The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A $3.5 million investment into student safety and well-being by the Cedar Rapids Community School District is meant to better support kids with behavior needs from kindergarten on up. Dozens of staff positions will be added to the
Investment and payment scams are often perpetrated by criminals who attempt to capitalize on current events and economic anxieties to pursue their targets. Investment scams are designed to lure people into investing in fraudulent or non-existent opportunities. These scams often promise quick and easy returns with little to no risk on assets like shares of
From left panellist : Dr. Marlene Street-Forrest, Managing Director, JSE, Minister of Finance Fayval Williams and Maurice Wright, Chief Investment Officer, Cumax at Cumax Wealth Management Investment Forum held on Wednesday April 30,2025 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston (Photo: Naphtali Junior) AS the Jamaica Stock Exchange prepares to launch its Micro Market in
The Chief Adviser’s Office has recently formed an eight-member committee to assess the proposed merger of several investment-related agencies under the single umbrella of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida). By cutting red tape and boosting business confidence, the consolidation will streamline services for both foreign and domestic investors, said officials. For all latest news,
Shares of telehealth company Hims & Hers Health got a boost last week on news that it will start offering popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Founded in 2017, Hims & Hers is a direct-to-consumer telehealth platform that went public in 2021. The company offers treatments for conditions such as hair loss, sexual health issues, mental health,
The “will they, won’t they” negotiations between Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management and Howard Hughes Holdings finally reached a resolution, charting the developer on a novel path. Pershing Square agreed to invest $900 million in the company known for master planned communities, Bloomberg reported. Ackman’s firm will acquire 9 million newly issued shares of
Bao Jianmin, a CIC veteran with experience in private equity, international investment and real asset investments, is now listed as part of the management team at Citic, where he serves as deputy general manager and a member of the Communist Party committee. The profile of the 57-year-old on Citic’s website shows that Bao held multiple
Rental properties with regulated units, a category encompassing about a million apartments in thousands of city buildings, have been selling in recent months at double-digit losses, especially those sites purchased in the last decade or so. A main reason for the sharp decline, as pro-landlord groups are quick to point out, is a series of
[File Photo] Investment indicators in Fiji signal generally positive performance, but the prevailing high-cost environment continues to weigh on activity, according to the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s latest economic review. The RBF noted that commercial banks’ new investment loans increased by 12.2 percent cumulatively to March, with significant credit momentum in building & construction (39
A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 4,115,412 euro invested in Luxembourg by Summit Group Chairman Mohammed Aziz Khan and his family in connection with corruption allegations brought against them. Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Alamgir Hossain, who