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• Here's how local universities are reacting to Trump's HBCU executive order April 24, 2025 5:26 pm WUSA 9 - Washington D.C. The order says it aims to promote excellence and innovation at HBCUs. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order focusing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Wednesday.  The order says it aims to promote excellence and …
• The tariff wars – objectives, course and outcomes April 24, 2025 5:21 pm SABC News by Sandile Swana and Tafadzwa Ruzive Wars often achieve unclear outcomes at a great cost and nothing improves afterwards. Trump and company have started a worldwide tariff war reminiscent of the Thirty Years War in Europe. A memorable quote from C.V. …
• Alabama HBCUs navigate political challenges, fight for funding: ‘Critical’ April 24, 2025 5:07 pm AL.com - Alabama Alabama is home to more historically Black colleges and universities than any other state in the nation. Now, as President Donald Trump threatens university funding and diversity initiatives, the state’s 14 HBCUs are in a state of uncertainty as they …
• Navigating Bureaucracy: The Reality for Foreign Property Buyers in Spain April 24, 2025 5:06 pm ABC Money Are you looking for a new place to live? Whether you’re looking for a holiday home to visit at certain times of the year, planning for retirement or perhaps thinking of relocating to another country, buying property in Spain as a foreigner is quite common. …
• Irina Tsukerman on International Media Freedom April 24, 2025 5:05 pm The Good Men Project - California   In this wide-ranging interview, Irina Tsukerman, a human rights and national security attorney, analyzes the global implications of the closure of Voice of America (VOA) and the pro-Russia media shift in U.S. politics. She discusses how these …
• Fundrise CFO Alison Staloch talks home affordability and Gen Z’s investing trends April 24, 2025 5:00 pm CFO Magazine As housing affordability challenges persist across the U.S., institutional investors are increasing their presence in the residential real estate market, a trend some see as validation of real estate ownership as a long-term investment vehicle. However, …
• Coinbase drops fees on PayPal’s PYUSD April 24, 2025 4:58 pm Cryptopolitan Coinbase, the largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it will waive transaction fees for PayPal PYUSD transactions on the trading platform as part of a strategic partnership to promote the use of stablecoins in global payment …
• Loan Delivery, Borrower Search Products; AI and Lending; MAA Action Week; Bank and CU M&A Heating Up April 24, 2025 4:57 pm Mortgage News Daily Loan Delivery, Borrower Search Products; AI and Lending; MAA Action Week; Bank and CU M&A Heating Up “I hate it when I see an old person and then realize we went to high school together.” Nothing lasts forever, not top lenders or even computer …
• LG election: Lagos youth group raises N5m for Obasa son's ambition April 24, 2025 4:45 pm Punch Agege Youth Vanguard has announced its support for Abdul-Ganiyu Obasa, son of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, as the next Chairman of Agege Local Government Area. The youth group also revealed they have raised N5 million to purchase the …
• Abbotsford-South Langley candidates respond to questions April 24, 2025 4:42 pm Abbotsford News The Abbotsford News asked local candidates in the federal election on April 28 to respond to three questions, the first two with a 100-word limit and the third with a 150-word limit. The responses for candidates in the Abbotsford-South Langley riding are …
• Design with Jenn Martella: The Dover, a Sears, Roebuck & Company Design April 24, 2025 4:26 pm The Chestertown Spy - Maryland Classic English cottage charm with steep rooflines, jerkinhead details, and a curved entry. Two years ago I wrote a special feature about the Sears Roebuck pre-fabricated houses that I illustrated with images of houses I discovered on the Eastern Shore.  …
• Wall Street Breathes Easier as Trump Backs Off Powell Threat April 24, 2025 4:24 pm The European Financial Review President Donald Trump walked back his threat to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday, following intense pressure from top economic aides and leading U.S. CEOs who warned of dire financial repercussions if the rhetoric continued. Trump’s …
• Levan Davitashvili: The meeting held at the U.S. State Department covered all aspects of cooperation between Georgia and the United States – we also addressed the problems that existed in previous years April 24, 2025 4:22 pm Inter Press News "We had a rather lengthy meeting at the U.S. State Department, which covered all aspects of cooperation between Georgia and the United States. Of course, we also touched on the problems that have existed in past years in the relationship between the …
• Wedding Ring Market Size to Hit Around USD 185.44 Billion by 2034 | says Consumer Goods Experts April 24, 2025 4:08 pm EIN Presswire Ottawa, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global wedding Ring market size was valued at USD 97.41 billion in 2024 and is predicted to hit around USD 185.44 billion by 2034, due to increasing consumer preference for personalized and symbolic jewelry …
• Real Estate Businesses in Delaware Turn to Online Bookkeeping for Greater Accuracy and Operational Efficiency April 24, 2025 4:00 pm EIN Presswire Delaware businesses turn to IBN Technologies for secure, affordable online bookkeeping services that boost financial clarity and compliance. MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES, April 24, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Delaware's small and mid-sized …
