May 6, 2024
Property

‘We were forced to pay £105k to rehome newts no one ever saw’

However, bats were nothing compared to the problems that great crested newts caused the brothers. These slippery creatures often hit the headlines for causing planning delays, and if found, they need to be either contained by special fences, or caught individually by hand and moved to a new location. The ecologist employed by Q New Homes

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Investment

South Dakota Investment Council takes cautious approach to artificial intelligence stocks • South Dakota Searchlight

The overseers of South Dakota’s investments have put some money into companies that aim to cash in on artificial intelligence, but the explosion in public interest hasn’t changed the state’s money management strategy. Leadership with the South Dakota Investment Council offered insights on the AI boom after prompting from its advisory board, which met in

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Investors

DIY investors to cash in on sleep-deprived traders as clocks go forward

The clocks going forward gives armchair investors a chance to cash in on stock market movements as sleep-deprived traders are slower to react to company updates, a study has found. The loss of just one hour’s sleep results in markets underpricing the shares of affected companies by 36pc, according research conducted by the University of

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Funds

Governor signs bill that injects $1 billion federal funds to hospitals

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill into law paving the way for $1 billion in new federal funds for Nebraska hospitals.LB 1087 is being called a “game changer” to stabilize facilities, especially in rural areas, by increasing the reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients without tapping into any additional state revenues.”We have a billion reasons

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Loans

Student loans and credit cards fuel spike in bankruptcy filings in Minnesota

Student loans and credit cards fuel spike in bankruptcy filings in Minnesota The stack of unpaid bills kept creeping higher for Jenny George of Red Wing, Minnesota. Despite a good-paying job with Goodhue County, George fell into a financial spiral due to rising costs, interest rates and a trip to the emergency room that blew

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Funds

State audit reveals misuses of federal funds

Fourteen Connecticut agencies failed to meet the requirements of federal funding during the last fiscal year according to a recent report from the state’s Auditors of Public Accounts. Auditors recently completed the Statewide Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and uncovered 50 different findings related to 21 federal programs at

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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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Crypto

Bitcoin Drops Near 10% in Crypto Correction. How Far Prices Could Fall.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell on Friday in what looked like a short-term correction after a red-hot rally in digital assets. Prices could fall further even as traders continue to be bullish on the outlook for cryptos in the months ahead. The price of Bitcoin dropped 6% over the past 24 hours to below $68,000,

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Crypto

Coinbase Stock Has Soared. Why the Crypto Platform’s Shares Could Keep Rising.

Coinbase , one of the hottest stocks of the past year, still has room to run, according to some analysts. The trading platform’s shares continue to ride the wave of enthusiasm over financial advisors and institutions’ growing adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Global stock has been one of the top performers of the

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Finance

New Bitcoin ETFs Are Raking in Cash But Not From Financial Advisors. Here’s Why.

The new crop of exchange-traded funds offering direct exposure to Bitcoin may have accumulated billions in new assets in the two months since they hit the market, but experts say that’s not because advisors have suddenly jumped on the crypto bandwagon. Most advisors aren’t permitted to talk to clients about the so-called spot Bitcoin funds,

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