May 17, 2024
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Thomvest Ventures closes $250M fund to invest across fintech, cybersecurity, AI

Image Credits: Thomvest Ventures / Thomvest Ventures’ managing directors, from left, Don Butler, Umesh Padval and Nima Wedlake Thomvest Ventures is popping into 2024 with a new $250 million fund and the promotion of Umesh Padval and Nima Wedlake to the role of managing directors. The Bay Area venture capital firm was started about 25

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Are these 3 Top-Ranked Mutual Funds In Your Retirement Portfolio? – January 16, 2024

It is never too late to invest in mutual funds for retirement. As such, if you plan to invest in some of the best funds, the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank can provide you with valuable guidance. The easiest way to judge a mutual fund’s quality over time is by analyzing its performance, diversification, and fees.

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Women & finance: Study shows women prefer fixed deposits over gold, mutual funds, stocks

A recent study tracking the investment habits of urban women showed that women earning in metropolitan cities still prefer to allocate their funds in low-risk investments, such as fixed deposits and savings account. The study, Women and Finance, compiled by DBS Bank India and CRISIL, noted that women park 51 per cent of their funds

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Japan To Double Emergency Funds After New Year’s Day Quake

Japan plans to double a fund used for disaster relief and other contingencies to $6.8 billion after a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake, the government said Tuesday, as snow worsened conditions for survivors. The 7.5-magnitude quake and powerful aftershocks killed at least 222 people in central Japan, laying waste to houses and infrastructure. In the

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Evanston offers limited housing, funds to migrants

After living on the floors of police stations and warming centers, an asylum-seeking Venezuelan family of four arrived at the home of Evanston resident Kristin Huzar in early 2023. She planned to house them for a few days while they found their bearings.  They ended up staying with her for nine months. Huzar, with the

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Oil attracts cautious buying from hedge funds: Kemp

Oil attracts cautious buying from hedge funds: Kemp LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Portfolio investors purchased petroleum in the first full week of 2024, reversing sales the previous week and continuing the pattern of choppy trading that has continued since early December. Hedge funds and other money managers bought the equivalent of 54 million barrels

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COLUMN-Oil attracts cautious buying from hedge funds: Kemp

By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Portfolio investors purchased petroleum in the first full week of 2024, reversing sales the previous week and continuing the pattern of choppy trading that has continued since early December. Hedge funds and other money managers bought the equivalent of 54 million barrels in the six most important

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City to review budget; Tryon drops push to move library funds to public safety

City Commissioners will review their budget during their Jan. 16 work session. The city was doing quarterly budget reviews for awhile, but Tuesday’s review will cover the last quarter of the last fiscal year through the second quarter of the current fiscal year, according to the agenda. The city’s fiscal year runs July 1 through

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Funds from opioid lawsuit settlement making their way to West Virginia communities

MORGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (DC News Now) — After months of negotiations, local communities are starting to see funding from a nationwide lawsuit against drug makers and retailers to help address the opioid crisis. Morgan County, W.Va. is hoping to see success in fighting the drug epidemic. It will receive $1.5 million in an initial round

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Community raises funds for family that lost two daughters in Gilroy crash

article Elisa and Valentina Ornelas pose for their baby brothers pregnancy announcement. ((Photo courtesy of GoFundMe)) GILROY, Calif. – A family in Morgan Hill is grieving after the death of two of their young loved ones due to a crash near Gilroy.  The two girls who died after the crash on Friday have been identified

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