April 19, 2025
Fixed Assets

What Started the L.A. Wildfires? Faulty Electrical Equipment in Spotlight

By Jeff Young is Newsweek‘s Environment and Sustainability Editor based in Louisville, Kentucky. His focus is climate change and sustainability with an emphasis on climate solutions and the clean energy transition. He has in-depth knowledge of energy policy and climate science and has covered international climate negotiations, energy and climate legislation on Capitol Hill and the

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Fixed Assets

Cambridgeshire County Council burns MP’s claims Wisbech incinerator cash will not be spent in the town

Cambridgeshire County Council has hit back at allegations by MP Steve Barclay that cash given as part of the Wisbech incinerator project for the local community will not be spent in the town. On a social media post, the North East Cambridgeshire MP claimed the £400,000 being paid by the firm behind the 54-megawatt burner,

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Financial Assets

Opinion: Just what can stop the all-powerful Donald Trump? The stock market, our last hope

Open this photo in gallery: A cut-out of president-elect Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York’s Financial District on Jan. 2.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires

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Gold Investing

Canadian investors add gold, uranium stocks as trade war risk grows

As the threat of a trade war grows, Canadian investors are seeking protection in gold and in shares of companies producing goods with few substitutes, such as uranium, while looking to take advantage of a weaker loonie and expected volatility. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to implement a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports

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Operating Assets

Cync Software Launches Advanced Securities-Based Lending Solution for Financial Institutions

Classified in: Science and technology, BusinessSubject: PDT Cync Securities-Based Lending enables financial institutions to swiftly lend against a diverse range of domestically and internationally traded marketable securities, including stocks, funds, and bonds. With actionable insights and advanced risk mitigation tools, financial institutions can confidently navigate market volatility while optimizing portfolio management and loan operations through

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Intangible Assets

Hancock Whitney reports fourth quarter 2024 EPS of $1.40

Classified in: BusinessSubjects: EARNINGS, Conference Call, Webcast Hancock Whitney Corporation (Nasdaq: HWC) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 totaled $122.1 million, or $1.40 per diluted common share (EPS), compared to $115.6 million, or $1.33 per diluted common share, in the third quarter

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Intangible Assets

Council Bluffs takes lead pipe inventory

While the usage of lead pipes was banned in 1986, the ban didn’t solve the problem of all the pipes that had been laid up until that point. In order to address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency has required an inventory be conducted of all service lines. Council Bluffs Water Works has been tackling

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Gold Investing

The price of gold is at a record high. Here’s why

A gold rush is here. The precious metal hit an all time high this week. The spot price for gold closed Tuesday above $2,514, according to data from FactSet. That’s the highest closing price recorded for the commodity to date. Here’s what you need to know. What is the price of gold today? The spot

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