June 30, 2025

Economy

Funds

Grants help Portsmouth market itself as tourism destination

PORTSMOUTH — With a casino hotel on the way in Portsmouth, city leaders are using grant funding to help market the city as a destination stay in hopes of boosting tourism-related revenue. Portsmouth received two state grants totaling $42,500 to help broaden marketing efforts to areas across North Carolina and Virginia. The grants will help

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Crypto

California Passes Bill Allowing State Agencies to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments | Sponsored

California is in the process of passing several bills designed to further its crypto regulation and acceptance within the state. The Golden State is aiming to establish itself as the most crypto-advanced state in the country by enabling government agencies to accept cryptocurrency payments, while also passing a law that would enable it to seize

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Investment

Investment firm’s economist suggests possibility of Trump outsmarting public with tariffs

WASHINGTON (TNND) — An asset management firm’s chief economist suggested the possibility this past weekend the Trump administration outsmarted the public with its tariffs. Torsten Slok, chief economist and partner at Apollo Global Management, wrote in a blog post that one of the administration’s possible trade strategies could increase U.S. tax revenue while pleasing the

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Banking

Canadian banking regulator maintains domestic stability buffer for large lenders

Open this photo in gallery: The Bay Street Financial District in Toronto. The domestic stability buffer also affects the minimum capital levels that a bank is expected to hold.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Canada’s banking regulator has held steady the capital cushion that the country’s largest lenders must reserve, signalling that financial institutions are withstanding the

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Crypto

A look at the major players in the crypto industry and their ties to Donald Trump – The Mercury News

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump took office in January pledging to “make America the crypto capital of the world.” He has since harnessed wide swaths of the federal government to bolster the industry — all while raking in huge sums of money for his family’s business. By some estimates, crypto

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Banking

Scotiabank taps Finning executive as chief operating officer for Canadian banking unit

Open this photo in gallery: Scotiabank is planning to deploy 90 per cent of its capital – up from 70 per cent in 2023 – to its key businesses in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico over the next few years.Fred Lum/the Globe and Mail Bank of Nova Scotia BNS-T has tapped a senior executive at

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Investors

What attack on Iran could mean for oil prices, inflation, US dollar

Suzanne McGee, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Lewis Krauskopf  |  Reuters U.S. enters Israeli-Iran conflict, attacks three nuclear sites in Iran President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s

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Investors

As Trump lobs criticism at the Fed, investors watch and wait

Benzinga  |  Detroit Free Press Trump slams Fed chair as interest rates hold steady amid tariff fears President Donald Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after the Fed held rates steady, citing risks from Trump’s expanding tariffs. The president labeled Fed chair Jerome Powell ‘too late’ and ‘an American disgrace,’ arguing that the Fed’s

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Loans

PCC: Federal loans no longer offered starting in fall | Local News

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Loans

Government-backed loans fuel private equity takeover of Florida mobile home parks

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Federal mortgage giants are helping corporate investors acquire mobile home communities across Florida, leading to dramatic lot rent increases, a News 6 investigation revealed. Florida leads the nation with 235 private equity-owned mobile home parks containing nearly 56,000 lots, according to data from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit research

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