• FTSE 100 flat as banks drag ahead of results round; April 24, 2025 3:54 pm Proactive UK FTSE 100 down 1 points at 8,398 Burberry hit by Kering woes Inchcape leads FTSE fallers with tariffs yet to hit Top news: Unilever, AJ Bell and RELX   4pm: FTSE flat as banks hold back broader rebound The FTSE 100 is slightly underwater as it heads into …
• Huntington mortgage review 2025 April 24, 2025 3:49 pm Yahoo Finance The Yahoo view: Huntington is an excellent full-service mortgage lender that caters to borrowers primarily in the Midwest. Huntington Bank, or simply Huntington, is a legacy Midwestern bank with a history dating back to 1866. Today, it is expanding beyond …
• Trump’s peace offer on Ukraine is generous to Russia, and may not even be enough for Putin April 24, 2025 3:31 pm CNN CNN  —  Imposing a deadline on a negotiation for a deal you desperately want is a risky tactic if your only move is to walk away. President Donald Trump has threatened just this, and emphasized on Wednesday it is proving easier to make a deal with Russia …
• Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 4/24/2025 April 24, 2025 3:30 pm InsiderNJ - New Jersey Below is Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing:   QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He’s the Democrats’ new boogeyman. The Democrats are looking to nationalize this election, but really, in the end in November, it’s going to come down to New Jersey issues.…
• Suraksha Group to invest Rs 5,500 crore in the completion of Jaypee project April 24, 2025 3:16 pm The Economic Times The Suraksha Group will invest Rs 5,500 crore in the completion of about 20,000 homes and expects to deliver all the homes by 2027, a senior executive said. The company said it has already started the construction work and will focus on timely delivery. “ …
• They designed a memorable ‘Twilight’ house — and this glass-walled NW Portland townhouse, listed at $1.8M April 24, 2025 3:12 pm OregonLive.com Skylab Architecture has earned its out-of-this-world reputation for creating modern, functional spaces that capture the desire of Oregon’s design-conscious homeowners and companies. It comes as no surprise then that the Portland firm that planned Nike …
• Existing home sales plummet most since 2022 April 24, 2025 3:10 pm Yahoo Finance The resale housing market stalled in March during a critical selling season as elevated mortgage rates sidelined buyers, deepening affordability challenges. Existing home sales declined 5.9% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million, …
• UPSC Key: Indus Waters Treaty, Food Adulteration and Antitrust Laws April 24, 2025 3:00 pm The Indian Express Govt suspends Indus treaty, expels Pak advisors, cancels visas, closes Attari Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for …
• Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey backs need for global trade reform amid Trump tariff threats April 24, 2025 2:53 pm Business Matters Speaking at an event hosted by the Institute of International Finance in Washington, Bailey said the central bank was “working through” the potential economic implications of President Trump’s sweeping tariff measures ahead of the Bank’s next interest rate …
• Scott Bessent attacks ‘Polyanna-ish’ IMF and demands clampdown on China’s export dominance April 24, 2025 2:53 pm Business Matters In a high-profile speech at the Institute of International Finance in Washington, Bessent criticised the IMF’s latest External Sector Report, which claimed that global imbalances were easing. Describing the report as “Polyanna-ish”, he warned that the IMF …
• Dinner with the president: Trump courts top memecoin investors April 24, 2025 2:51 pm Yahoo Finance President Trump is courting the biggest backers of his official memecoin as he deepens his financial involvement with the crypto industry. Trump’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency that he launched just before taking office in January surged 30% following a Wednesday …
• New York, Beijing, Tokyo – the Swiss government is on a mission to save trade April 24, 2025 2:44 pm Swissinfo Economics Minister Guy Parmelin and President Karin Keller-Sutter were in New York until Friday. SRF Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial …
• The art of the cave: Trump fought the bond market, and the markets won April 24, 2025 2:41 pm Cryptopolitan Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, has criticized President Donald Trump’s fiscal maneuvers, calling the administration’s attempt to manipulate the bond market a catastrophic misread of basic economic principles.  In an April 24 thread on X, …
• This successful mortgage lender predicts rates will drop in 2025 — unless tariffs crash the economy April 24, 2025 2:29 pm Boston.com - Massachusetts Spring House Hunt Shant Banosian, in his Waltham office, made 1,045 loans totaling more than $581 million in 2024. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Jim Morrison, The Boston Globe April 24, 2025 | 9:22 AM 5 minutes to read By any standard, Shant Banosian’ …
• Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing White House Initiative on HBCUs April 24, 2025 2:28 pm Diverse: Issues In Higher Education President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this week establishing a White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), positioning the program within the Executive Office of the President to enhance the institutions…