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Arkansas couple uses wedding fund to save dog's life
Dylan McCay and his fiancée Emily Roberts emptied their wedding savings to save a dog's life after finding her severely injured. Their generosity sparked a fundraising campaign that raised $45,000. ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Regulator Sues Anti-Police Activist Who Spent Charity Funds on Himself
Brandon Anderson, who used his nonprofit’s accounts to rent mansions and buy luxury clothes, was featured in a New York Times story in August.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Trump's 'border tsar' vows to cut funding to 'sanctuary' states
Several states plan to oppose Trump's plans to deport millions of undocumented migrants from the US.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Homan: 'I guarantee' funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation
President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government's deportation plans. Fox News’s Mark Levin, in ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Flows jump after mutual fund-to-ETF conversions, BofA study shows
Increasing numbers of US managers are making the move offering investors multiple advantagesWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Biden administration finalizes nearly $8B in CHIPS funding for Intel
Intel will receive about $7.86 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to build new semiconductor manufacturing facilities across four states under its finalized agreement with the Biden ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding
Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogsWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Existing law requires US to cut funding if UN rejects Israel’s credentials
U.S. law requires the U.S. to suspend its participation in any UN organ or agency if Israel is illegally expelled, suspended, denied its credentials, or in any other manner denied its right to ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Scott Bessent’s fund made biggest returns with bet against Fed
Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick shorted vulnerable assets in 2022 to capitalise on post-pandemic inflationBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Why exchange-traded funds are a 'growth engine' of active management
Actively managed exchange-traded funds have captured investor money in recent years while active mutual funds have shed net assets.Business - CNBC - 23 hours ago -
UK property worth £6bn bought using suspicious funds
Most deals channelled through companies registered in British Virgin IslandsWorld - Financial Times - 12 hours ago -
OpenAI Chair’s AI Startup Sierra Gets $4.5 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round
Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s company keeps pulling in money from top VC firms as expectations mount.Business - Inc. - October 29 -
Elon Musk’s xAI startup said to eye funding round, valuing the company at this much
xAI is in talks with investors for a funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported.Business - MarketWatch - October 29 -
Bottom Line: Boeing, Lockheed Martin space venture lobbies up for NASA, FAA funding
Aerospace The United Launch Alliance, Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint space venture, hired IBEX2 Solutions to lobby on civilian and commercial space issues related to policy and funding from ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
Members of Congress have taken hundreds of AIPAC-funded trips to Israel in the past decade
The nonprofit arm of “America’s pro-Israel lobby” is spending big to shape US lawmakers’ views of Israel’s conservative government.Politics - Politico - October 30 -
Saudi sovereign wealth fund announces $2 billion deal for new Brookfield Middle East platform
At least 50% of the capital will be allocated to investments in the kingdom and to expanding international companies' presence in the local market.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
It’s (almost) 2025: When will the US finally fund a child care system that values women?
Let’s invest in early care and education for all children and stop asking women to sacrifice their bodies, their well-being, and their financial security to prop up the U.S. economy.Politics - The Hill - November 3 -
School board seats and funding fights: The education ballot initiatives flying under the radar
Voters in states including Florida, Colorado and Kentucky face major decisions on their education systems on Tuesday. Activists and groups on both sides of issues ranging from school choice to ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
DevRev raises $100.8 million in Series A funding and becomes an AI unicorn at a $1.15 billion valuation
Following its successful Series A funding, DevRev drives forward its mission to revolutionize customer support and product development.Tech - VentureBeat - November 1 -
Chinese driver-assist startup announces $100 million in funding, touts 'deep cooperation' with Nvidia
Deeproute said it is part of the first batch of companies in China to obtain Nvidia's newer Thor chip for cars and will release a new system using it next yearBusiness - CNBC - November 5 -
New Lord Mayor to push pension funds to invest more in London-listed companies
Alastair King takes office in the Square Mile on Friday and says measure necessary to boost stock marketWorld - Financial Times - November 8 -
AI startup funding hit a record in the L.A. area last quarter. Here's who got the most money
L.A.-area startups received $1.8 billion in the third quarter, the highest quarterly amount for the region, according to CB Insights. Most of it went to a single company.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 8 -
Ackman says he’ll delist fund in Amsterdam following riots targeting Israeli soccer fans
Bill Ackman on Friday said he will ask the board of Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. to delist from the Amsterdam stock exchange, following riots there that targeted Israeli soccer fans.Business - MarketWatch - November 8 -
Fund entrepreneur Peter Hargreaves: ‘I can never see the point of spending money for the sake of it’
The Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder on building one of the UK’s most valuable companies, his take on the Neil Woodford scandal — and why he regrets buying a private jetBusiness - Financial Times - November 9 -
Argentine star fintech Ualá wins fresh funding from Allianz and Alan Howard
Latest fundraising values company at $2.75bn following one of biggest VC rounds in Latin America in recent yearsBusiness - Financial Times - November 11 -
South Korean court finds former lawmaker guilty of misusing funds meant for sexual slavery victims
South Korea’s Supreme Court has handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found guilty of embezzling funds while leading a group supporting Korean survivors of Japan’s wartime ...World - ABC News - November 14 -
McIlroy says he would pay to play in Ryder Cup as US team ponder $5m fund
‘I would pay for the privilege to play in the Ryder Cup’ Europeans feel fee would be better spent on World Tour Rory McIlroy has said he would pay to play in the Ryder Cup after it emerged US ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Cathie Wood says her 'volatile' ARK Innovation fund shouldn't be a 'huge slice of any portfolio'
Cathie Wood is defending her turbulent ARK Innovation ETF following a rocky stretch.Business - CNBC - November 15 -
BlackRock just did its first mutual fund-to-ETF conversion. Here’s why.
BlackRock has flipped a mutual fund to an exchange-traded fund for the first time, with the giant asset manager’s move reflecting investors’ increasing appetite for actively managed ETFs.Business - MarketWatch - November 18