For Biden, Kennedy Family’s Embrace Carries Deeper Meaning
Growing up in a proud Irish Catholic middle-class family, Joe Biden’s family idolized the Kennedys. They saw the Kennedys — successful, wealthy, attractive Irish Catholics — as the embodiment of […]
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Ai Startup Prime Intellect Raises $5.5M To Build High-powered, Decentralized Research Platform | Fortune
Prime Intellect announced a seed raise to help launch a decentralized platform on which researchers can collaborate and build open-source AI models.
Iea Says Global Ev Demand 'motoring Along' As Sales Tipped To Be One-in-five In 2024 - Abc News
Amid plans by some automakers to hit the brakes on EV expansion plans, the International Energy Agency says demand is set to surge in 2024.
Philippines' Sm Investments, Sm Prime To Create Maiden $3B Notes Programme - Cna
MANILA :Philippine conglomerate SM Investments Corp and its property unit SM Prime Holdings Inc are tapping the overseas market via a maiden $3 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme, company officials said on Tuesday. Tapping the overseas markets will help the company fund its future requirements, SM Investments Vice Chairperson Teresita Sy-Coson told Reuters. The companies, owned by the Philippines' richest family, are looking at issuing the entire $3 billion in the next three to five years, Sy-Coson said. The conglomerate has created an entity in Singapore to facilitate the issuance of the notes.
Malaysian Tycoon Shamsuddin's Sapura Energy To Sell Gas Producer To Totalenergies For $705M
Malaysian tycoon Shahril Shamsuddin's Sapura Energy is selling 50% of natural gas producer SapuraOMV Upstream to TotalEnergies for $705 million.
Ray Dalio's Way Loses Shine As Investors Yank Out Billions From Risk-parity Funds After Disappointing Returns: But Is It A 'classic Investment Error?' - Spdr S&p 500 (arca:spy)
Large investors, including public pension funds, have withdrawn their investments, leading to a $70 billion decline in these funds from their peak three years ago. read more.
Hong Kong's Small Businesses More Confident Of Growth Than Their Mainland China, Singapore Peers, Survey Shows | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's SMEs are more optimistic than their peers in mainland China, Singapore and Australia when it comes to growing their businesses this year, thanks to government support and an increase in online sales, a survey shows.
Universities Struggle As Pro-palestinian Demonstrations Grow - The New York Times
Dozens were arrested Monday at N.Y.U. and Yale, but officials there and at campuses across the country are running out of options to corral protests that are expected to last the rest of the school year.
People Taken Into Custody At Nyu As Pro-palestinian Campus Protests Escalate Across U.s.
Students at Columbia University, Yale and other universities are holding pro-Palestinian protests on campus. : California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, said campus is closed through Wednesday after protesters demonstrating against the war in Gaza occupied Siemens Hall on the campus in Arcata. "The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building. The University is urgently asking that the protestors listen to directives from law enforcement that have responded and to peacefully leave the building," it said in a statement.
14peaks Raises $30M To Back Fintech And The Future Of Work
14Peaks Capital, founded in 2022, is a Switzerland-based venture capital firm focused on the business-to-business software market. : "I was always much more interested in funds where I was one of 15 partners, rather than one of 100," says Edoardo Ermotti, the founder of Swiss venture capital firm 14 Peaks Capital, of his investment approach as a former business angel and family office executive.
Electric Car Sales To Rise But Affordability In Focus, Iea Says
LONDON - Electric car sales will rise strongly in 2024 despite economic headwinds in some markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast on Tuesday, but affordability and charging infrastructure will be key to future growth.