• California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked

    California has failed to adequately monitor the outcomes of its vast spending on homelessness programs, according to a state audit released Tuesday, raising questions about whether billions of dollars meant to thwart the crisis has been worth it as the number of people living unsheltered has soared. A new report from the California State Auditor's Office found that a state council created to oversee the implementation of homelessness programs has not consistently tracked spending or the outcomes...

  • California Spends $24 Billion on Homelessness Without Tracking Results

    California spends an astounding amount of money to combat homelessness. Presumably. I know this is a crazy question to ask, but does all that spending Read More

  • JCPenney to give half a BILLION dollars back to customers through revamped loyalty program

    JCPenney is aiming to give half a billion dollars back to its customers through a revamped loyalty program.

  • U.S. search ad revenues hit record $88.8 billion in 2023

    Search continues to account for the largest share of digital ad spending. Search revenue grew 5.2% year on year.

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    NBCU ‘On Track’ to Set Olympic Ad Sales Record With $1.2 Billion in Commitments

    NBCUniversal is looking to set records with ad sales for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. With April 17 marking 100 days from the Games, NBC’s president of ad sales and partnerships Dan Lovinger announced on Tuesday that the company has already netted $1.2 billion in commitments. According to Lovinger, that's on pace to pass the ad sales record. "We're also approaching a new ad revenue record with Paris 2024, on track to generate the most advertising revenue in Olympic history," Lovinger...

  • Hit them hard, without fear or favour

    AUTHORITIES have come out guns blazing. They will descend heavily on currency manipulators in the wake of the country introducing a new To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • Lotus BEVs Claim Record Sales for 2023

    Iconic brand has first lifestyle Eletre SUV to thank for best-ever sales numbers.

  • Nagarro hits $1 billion revenue mark in FY23

    Munich-based digital products engineering company Nagarro crossed the $1 billion revenue mark in financial year 2023 based on year-end currency rates, growing 9.4% year-on-year on a constant currency basis.Revenue increased from about $908 million in 2022. The company follows a January to December financial year.Listed independently on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2020, when its revenue was $516 million at year-end exchange rates, Nagarro has more than doubled its revenue in the past three...

  • Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Tens Of Millions Of Dollars

    Peter LaBarbera is outraged that former First Lady Melania Trump will be hosting a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans as Mar-a-Lago: ““Perhaps it’s time for Trump to read the Bible rather than merely sell it. There he would find God’s clear truth revealed against homosexual practice as sexual sin.” In 2021, Angela Stanton-King appeared […]

  • Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked

    Are we missing the forest for the trees? More than timber grows in forests — including products worth many tens of billions of dollars. Because these goods go unrecorded in

  • Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked

    In the Roman Empire, custom taxes on spices, black pepper in particular, accounted for up to a third of the empire's annual income. During the late Middle Ages, European efforts to cut out middlemen and monopolize the spice trade led to colonization in Asia. Historically, non-timber forest products have frequently played a key role in the global economy.

  • California burns billions on homelessness without knowing if it works

    The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California has spent $24 billion on addressing homelessness. An audit examined how over half of that, $13.7 billion, was spent on five programs across the state. According […]