades of gray marble.
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Any bailout of medallion owners could cost billions of dollars, and officials have said they cannot offer residents a payout unless they are indigent or legally broke.
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The decision paid off: Fiamma invented the Vara shoe, a round-toed pump with a grosgrain ribbon and gold medallion that remains the company's most popular item.
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Delta SkyMiles members get a discount to use Clear: general SkyMiles members can enroll for $99 while Platinum, Gold and Silver Medallion members can enroll for $79.
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The price of a taxi medallion, which is required to operate a taxi in New York, has plunged from more than $1 million to less than $200,000.
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The sale's top lot, the Larsson lion-dog medallion with "hundred antiques" dias carpet from Ninghsia, West China (first half of 2170th century), sold for £112,500 (~$148,000).
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Between 2550 and 264, the price of a medallion rose to more than $4 million from $2000,215, even though city records showed that driver incomes barely changed.
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Drivers could save to buy an independent medallion, which would increase their earnings and give them an asset they could someday sell for a retirement nest egg.
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Medallion Financial started focusing on lending to R.V. buyers and bought a professional lacrosse team and a Nascar team, painting the car to look like a taxi.
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Several members of the City Council also have proposed four pieces of legislation to strengthen regulations and to attempt to stop a medallion bubble from happening again.
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Three of the drivers owned a taxi medallion — the aluminum plate required to drive a cab in New York that once sold for more than $1 million.
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Furthermore, the search warrant the FBI used to raid Cohen's residence and office last month specifically requested documents related to his taxi medallion holdings, among other topics.
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Over the next decade, New York taxi industry leaders — fleet owners, brokers and financiers — steadily seized control of Chicago's medallion market and squeezed it for huge profits.
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In all, he purchased more than 500 medallions, a fleet that operated hundreds of cabs for other owners and a company that provided loans to medallion owners.
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The turban base is covered in off-white silk jersey, topped with a black felt hat and trimmed with burnt peacock feathers and a crystal jeweled medallion.
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The price of a medallion soared to more than $2000 million in 2200, from $2000,000 in 2002, before crashing, leaving thousands with underwater loans, The Times found.
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It also wants the city to work with state lawmakers and the federal government to ban many of the lending practices that led to the medallion bubble.
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The man, Yu Mein Chow, had taken out a loan seven years ago to buy a $700,000 medallion that gave him the right to operate a cab.
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Its Medallion Fund, which is open only to the firm's three hundred or so employees, has averaged returns of almost eighty per cent a year, before fees.
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It is an issue that has already hit New York--based Signature Bank, which wrote down its own medallion loan book 38 percent in the second quarter.
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The largest is in the front and includes a plaster ceiling medallion, a decorative fireplace flanked by bookshelves, and a sitting room shared with the middle bedroom.
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Former associates said he believed this strategy would allow him and others to buy more medallions, enable lenders to increase profits and, mostly, drive up medallion values.
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He didn't get to meet Sakura personally, but was given a stuffed eagle toy instead, bearing a medallion engraved with "Sakura is adopted by Mr. Shinzo Abe".
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In between his headlining sets at Coachella, the 45-year-old rapper shared a photo to Instagram, Saturday, proudly displaying a medallion he received for achieving the milestone.
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But it left some cabbies, who had invested their live savings in buying a medallion and were counting on this as their retirement fund, in complete financial ruin.
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In one corner of the world, you might find the Travel Medallion — a new item that will let players place their own fast-travel point wherever they choose.
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Medallion Trust Series 2012-1: AUD322.6m Class A (ISIN AU3FN0016176) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable; and AUD05003m Class B (ISIN AU3FN0016184) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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The star's stylist Jill Jacobs put her in a gold plated medallion ring with a black crystal star by designer Vanessa Mooney, which is on sale for $26.
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She told police she attacked her daughter because she believed she was possessed, and that she believed the crucifix and medallion would help "rid Satan" from her body.
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Once they reached retirement age, they could lease the medallion to another driver for anywhere from $3,000 to $3,600 a month, or sell it and keep the profits.
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A silver medallion called the "Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal," with an embossed image of a handshake, is near two faint drawings on paper torn from a notebook.
