May 16, 2024
Funds

WILLIAMS: Excess educational funds used for retirement | Community

Christmas has come early to the American taxpayers! One of the provisions of a recently passed tax law allows beneficiaries of certain education investments to perform a tax-free rollover to a Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for their benefit. Why is this important? First, the excess education funds will be taxed to the beneficiary should

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Loans

Blackstone and Starwood Are Both Mortgage REITs. Their Reserves Tell Different Stories.

The specialized lenders known as mortgage real estate investment trusts have a prominent spot on the injured list of players in commercial real estate. Since rising rates started to weigh on real estate borrowers in early 2022, shares of two mortgage REITs— Starwood Property Trust and Blackstone Mortgage Trust —have fallen 15% and 35%, respectively.

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Property

Upshur Commission approves annual budget, corrections program property purchase | Buckhannon News – Breaking and more

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Loans

SD Dept of Ag and Natural Resources Approves $172 Million in Grants and Loans for Water and Waste Projects |

{KXLG – South Dakota} Today, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced that the Board of Water and Natural Resources had approved $172,554,815 in grants and loans for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste projects in South Dakota.  The $172,554,815 total consists of $20,007,550 in grants and $152,547,265 in low-interest

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Finance

Mint Is Gone. Here’s the Budgeting App I’m Using Instead

As a loyal Mint user for years, I was sad to bid farewell to the popular free budgeting app on March 23. And though Mint encouraged former users to switch to Credit Karma, Credit Karma doesn’t offer any budgeting features. All you can do is view your monthly spending and latest transactions — no real

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Funds

EU banks under attack over funds to ecosystem wreckers

Banks including Santander, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank are among the financial institutions accused of funding companies destroying ecosystems. ADVERTISEMENT Several major European banks could potentially be contributing to ecosystem destruction and extinction, according to a study published by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), Greenpeace International and Harvest.  The study, named “EU bankrolling ecosystem

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Loans

Nonprofit to offer Lincoln businesses no-interest loans

Lincoln will become a hub for a national nonprofit that offers no-interest, crowdfunded microloans to women and minorities — a way to help underserved communities that often don’t have access to the capital needed to get a business off the ground. The Capital City will be the first Kiva Hub in the state, Mayor Leirion

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Finance

RIP Mint. I Found My New Favorite Budgeting App

I’ve been a loyal Mint user for years. This $0 budgeting app lets me see my spending at a glance, stick to my budget and adjust my goals in real time when unexpected expenses pop up. More than once I thought, “It’s too good to be true.” And now, it turns out it was. The

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Loans

Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority approves loans, grants to create 107 jobs | News

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph LEBANON, Va. — Two loans and one grant with the potential to create 107 full-time jobs, in addition to 40 construction-related jobs, were approved Thursday for projects in Buchanan, Russell and Wise counties during a meeting of the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) board. The loans included those

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Crypto

Bitcoin Price Struggles. It’s Had a Very Bad Week—and the Selloff May Not Be Over.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were weaker Friday, struggling into the end of a bearish week for digital assets as Bitcoin plunged after notching an all-time high. While analysts and traders remained bullish on the outlook for crypto, there are still warning signs that a correction may not be over. The price of Bitcoin has fallen

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