BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed Tuesday to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet, accusing it of promoting a news agenda with a liberal bias. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty started broadcasting during the Cold War. Its programs are aired in
The Election Law Enforcement Commission distributed more than $600k in public matching funds to a trio of gubernatorial candidates Tuesday, according to a release. Among the Democrats, officials disbursed $295,660 to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, putting the mayor at $3,826,913 total, or about 70% of the $5.5 million cap. Officials gave former State Senate President
Just this month alone, UnitedHealth has been facing a vast amount of public scrutiny. The health insurer, which has already had a tough year in the public eye since the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson late last year, was sued earlier this month by investors alleging misleading forecasts following Thompson’s death. This month, UnitedHealth
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU must not prioritise guns over butter in its defence spending spree and should refrain from redirecting funding reserved for farmers, the bloc’s agriculture commissioner has warned. Christophe Hansen told the Financial Times that
The former owner of a trio of San Diego businesses that provided surrogacy consulting services to prospective parents was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for stealing money from her clients. Lillian Arielle Markowitz, 40, who owned My Donor Cycle, Surrogacy Beyond Borders and Expecting Surrogacy, pleaded guilty to taking hundreds of thousands of
A legislative panel on Monday endorsed the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s request for $15 million in state restricted reserve funds for the community assistance grants program. In a voice vote, the Legislative Council’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee recommended that the Legislative Council approve the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s request for the one-time restricted
Many musicians dream of leaving a legacy behind with their music, but few actually get to do so in a truly meaningful way. But one local artist who died eight years ago has achieved that honor, thanks to his friends and the community in which he played. J. Scott “Bow Bow” Brandon, a staple of
PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – The Orange City School District’s insurance carriers have reimbursed the district in full for its losses resulting from the criminal misdirection of an electronic funds transfer reported last fall, Treasurer Todd Puster said in a news release Friday (May 16). In October, the district announced that it had filed litigation in
A centrepiece of today’s UK-EU summit is a new defence and security pact that will allow British defence manufacturers to bid for contracts from the €150 billion (£126 billion) Security Action for Europe fund. As part of this “reset” with the EU, Keir Starmer is thought to have made “significant concessions” on European fishing rights
Many mutual fund advisors have been recommending balanced advantage funds to new and inexperienced investors for a while now. These advisors believe that these schemes are ideally placed to take care of the current market conditions because of their dynamic portfolio. Advisors are also recommending these schemes to investors to park their lumpsum amounts. Balanced