Back to School Blues: Governor Murphy’s Funding Formula Devastates New Jersey Students Causing Anger, Fear and Anxiety in Many Underfunded Districts
Governor Phil Murphy’s S-2 Funding Formula Leaves Schools Closed, Unexpected Mergers, Teachers Without Jobs, Overcrowded Classrooms and No Money in its Wake As the school bells ring across New Jersey this fall…
‘Catch And Release’: Democratic Texas Rep Explain Why It’s So Hard To Fix ICE’s Dire Funding Problem
‘Catch And Release’: Democratic Texas Rep Explain Why It’s So Hard To Fix ICE’s Dire Funding Problem Jennie Taer on July 14, 2022 Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar explained the difficulties Congress…
Owner of tax preparation business indicted for defrauding pandemic relief funding program
SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia woman faces up to 20 years in prison after an indictment alleging she fraudulently obtained funds intended for COVID-19 small business assistance. Gladys Harun, 43, of Byron, Ga.,…
Interest policy will help Nubank lower funding costs, say analysts
SAO PAULO – Nubank Holdings Ltd’s announcement that Brazilian customers’ deposits will not yield interest in the first 30 days was seen by analysts as an important step toward reducing the digital…
Singapore’s policy quirk lures bank funding rush
By Tom Westbrook and Rae Wee SINGAPORE – Global banks are rushing to sell bonds in Singapore, where unique monetary settings have opened a favourable borrowing window that puts the city-state’s debt…
Spain leads EU pandemic funding race, but obstacles remain
MADRID – Spain, which was the first European Union country to receive a first tranche of pandemic recovery funding, on Monday was also the first to get European Commission approval for a…
Georgia man charged with fraud in seeking millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding
SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia man has been indicted on multiple charges alleging his involvement as the leader in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funding. Bernard Okojie, 40, of…
Food funding bill to renew some U.S. school meal aid
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO – Aid that helped schools feed millions of U.S. children over the last two years will be extended, pending congressional approval, after senators reached a deal following fears…
Auto industry CEOs urge Congress to quickly pass chips funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Major automakers and industry suppliers on Wednesday urged Congress to move quickly to pass $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production, according to a letter seen…
Top Research University Failed To Disclose Millions In Funding From Russia And Qatar, Researcher Claims
Top Research University Failed To Disclose Millions In Funding From Russia And Qatar, Researcher Claims Micaela Burrow on June 20, 2022 One of the nation’s largest research universities that has contracts with…
Five people face federal charges for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding
SAVANNAH, GA: Five people face charges including bank and wire fraud for allegedly using false information to secure thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds. The charges, via indictments or informations, accuse…
IMF hopes to mobilize as much funding as possible to aid Ukraine
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Canada and Germany have already pledged over $2 billion to a new administered account set up by the International Monetary Fund to help war-torn Ukraine, and other…
Rimac raises $537 million in new funding round, CEO talks potential IPO
BERLIN – Rimac has raised 500 million euros ($537 million) in a new funding round, it said on Wednesday, but the Croatian carmaker’s chief executive cautioned sales would have to be twice…
Insurance broker Acrisure touches $23 billion in valuation after latest funding
(Reuters) – Acrisure said on Tuesday it had raised $725 million in a fresh funding round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the insurance brokerage at…
Google backs India’s ShareChat in $300 million funding round at $5 billion valuation
By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI – The parent company of India’s ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc’s Google, media giant Times Group and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings,…
Pakistan hikes fuel prices to unlock IMF funding
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad KARACHI, Pakistan -Pakistan on Thursday announced it will hike fuel prices so that it can resume receiving aid from a $6 billion package signed with…
GAMETIME, LEADING PLATFORM FOR LAST MINUTE TICKETS, SECURES $30 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING, EXPANDING REACH AS RECORD SALES CONTINUES
Investment Will Accelerate Product & Platform Development and Focus on Growing Younger Fan Base; Signals Turnaround in Ticketing and Events Industry Estimated to Reach $54.26 Billion for Music and Sports Alone SAN…
Biden signs Ukraine funding bill -White House
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill to provide nearly $40 billion in aid for Ukraine as part of efforts to boost military support over Russia’s invasion, the…
Musk looks to scrap Tesla margin loan with new Twitter funding – Bloomberg Law
(Reuters) – Elon Musk is in talks to raise enough equity and preferred financing for his proposed buyout of Twitter Inc to negate the need for a $6.25 billion margin loan linked…
Chainalysis raises $170 million in 6th funding round with $8.6 billion valuation
NEW YORK – Chainalysis, the New York-based blockchain data platform company, said on Thursday it had raised $170 million of new funding, bringing its valuation to $8.6 billion. The funding round, its…
General Atlantic leads $105 million funding in crypto trading platform Talos
(Reuters) – Digital asset trading platform Talos said on Tuesday it has raised $105 million in an early-stage funding round led by U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic, taking the company’s valuation…
Biden asks Congress to pass Ukraine aid, then COVID funding
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he was willing to accept Congress passing separate bills to aid Ukraine and to provide funding for the nation’s COVID-19 response. Biden, in…
New Jerey Councilman Says Murphy’s School Funding is ‘Raping’ Schools, Helping ‘Urban Crack Heads’
HOPATCONG, NJ – A Hopatcong municipal councilman is under fire this week after saying the administration of Governor Phil Murphy is ‘raping’ suburban school districts and helping ‘urban crack heads’ through a…
Math Professor Convicted Of Hiding China Ties To Get Taxpayer Funding
Math Professor Convicted Of Hiding China Ties To Get Taxpayer Funding Philip Lenczycki on May 6, 2022 A federal grand jury found a professor at a public university guilty on espionage charges…
Quickest way to aid Ukraine is clean funding bill, top U.S. Senate Republican says
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the best way for Washington to speed aid to Ukraine was to pass a funding bill devoid of extraneous items.…
Rutgers Business Plan competition awards $50,000 in funding to teams of student and alumni entrepreneurs
Andrew Strafaci, who completed a dual MBA and law degree at Rutgers in 2020, created the Cyndrom name and logo while he was an undergrad studying civil engineering at College of New Jersey. The…
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