Courtesy of Pixabay TOPEKA – Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced that in partnership with the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation and Sunflower Foundation, the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $298,825 in Towns Grant funding to support 32 small-scale projects across Kansas. The funded projects are quality-of-place investments that
NEW YORK – Facebook parent Meta Platforms is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence start-up Scale AI, according to people familiar with the matter. The financing could exceed US$10 billion (S$12.9 billion) in value, some of the people said, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all
Meta Platforms is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence start-up Scale AI, according to people familiar with the matter. The financing could exceed US$10 billion in value, some of the people said, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time. The terms of the deal are
AGNC Investment (AGNC 0.89%) has a gigantic 15%+ dividend yield. That lofty yield sounds very enticing, but sometimes things that sound too good to be true are, in fact, too good to be true. Here’s why investors need to take a very nuanced view of AGNC Investment and how the company may actually be helping
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This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello readers. If there is one thing US President Donald Trump obsesses over even more than the size
A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty in federal court to using his role at a Denver investment company to commit insider trading. Ryan Squillante, 40, of Weston, appeared in federal court in Hartford on Friday and waived his right to be indicted, pleading guilty to securities fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
BRUSSELS — Most U.S. allies at NATO endorse President Donald Trump’s demand that they invest 5% of gross domestic product on their defense needs and are ready to ramp up security spending even more, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday. NATO is on the cusp of accepting Trump’s 5% defense investment demand, Rutte says “There’s
Early this year, private equity firm Blackstone bet big on the future of artificial intelligence by investing $300 million in a Chatsworth company that’s been around for more than two decades. The company, DDN, helps businesses store and manage the massive trove of data that powers AI systems — the lifeblood needed for chatbots, self-driving
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Workplace pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A contentious change in UK legislation around pensions will push more defined contribution workplace schemes to boost investment in British private markets, pension experts have said. The Pensions Schemes Bill, published on Thursday, sets a