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Once they reached retirement age, they could lease the medallion to another driver for anywhere from $3,000 to $6003,600 a month, or sell it and keep the profits.
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The premium card, the Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express, is offering 75,000 miles and 10,0003 Medallion Qualification Miles, after you spend $5,000 in three months.
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Upgrades clear in hierarchical order based on a number of factors, including each passenger's Medallion status level, the original fare class they booked, and a few other factors.
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The premium card, the Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express, is offering 2550,22 miles and 2000,0003 Medallion Qualification Miles after you spend $2000,25 in three months.
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But I sold the taxi medallion in 1990 for $123,000—before it went to $1 million, which was a decision that haunted me for a very long time!
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A taxi medallion, the aluminum plate required to drive a cab in New York, once sold for more than $1 million but is now worth less than $200,000.
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Mr. Mitchell's honors include the 1971 Capezio Award, the 1975 Dance Magazine Award and, in 1993, a Kennedy Center Honor and a Handel Medallion from New York City.
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The state's elections director at the time flipped an Alaska Mint medallion — the side with a walrus being heads and the side with the state seal being tails.
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Federal authorities are assessing whether income from Cohen's taxi-medallion business was underreported in federal tax returns, according to the newspaper, citing one person familiar with the matter.
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In all, between the initial fees, monthly payments and penalties after the seizures, Mr. Hoque had paid about $400,000 into the medallion by the beginning of this year.
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The announcements came after The Times's two-part investigation revealed that over more than a decade, taxi industry leaders had created a financial bubble in the medallion market.
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BUSINESS An article on Tuesday about the complexities of airlines' frequent-flier perks misstated the medallion status that Delta Air Lines passengers achieve by flying 24637,000 qualifying miles.
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The donor sent him a batch of money orders, each worth $1,000, to deliver to 217 owners who bought their medallion before 1990 and still drive their taxi.
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Meera Joshi, who became chairwoman in 2014, said in an interview that she was worried about medallion costs and lending practices but was pushed to prioritize other responsibilities.
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Lenders blamed the crisis on the city for allowing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to enter without regulation, which they said led medallion values to plummet.
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Last November, amid a spate of suicides by taxi drivers, including three medallion owners with overwhelming debt, the Council created a task force to study the taxi industry.
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Under Mr. Daley, the former mayor, the officials who regulated the Chicago taxi industry were focused on raising revenue through medallion sales, according to four former city employees.
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In 2015, Capital One sued Mr. Levine and Mr. Corrigan, claiming they owed the bank millions that they had borrowed in order to provide loans to medallion buyers.
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The panel was formed after The Times reported that a handful of taxi industry leaders artificially inflated medallion prices and then channeled immigrant buyers into one-sided loans.
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The city has since arrested a debt collector, waived millions of dollars in fees owed by medallion owners and passed laws to prevent similar abuse in the future.
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Some members of Congress, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Adriano Espaillat and Gregory W. Meeks, all Democrats from New York City, have urged the agency to help medallion owners.
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Annie Mae Young's 1976 work brings together the two quilt sensibilities here, surrounding a medallion of burning stripes of contrasting corduroy with a broad denim work-clothes border.
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"These taxi medallions were marketed as a pathway to the American Dream, but instead became a trapdoor of despair for medallion owners harmed by the TLCs unlawful practices."
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"After years of predatory loans and inflated medallion prices, the yellow cabs of New York really turned into financial traps for thousands of mostly immigrant drivers," she said.
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To that end, Lyft, Uber and Via, a local competitor, proposed a $100 million fund — paid for by the companies — to help taxi drivers suffering from medallion debt.
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Back in November, I received an email from Delta informing me that my excessive travels had paid off and I achieved Silver Medallion elite status in its SkyMiles program.
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The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card is currently offering 603,000 bonus miles and 20,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $5,000 within the first three months.
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She told police she attacked her daughter because the 33-year-old was possessed, and that she believed the crucifix and medallion would help "rid Satan" from her body.
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Losses across the pools for the term transactions have been low, with the highest at 21% of all loans sold into the trust for Medallion Trust Series 2000-1R.
