Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Harvard University researcher Tom Kane stood before a captive audience at Washington’s Omni Shoreham hotel last Wednesday, just hours after dropping the report everyone was talking about. Offering the best look yet at students’ recovery from pandemic learning loss, it
Jennifer McCormick announces her bid for governor in 2024. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosiers competing to be Indiana’s next governor revealed their property and business interests in financial disclosure forms due this month, although one leading Republican contender has yet to file. Republican U.S. Sen Mike Braun reported owning farm and timberland
Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work
Chik Shampoo’s case study on sachets in the 70s often serves as a playbook to tap into India’s billion people-strong potential. What started as a revolution in FMCG has now transcended industries, even reaching financial services. And one such space in the BFSI subset has managed to gain significant momentum: lending. Sachetised loans, also called
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong authorities have warned they may deduct sponsorship funds from the organisers of a match between Inter Miami and a local team after star footballer Lionel Messi stayed on the sidelines throughout the
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will start collecting data on the electricity consumption of American cryptocurrency farms, following criticism from environmental advocates about the high energy consumption of this activity. The EIA, the statistical agency of the Department of Energy, announced that it is “initiating a provisional survey of information on the electricity consumption
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature on farmers.gov in early February. Pay My Loan is part of a broader effort by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)
This week President Joe Biden approved the State of Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the storm and flooding that took place December 17-21, 2023. The disaster declaration applies to 10 counties that experienced extensive flooding, power outages, and property damage in that storm. Homeowners with very low incomes in these counties are
BOONVILLE — County recorders from the Indiana Recorders Association met at a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 30, to roll out a property fraud alert app the public can use to keep themselves aware of misdeeds towards their property. “The threat of mortgage fraud and identity theft continue to rise and all too often, victims of
POLK COUNTY – Special agents from the Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have concluded an extensive investigation into the theft of cryptocurrency, resulting in the arrest of an Oregon man this Tuesday. In an effort to ensure public awareness and safety, the agents are now releasing a booking photo of