Category: Business

[ad_1] Democrats have denounced it in hundreds of ads and billboards, printed it in oversized book form as a convention prop, and mentioned it in seemingly every speech and press statement. Now, they will take their campaign against the conservative Project 2025 blueprint, written by allies of Republican Donald Trump, to the skies above college football stadiums in key…

[ad_1] The international world order is “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the Cold War”, the heads of the UK and US foreign intelligence services have warned. The chiefs of MI6 and the CIA also said both countries stand together in “resisting an assertive Russia and Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine”.…

[ad_1] Navigating new situations can cause anxiety in adults, so imagine how change impacts children with a lot less life experience. Even a child who is excited about school likely still has questions about things like making new friends or how to perform well academically. And although the back-to-school season may be hectic and it’s…

[ad_1] Selena Gomez is officially a billionaire. According to Bloomberg‘s Billionaire Index, the 32-year-old actress, singer, investor, and entrepreneur is now one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the country, with an astounding $1.3 billion to her name. But her journey to this point wasn’t easy.  “I can remember about seven times when our car got…

[ad_1] Readers are almost certainly familiar with both Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD). These are two massive companies that have done a great job of compounding shareholder capital over the decades. But which of these retail stocks is the better one to buy right now? The case for Costco Costco might look…

[ad_1] At long last, the housing market is showing signs of revival after rapidly rising prices and the lock-in effect from high mortgage rates have made it tough to buy or sell. Signs of life in the market include the fact that monthly mortgage payments decreased last month for the first time since 2020 with…

[ad_1] The Body Shop has been rescued from administration by a consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania in a deal that will keep the ethical beauty brand’s remaining 113 UK stores trading. Auréa, the growth capital firm founded by Jatania and former UBS, Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch executive Paul Raphael, said…

[ad_1] Next Century Growth Investors, LLC, an investment Management Company, released its “Micro-Cap Strategy” second-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Equity markets were mixed in the second quarter, large-cap stocks continue to outperform small-cap stocks. The strategy returned (0.95)% (net of fees) compared to a (5.56)% return for…

[ad_1] “I couldn’t sleep. I was waking constantly thinking about it,” says Stephen of the trauma he felt after discovering he had been scammed out of £70,000 by fraudsters who tricked him into buying a fake high-interest savings bond. “I felt stupid – as a former solicitor, I thought: what was I thinking? But at…

[ad_1] Very few startups have raised enough money to build and support powerful generative AI models. Germany’s Aleph Alpha appeared to be one of them. Late last year, it touted an investment in excess of $500 million from the country’s industrial giants and one of its richest tycoons, cementing it as Europe’s greatest hope in…