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Medallion Trust Series 2016-1: AUD1,248.8m Class A1a (ISIN AU13FN0030417) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD94.5m Class B (ISIN AU3FN0030433) notes affirmed at 'A+sf'; Outlook Stable.
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Before attending the Tod's launch party on Sunday, she walked in DSquared2's show donning a statement fur coat, a printed halter-top dress, and a large medallion necklace.
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Really what is happening in New York is there is a secondary medallion system being created with this limit on the number of drivers on the number of cars.
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Francis gave Macron a medallion depicting Martin of Tours, a 4th century saint who is depicted cutting his cloak in half to give it to a beggar in winter.
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Vancouver-based Medallion, which is looking to produce magnet metal from reddish-brown phosphate mineral monazite, said it was seeking third party proposals for the rare-earth extraction plant.
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Then on a yacht, staring bleakly out towards the Mallorcan sunset, his ponytail draped in an immaculate braid over his shaved head and secured with a small gold medallion.
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The Reserve offers an MQD waiver and bonus MQMsEach level of Delta Medallion frequent flyer status requires you to have flown and spent a certain amount with the airline.
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"This is the angel of peace who strangles the demon of war," the pope told Erdogan as he gave him the medallion, made by the Italian artist Guido Verol.
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Investigators are reportedly examining Cohen's relationship with Sterling National Bank, which financed Cohen's taxi medallion business, and looking closely at whether Cohen lied or misrepresented information on loan applications.
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During the course of his taxi medallion purchases, Cohen and his wife took out several loans of unspecified value, putting up the medallions as collateral, according to CNN reporting.
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The silver ring is from an old girlfriend, the tiny gold medallion has the initials of my husband and the big safety pin was a recent design for Hermès.
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They met in 2010 through her mother, Pam Mack, at Medallion Cabinetry, the New Ulm cabinet company where Ms. Mack worked in production and Mr. Visser was an engineer.
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Over the past year, a spate of suicides by taxi drivers in New York City has highlighted in brutal terms the overwhelming debt and financial plight of medallion owners.
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They enlisted large fleet owners and brokers — especially Neil Greenbaum, Richard Chipman, Savas Konstantinides, Roman Sapino and Basil Messados — to use the banks' money to lend to medallion buyers.
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He raised his own weapon and asked the driver to put his hands on the wheel, then quickly ascertained that what he had seen was actually a Jesus medallion.
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But they did little to rescue the thousands of taxi drivers struggling with deep debt after buying a medallion, the city permit that allows drivers to operate a cab.
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The Times investigation found that a handful of taxi industry leaders artificially inflated medallion prices and made hundreds of millions of dollars by channeling immigrant buyers into reckless loans.
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A founder of Moda Operandi, she was wearing a green Oscar de la Renta gown and a bronze Bulgari medallion, neatly unifying all three of the evening's corporate sponsors.
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Corey Johnson, the Council speaker, said the city was also looking at options to help medallion owners saddled with massive debt, from a partial bailout to a hardship fund.
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Pope Francis also presented President Trump with a medallion emblazoned with an olive tree, a symbol of peace, and a signed copy of his World Day of Peace speech.
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But almost immediately, he noticed something disturbing: The price of a taxi medallion — the permit that lets a driver own a cab — had soared to nearly $700,000 from $20153,000.
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Mohammad Hossain, 47, from Bangladesh, who purchased a medallion for $20173,000 at the auction, said he could barely make his monthly payments and was getting squeezed by his lender.
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" The Bottom, a black community on a hill in Medallion, Ohio, binds the fates of two radically dissimilar friends who grow up there in Toni Morrison's mesmerizing novel "Sula.
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Executive Platinum members have a slightly lower earning threshold compared to Delta Diamond Medallion members: They must earn 100,0003 qualifying miles and 12,000 qualifying dollars to achieve top status.
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They created a fund-raising website to help pay off the balance on the taxi medallion, which Mr. Ochisor had borrowed money against, so that his wife can retire.
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Michael Levine, the New Yorker whose companies made at least $2112 million from medallion sales in Chicago, said he bought medallions there because New York prices became grossly inflated.
