• ZAWYA

    Abu Dhabi’s wealth fund ADIA eyes Western investors' stakes in Hong Kong PAG's funds - report

    An Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is looking to snap up at a discount Western investors' stakes in funds managed by Hong Kong-based PAG, the London-based Financial Times reported on Tuesday. PAG operates as an alternative investment firm managing more than $55 billion. Its investors include state pension schemes in California, Texas, Florida and Iowa as well as investment funds in Canada, Australia and across Europe. The Blackstone Group acquired a minority stake in 2018. The move from the Abu...

  • Domestic startups come under income tax glare for their recent funding

    Several new economy ventures, primarily in the fintech sector, have received income tax notices in recent weeks with respect to venture capital raised by them, according to people in the know. The notices — served under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act — have clubbed the investments received by these startups with the income earned by them, and tax and penalties have been levied on the combined amount, the sources said.So much so that one startup, registered with the Department for Promotion of...

  • United Way Receives Funding For Emergency Food and Shelter Programs

    Chautauqua County will receive $45,455 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The award was made by the Emergency Food & Shelter Program’s (EFSP) National Board. Locally, United Way of Southern Chautauqua County leads the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and is responsible for distributing these awards. The purpose of these dollars […]

  • Tinubu okays infrastructure devt fund, FG eyes $25bn annually

    President Bola Tinubu on Monday approved the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to bridge the country’s $25bn per annum infrastructure funding gap. The new initiative will be domiciled in the Presidency, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told journalists after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Idris said Read More

  • Tioga County Pa. sees funds for emergency food and shelter programs

    TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. (WETM) – Tioga County, Pennsylvania, has been awarded funds to be granted to agencies that provide emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The Tioga County Partnership for Community Health announced in a Facebook post on Monday, March 25, that the county will be receiving federal funds that are made available []

  • Frontline Ventures raises £157m fund for startups eying transatlantic expansion

    VC firm Frontline Ventures has raised $200m (£157m) across two investment funds to support B2B software startups targeting transatlantic expansion. The investor, based in London and Dublin, has secured funding for both the Frontline Seed fund and the Frontline Growth fund. Each fund focuses on different stages of startup growth. Frontline Ventures said its goal […]

  • Chosen Foods’ private-equity owner ‘eyeing sale of US group’

    The owner of US-based avocado products maker Chosen Foods is reportedly

  • Minn. State Rep. Pushes For Tax-Funded 'Refuge' To Castrate Trans Kids

    A video from earlier this month is going viral on X showing Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke, a biologically male "transwoman," stating that he/she wanted to devote more Minnesota tax money toward making the state a refuge for kids who “are transgender" and to help train more doctors on how to provide sex change surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. During the nearly one-hour long presentation at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities on March 8, Finke advocated for “legal...

  • Minn. State Rep. Pushes For Tax-Funded 'Refuge' To Castrate Trans Kids

    A video from earlier this month is going viral on X showing Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke, a biologically male "transwoman," stating that he/she wanted to devote more Minnesota tax money toward making the state a refuge for kids who “are transgender" and to help train more doctors on how to provide sex change surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. During the nearly one-hour long presentation at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities on March 8, Finke advocated for “legal...

    • KIFI

    Chicago voters reject ‘mansion tax’ to fund homeless services during Illinois primary

    CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters have rejected a real estate tax on properties over $1 million to pay for services for homeless people. It’s a loss for first-term Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The so-called “mansion tax” would have incrementally raised Chicago’s real estate transfer tax on properties valued at more than $1 million. Supporters estimated

    • KEYT

    Chicago voters reject ‘mansion tax’ to fund homeless services during Illinois primary

    CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters have rejected a one-time real estate tax on properties over $1 million to pay for services for homeless people. It’s a loss for first-term Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who championed the so-called “mansion tax.” The proposal would have incrementally raised the city’s real estate transfer tax on properties valued at

    • KEYT

    Chicago voters reject ‘mansion tax’ to fund homeless services during Illinois primary

    Chicago voters reject ‘mansion tax’ to fund homeless services during Illinois primary