April 26, 2024
Funds

Slovaks crowd-fund ammo for Ukraine – POLITICO

Earlier this year, with Ukraine’s counteroffensive falling flat, Russia asserting dominance in artillery fire and U.S. aid to Kyiv mired in Washington politics, the Czech government set up a platform to gather donations from allied countries to co-finance the purchase of ammunition from producers around the world. In doing so, the aim was to side-step

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Mortgage

The Future of Mortgage Lending

Rocket Mortgage – Rocket Logic getty Detroit-based Rocket Mortgage, a leading mortgage lender in the U.S., has unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered platform called Rocket Logic. Accelerating loan closing times by an impressive 25%. AI-Driven Automation Streamlines Document Processing Rocket Logic harnesses the power of generative AI, automation and machine learning to gather and process the

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Property

‘Better odds than winning the lotto!’ says unclaimed property experts revealing how Americans can track down lost money

UNCLAIMED property experts have unveiled a surprising revelation that the odds of reclaiming lost money may be better than you thought.  There are around 33 million people in the US who have unclaimed property and many are not even aware of it.  The Unclaimed Property Administrator in WA, Patti Wilson, and President of NAUPA insists the

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Finance

American Pacific Provides Update on Fully Subscribed Financing

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – April 10, 2024) – American Pacific Mining Corp (CSE: USGD) (OTCQX: USGDF) (FSE: 1QC1) (“American Pacific” or the “Company“) is pleased to provide an update on its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering“) of up to 22,500,000 units of the Company (“Units“) at a price of $0.20 per Unit

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Investment

Sri Lanka turns to China for more investment help but move unlikely to strain ‘strong’ ties with India, US

The southern seaport of Hambantota was handed to a Chinese state-owned company in 2017 on a 99-year lease for US$1.12 billion, sparking security concerns from Beijing’s regional rival India. Gunawardena added that China would assist Sri Lanka’s restructuring of external debt, a key condition to maintaining a US$2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund

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Funds

Starving the UN of funds will cause irreversible harm – POLITICO

The U.N.’s humanitarian work with partners is more important and complex than ever — not just in terms of saving lives, but also stabilizing communities and countries. And what we do in Chad does matter to those in Chicago, Copenhagen or Canberra, even if it’s far. Within days of the Sudan conflict starting, for example,

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Loans

Intel awarded up to $8.5 billion from CHIPS Act, with loans available

The money will help “leading-edge semiconductors made in the United States” keep “America in the driver’s seat of innovation,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said on a call with reporters. Intel and the White House said their agreement is nonbinding and preliminary and could change. Intel has long been a stalwart of the U.S.

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Investors

ByteDance investors could win in TikTok sale says US lawmaker amid pressure to ban app over China espionage concerns

Investors in TikTok’s Chinese parent company stand to benefit if it sold the app because divestment would remove a source of uncertainty, a Republican lawmaker said. “It would be in the financial interest of ByteDance’s investors to effectuate a forced sale,” congressman Mike Gallagher, who spearheaded a House-passed bill aimed at making the company divest

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Investment

Opinion | Why stock market stars are at odds with real world’s investment needs

We should be asking much deeper questions now than simply about whether and when another stock market bubble burst might come. We should be re-examining the role of private and public sectors in allocating financial resources to the global economy. Failure to do this could result in a dramatic rise in tax rates around the

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Finance

Increasing Diversity in Community Development Finance

Fellowship selection and success The Open Access fellowship program is available to candidates in all stages of their careers, from recent graduates to seasoned professionals. The program is also highly selective. For example, Lopez completed seven college internships in public policy, economics and commercial real estate. Thomas spent years working in finance, including a role

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