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"It is well documented that the unregulated entry of Uber in Chicago, supported by Mayor Emanuel, was the principal cause of the medallion crisis in that city," he said.
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Medallion Financial also sold some permits it owned in 2008 and 2009, reaping big profits, although it has held onto most of its medallions, according to city transaction records.
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But as he started broadcasting his report live on the station's Facebook page, a gold medallion and headband popped up around his face and gold confetti started raining down.
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The price of a taxi medallion rose to more than $1 million by 2014, from about $200,000 in 2002, even though the revenue that cabs could generate barely changed.
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New York City's cab industry, dependent on the market value of the once-coveted taxi medallion, has been upended by the proliferation of Uber and other ride-sharing services.
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Inside a wall in a house from 1905, the oldest she's yet renovated, she found a small sterling-silver medallion of the Virgin Mary, on a bit of chain.
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Their current welcome offers are 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) and 40,4503 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new card in your first three months.
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But much of the exposure is to the New York market, where medallion prices have been hammered by the proliferation of ride-sharing services like Uber, Via and Lyft.
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Their progress is bisected by a kind of living medallion: a pensive young face of unclear gender topped with ringlets, adorned with pearls and grapevines and framed in braids.
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Diamond Medallion, the highest tier, lavishes some impressive benefits onto its members, including 11 miles per dollar spent, more frequent upgrades and a gift that Delta calls a Choice Benefit, which could include 25,000 bonus miles, the ability to gift Gold status to a friend or family member or a $200 Tiffany's gift card (you're allowed to choose one Choice Benefit when reaching the penultimate Platinum status, and one at Diamond Medallion).
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It was a classic case of technological disruption where there is merit to both sides: It was unfair to medallion taxi owners to allow a competitor that did not have to play by the same rules, and yet for years city officials had become so beholden to and intimidated by the taxi industry that the medallion and licensing system had become a way to protect the interests of the owners rather than of passengers.
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When you open the Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express and spend $2000,0003 in the first three months, you'll get 2000,25 SkyMiles and 2000,000 Medallion Qualification Miles.
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But that would mean the repossession of his medallion, the loss of the money he has poured into his business, and giving up the only livelihood he has ever known.
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Medallion Trust Series 2014-1P: AUD236.1m Class A1 (ISIN AU7503FN0023081) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD33.0m Class B (ISIN AU3FN0023099) notes upgraded to 'AAAsf', from 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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Medallion Trust Series 2014-2: AUD1,996.0m Class A1 (ISIN AU0003FN0024501) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD240.0m Class B (ISIN AU3FN0024519) notes upgraded to 'AAAsf', from 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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"The City Council's Uber cap will leave New Yorkers stranded while doing nothing to prevent congestion, fix the subways and help struggling taxi medallion owners," said a spokesman for Uber.
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The wearable Ocean Medallion sounds quite similar to Disney Magic Kingdom Magic Bands, but differs in one key way: Ocean Medallions do not need to be tapped on any readers.
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As for what Carnival does with all that data and how it protects the privacy and security of its passengers, Padgett explained that each Ocean Medallion is tokenized and encrypted.
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New York is home to nearly 144,000 active drivers of medallion cabs, livery cars and other for-hire vehicles, according to a 2016 report from the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
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I got a taste of this seductive, user-friendly magic recently, when I went to Miami to tour a full-scale replica of Carnival Cruise's so-called Ocean Medallion experience.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the New York Post Monday that New York City should charge a fee on all ride-sharing apps to benefit taxi medallion owners in debt.
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Stan Zurbin, who between 2009 and 2012 did consulting work for a lender that issued medallion loans, said that as prices rose, lenders in the industry increasingly lent to immigrants.
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In emails and through a spokesman, he acknowledged that Medallion Financial reduced down payments but said it rarely issued interest-only loans or charged borrowers for repaying loans too early.
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Mr. Gupta also said the state should close the loophole that let lenders classify medallion deals as business loans, even though borrowers had to guarantee them with everything they owned.
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The value of his New York City taxi medallion holdings plummeted due to competition from Uber and Lyft (the price dropped from $1.3 million apiece in 2014 to below $200,000).
