STORY: :: The new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s financial system ‘generated a significant mess,’ an economist says :: Moscow, Russia :: June 13, 2024 :: Yevgeny Nadorshin, Chief Economist, PF Capital “I believe that by exactly this moment, it was a pretty unexpected event. And as we can see, that generated a significant mess on […]
With a market cap of $2.6 trillion, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the world’s second-most-valuable company. It has gotten to this point by selling some of the most popular consumer electronics products in the world. This success has resulted in huge gains for shareholders over the years. To be clear, this is still an enterprise built […]
Apr. 18—The Marysville Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved to increase residential, commercial and industrial developer fees on Tuesday in order to help fund the construction or reconstruction of school facilities. Falling in line with the State Allocation Board’s inflation adjustment, residential developer fees for Marysville Joint Unified will increase from $4.79 […]
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are raising concerns about the emerging technology, including users’ ability to trust content shared on social media. A recent video circulating in South Africa and Nigeria claims to show Polynesian giants who lived in the 1900s before dying out. But the claim is false: the footage was created using […]
Broadly speaking, there are two ways to derive value from a stock portfolio: growth and income. For growth, this happens when the value of the stocks in a portfolio increases in price, and the portfolio’s overall value rises, generating a positive return. For income, the portfolio generates positive cash flows through dividends or interest payments. Here, […]
A concerned citizen’s report of smoke at a home in southern Maine turned awkward when firefighters discovered it was steam generated by thousands of marijuana plants. Closer inspection revealed the single-family home was being used as a massive pot farm, with an estimated 2,500 plants lined up under specialized gardening fixtures, photos show. That comes […]
As technology advances, the addition of one word to state law might be vital to protect victims of images and videos altered to be sexually explicit. Sen. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, introduced SB66, a bill that would amend the definition of counterfeit intimate image to add the word “generated.” In a public hearing Wednesday, Kwan said […]
There are new threats facing the ballot box this election year. A recent survey from the cyber firm, Arctic Wolf, reveals many officials are worried about how artificial intelligence could be used to manipulate voters. This comes as election administrators described potential AI generated scenarios during a congressional hearing last fall. This includes the possibility […]
There are new threats facing the ballot box this election year. A recent survey from the cyber firm, Arctic Wolf, reveals many officials are worried about how artificial intelligence could be used to manipulate voters. This comes as election administrators described potential AI-generated scenarios during a congressional hearing last fall. This includes the possibility of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a rule proposed Friday by the Biden administration. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive from Congress included in the 2022 climate law. The new […]