California lawmakers are poised to ask voters for billions of dollars in bond money to fund two priorities: school facilities and climate change initiatives, a legislator said. Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, said Thursday that lawmakers next week will begin negotiating with Gov. Gavin Newsom to place the two bonds on the November ballot. The governor, […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world, according to a report published Thursday. Over $30 billion worth of gold, or more than 435 metric […]
A bitcoin logo is displayed outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong on April 15, 2024. – Dale De La Rey/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Bitcoin was under pressure early Tuesday after failed exchange Mt. Gox began a long-awaited transfer of more than $9 billion in the digital asset to creditors. More than 140,000 bitcoin was transferred […]
By increasing its use of renewable energy, the US has not only slashed its planet-warming emissions but also improved its air quality, yielding hundreds of billions of dollars of benefits, a new report has found. The study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability on Wednesday and based on publicly available data, focuses on uptick of renewable […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Legislature plans to boost funding for K-12 classrooms, college facilities and CareerTech programs in an education budget agreement nearing $5.6 billion. The chief driver of public school funding, the education funding formula, would go up by $25 million in Fiscal Year 2025, should the agreement be signed into law. This […]
BANGKOK (AP) — East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a new report Tuesday. It traced their source largely to the cross-border region known as the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet. The region is historically […]
You don’t need to gamble on tiny ETFs with scant assets to beat the S&P 500. Turns out you can do it just fine with massive ones if you know where to look. X Eight ETFs with at least $33 billion in assets under management, including SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF […]
The 13Fs are out: Institutional investment managers have filed their quarterly reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission that disclose first-quarter equity holdings. For the 10 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds that began trading in January, it’s the first official look at who’s added significant exposure to the original cryptocurrency. Some 944 firms at least $100 […]
For much of the past decade, the amount of money Washington lawmakers dedicated to housing and homelessness programs grew gradually, climbing from around $200 million to $400 million in each two-year budget between 2013 and 2021. But in the last four years, this spending has surged, according to an analysis of state spending data provided […]
Poland plans to spend billions of euros on strengthening its eastern border, according to an announcement by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk said he would put 10 billion zlotys ($2.5 billion) into security, above all along the NATO member’s eastern border, according to PAP news agency. “We are starting a major project to build a […]
Former President Donald Trump’s net worth is estimated to be $7.5 billion, according to Forbes. The entire Trump family could be worth over $8.6 billion, including the reported net worths of the Trump children. The Trumps spend their money lavishly, from a hefty real-estate portfolio to an aviation fleet and designer clothes. Former President Donald […]
Former President Donald Trump’s net worth is estimated to be $7.5 billion, according to Forbes. The entire Trump family could be worth over $8.6 billion, including the reported net worths of the Trump children. The Trumps spend their money lavishly, from a hefty real-estate portfolio to an aviation fleet and designer clothes. Former President Donald […]