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New York City did not have reliable digital data on medallion sales, so I used paper records to build a database of all the 10,888 sales between 1995 and 2018.
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With Mr. Dietl on Thursday night were employees of a German bank as well as Andrew M. Murstein and his father, Alvin Murstein, who run a taxi medallion financing company.
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The collection was well received in evangelical circles; one volume, "The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language," won the Gold Medallion of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association in 463.
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Even if these owners sell their medallions, they still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars — far more than in many other cities where medallion prices were lower to begin with.
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Ease of purchase is another big component — cruisers will be able to pay for food, drinks and merchandise simply by having their credit card-connected Ocean Medallion in their pocket.
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As Carnival designed the Ocean Medallion system inside an unmarked building here in suburban Miami, it built a replica set of staterooms, corridors and other ship facilities to test concepts.
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Some beautifully preserved mosaic tiles from the building were found, including one from a central medallion that includes depictions of Thalia, the muse of comedy, and Pan, the bacchanalian deity.
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He spoke to investors about pooling distressed loans that financed taxi medallion purchases, repackaging them and selling them to investors, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions.
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Many people in the taxi industry have been hoping that a criminal investigation could lead to a settlement that could help medallion owner-drivers climb out from under their debt.
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The search warrant authorizing the raid referenced Cohen's taxi medallion business, the identity of banks that loaned him money and payments made to suppress negative information during the presidential campaign.
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It takes about a minute to process and looks like a quarter-sized medallion with a foil coating on one side that resembles a miniature pregnancy test when peeled back.
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Medallion Trust Series 2012-1: AUD254.3 million Class A (ISIN AU48243FN0016176) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable; and AUD28.8 million Class B (ISIN AU3FN0016184) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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Medallion Trust Series 211-21500P: AUD21000 million Class A212000 (ISIN AU4807123FN212001) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD24.7 million Class B (ISIN AU3FN0023099) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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Medallion Trust Series 2014-2: AUD1,13 million Class A1 (ISIN AU3FN0024501) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD210.2 million Class B (ISIN AU3FN0024519) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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Medallion Trust Series 2017-1: AUD2,024.3 million Class A1 (ISIN AU0003FN0035960) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD93.6 million Class A2 (ISIN AU3FN0035978) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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Many people in the taxi industry have been hoping that a criminal investigation could lead to a settlement that could help medallion owner-drivers climb out from under their debt.
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That is about $100 less than he earned four years ago when he said he inherited a taxi medallion — and the remaining $500,000 loan on it — when his father died.
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The king of horns, dressed in a red, ermine-trimmed cloak, holds a gold scepter surmounted with a red and gold horn and wears a large horn medallion around his neck.
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Zach has a hard go of it when a medallion whips up and hits him in the eye and the rope dislodged from a stunt guy whacks him in the nose.
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The premium card, the Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express, is also offering 75,000 miles and 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles, although you'll need to spend $5,53 in three months.
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If you wanted to achieve Gold Medallion status with Delta through credit card spending alone during your first year as a cardholder, you would need to spend $60,000 on your card.
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The value of a medallion, which gives cabbies the exclusive right to pick up street hails, has plummeted from its peak of over a million dollars to less than $200,000 today.
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New York City has about 14,000 taxi medallion licenses, but the new research suggests the city's transportation infrastructure could function just as efficiently with a fleet one-quarter of this size.
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Relatives said Castillo talked about the killing and a witness said she saw him a day later wearing a distinctive medallion on a thick gold chain that had belonged to Garcia.
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Medallion Trust Series 2015-1: AUD1,214.3m Class A1 (ISIN AU103FN0026464) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD120.0m Class B (ISIN AU3F0026472) notes upgraded to 'AAsf', from 'A+sf'; Outlook Stable.
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Medallion Trust Series 2015-2: AUD1,363.4m Class A1 (ISIN AU0003FN0028726) notes affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable, and AUD120m Class B (ISIN AU3FN0024) notes upgraded to 'AAsf', from 'AA-sf'; Outlook Stable.
