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The Bank of England (BoE) kept Bank Rate unchanged at 3.75% as expected. The decision was taken with a 6-3 vote (against 7-2 in June), with Mann joining the hawkish camp. Not a big surprise given some of her recent remarks. The BoE presented three scenarios in their monetary policy report. The central projection with … Read more
Everyone in the wealth management industry has seen the headlines touting personalization being top of mind for clients, as investor demand shifts from chasing performance to planning for their entire financial lives. Financial advisors are listening and tailoring portfolios and strategies to individual investors’ unique goals and circumstances. But behind the curtain, many firms still … Read more
The rising cost of living and delayed financial support have driven University of Abuja students into entrepreneurship, with many now combining lectures with small businesses to stay afloat. Students who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday said food, transportation, and accommodation expenses had tripled in the last one year. They … Read more
Jay Washington, 38, stands for a portrait at his residence in Athens, Ga., earlier this month. Washington would like to own a home, but after a cycle of underemployment, he’s not sure whether he’ll ever be able to. Alyssa Pointer for NPR hide caption toggle caption Alyssa Pointer for NPR Jay Washington grew up in … Read more
The Office of Personnel Management is still catching up from increased retirement applications, stemming from the high number of federal employees who opted into the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) and the deferred resignation program (DRP). In February 2026, OPM released a justification statement for a recent contract award to modernize its human resources systems. In the statement, OPM … Read more
Agriculture drone startup SUIND has raised Rs 20.5 crore ($2.2 million) in a seed funding round led by Transition VC. The round also saw participation from IIMA Ventures. Entrackr had exclusively reported the development recently. The fresh capital will be used to scale the commercial deployment of its agriculture drone platform, accelerate the development of … Read more
The June inflation rate of 3.8% ended any real prospect of a rate rise next month, despite investors assuming the Reserve Bank would rather raise rates than not. There is a certain ghoulishness when it comes to economics and especially inflation. A “good” number will inevitably be dull news, whereas a bad number – one … Read more
The CalMatters logo. CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization covering California (CalMatters via Bay City News) CalMatters/CalMatters via Bay City News A new California Supreme Court ruling on retirement pay for public employees centered on a small amount of money — just one week’s salary for a retired attorney — but it had … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — As an immigrant to Utah from Colombia, Gladys Gonzalez put a focus on helping other Latino immigrants trying to gain a toehold in Utah. She ran a newspaper geared to the Latino community, later launched a marketing agency and, perhaps most significantly, spearheaded the formation in 2002 of the Suazo Business … Read more