Brightpoint wins $2.5M of Fort Wayne’s Legacy Fund to loan to small businesses | News
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — Fort Wayne City Council granted Brightpoint $2.5 million for its Small Business Loan Project Tuesday. That money will come out of the City’s Legacy Fund, which is meant to invest in transformational projects across the city. As of December 31, 2023, the account holds $36,674,431. The Legacy Joint Funding Committee originally
A carry crash also kicked off the global financial crisis 17 years ago — here’s why it’s unlikely to get as bad this time
Many casual readers of the financial press will have learned a new term in the past few days: the “carry trade”. This is the culprit for the rollercoaster state of markets, many market commentators and journalists have opined. Indeed it also played a role in kicking off the credit crunch and resulting global financial crisis