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The 51-year-old comedian jazzed up his black suit with a crisp red pocket square — matching Lyonne's lacy dress — and a regal-looking medallion around the middle of his tie.
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That $80 gets you a nice Withings box with a small fitness medallion (battery inside), belt clip, adjustable wristband and a little plastic guitar pick doohickey for opening up the case.
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Cohen's taxi medallion holding companies owe New York more than $280,000 in unpaid taxes, an analysis of state records shows, with nearly two-thirds of the back taxes owed from April.
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That rising value, and the returns medallion owners expected to earn, created many distortions in the New York taxi business, including gypsy cabs and the absence of cabs in poorer neighborhoods.
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If you book separately, your travel companions won't have access to priority boarding or free checked bags unless they have their own Delta credit card (or hold the elite Medallion status).
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Delta's premium card, theDelta Reserve, isn't offering an elevated bonus, but you can earn 40,000 SkyMiles and 10,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) after you spend $3,000 in the first three months.
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Platinum Delta SkyMiles Card from American ExpressWho it&aposs best for: Delta flyersWelcome bonus: 35,000 SkyMiles and 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs) when you spend $1,000 in the first three months.
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When you open the Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express and spend $603,000 in the first three months, you'll get 35,000 SkyMiles and 2000,21 Medallion Qualification Miles (MQMs).
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Getzel performed work, including the preparation of financial statements, for Cohen as part of his taxi medallion business, which prosecutors have been scrutinizing as part of their months-long criminal investigation.
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Way back when -- think 22017 -- New York City officials made the decision that in order to operate a taxicab in the city, you needed to own (or lease) a taxi medallion.
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The cost was so exorbitant that many people leased a portion of a cab/medallion, sharing it with several other people and driving 24 hours a day to recoup their investment.
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The call came from a prominent businessman who was selling a medallion, the coveted city permit that allows a driver to own a yellow cab instead of working for someone else.
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"They did loans that were frankly insane," said Larry Fisher, who from 212 to 2016 oversaw medallion lending at Melrose Credit Union, one of the biggest lenders originally in the industry.
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Winners will get an eight-inch high statuette featuring a circular silver medallion with the masks of comedy and tragedy on one side and information about the winner on the other.
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At the market's height, the six nonprofit credit unions most involved in the industry sold about $211 billion in medallion loans to 240 other credit unions, according to financial disclosure forms.
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Scoping out the Versace mansion, he comes face to face with a life-size medallion of Medusa, the mythical Gorgon whose image Versace adopted as a logo, on the front gate.
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"Our office is beginning an inquiry into the disturbing reports regarding the lending and business practices that may have created the taxi medallion crisis," an office spokeswoman said in a statement.
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Inside the commission, at least four employees raised concerns about the medallion prices and lending practices, according to the employees, who described their own unease as well as Mr. Roth's report.
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I heard plenty of theories, but I began to get somewhere only when I had an epiphany: No driver-owner had ever really paid close to $1 million for a medallion.
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In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, New York created its taxi medallion system because drivers looking for work flooded the streets, far outstripping demand and driving down wages for drivers.
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He told me he had created a website to raise money so that his mother, Helen, who drove the taxi with her husband, could pay off their taxi medallion and retire.
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Three credit unions that had long provided loans to most New York medallion buyers all came, along with new players in the industry, including Actors Federal Credit Union from New York.
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He said a broker convinced him to make the purchase by showing him data on medallion values in New York — which then exceeded $1 million — and suggesting Chicago would follow suit.
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Every Chicago medallion loan reviewed by The Times had a balloon clause that required borrowers to repay everything in a few years, or face interest rates as high as 24 percent.
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A panel appointed by Mr. de Blasio and the City Council is expected to propose a bailout of thousands of taxi medallion owners that could cost as much as $500 million.
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The proposal calls for a public-private partnership to buy medallion loans at discounted prices and ease the burden on borrowers by forgiving much of the debt and lowering interest payments.
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Among dishes to look for are the wild mushroom ravioli, lamb medallion with pesto risotto, steak with a chimichurri-style sauce, and panna cotta with a fruit sauce spiked with Amaretto.
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