February 23, 2025
Financial Assets

Kemi Badenoch urges Prime Minister to cut foreign aid and pour money into defence

By GLEN OWEN and DAN HODGES Published: 00:19, 23 February 2025 | Updated: 00:32, 23 February 2025 Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer to cut welfare and foreign aid and plough the savings into defence, as pressure grows on the Prime Minister to use his White House trip this week to announce a

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Financial Assets

Britain will ‘turn the screws’ on Putin with new sanctions on Russia, No10 assures Zelensky as Trump demands return on Ukraine aid money

Britain will ‘turn the screws’ on Vladimir Putin with a package of sanctions against Russia to reassert the UK’s ‘ironclad’ support for Ukraine, the Government will announce today. Foreign Secretary David Lammy will make the vow as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to fly out for an historic meeting with Donald Trump at the White House

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Tangible Assets

Montana Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve Bill Passes Out of Committee Stage, Heads Toward State House Floor Vote

New documents reveal that a Montana bill to use Bitcoin (BTC) as a reserve asset is heading toward the state’s House of Representatives for a vote. According to legislative tracking service LegiScan, Montana House Bill 429 – which would allow the state to invest in precious metals and digital assets – has passed a Committee

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Intangible Assets

Black Mountain Helene damage inventory totals $27 million

Black Mountain community sings during vigil Members of the Black Mountain community gathered October 29, 2024, to reflect on the past month since Tropical Storm Helene devastated WNC. Black Mountain submitted its damage inventory to FEMA, totaling $27 million. There are approximately 32 projects in Black Mountain that need completing after Helene. Town Council approved

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Fixed Assets

Crucial numbers to crunch when Rolls-Royce reports

Watch how these ratios change after the full-year results  We’ve deliberated, cogitated and digested but, unlike Lloyd Grossman (presenter of the 1990s iteration of TV’s MasterChef), not concluded: analysing companies is more of a movable feast. Having dived into the drivers of Rolls-Royce’s (RR.) spectacular operational and share price performance, the ongoing task is staying abreast of

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Operating Assets

British-Italian financier is cleared of fraud in London property deal with the Vatican after ‘trial of the century’ – as judge says Holy See was nevertheless ‘utterly let down’ by businessman

A British-Italian financier has been cleared of dishonesty, fraud and conspiracy after a botched investment in a high end London property deal with the Vatican.  Businessman, Raffaele Minicione, pursued legal action against the Holy See in a bid to vindicated over his role in Vatican’s purchase of a £275 million west London property.  The London

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Gold Investing

Trump to personally inspect Fort Knox amid claims some of America’s gold could have been ‘stolen’

By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 02:11, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 03:22, 21 February 2025 President Donald Trump vowed to personally go to Fort Knox to inspect whether or not some of the nation’s gold reserves had been stolen. And he said the billions in bullion better be there when he opens the

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Financial Assets

MAGA lawmakers have different ideas about where Trump should put ‘DOGE dividend’ money: ‘What about the national debt?’

President Donald Trump signaled he likes the idea of sending some of the DOGE savings directly back to taxpayers, but the idea has been met with skepticism by even his allies on Capitol Hill.  Trump said he was considering giving 20 percent of savings from Elon Musk‘s effort to cut federal spending back to U.S. citizens

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Tangible Assets

Delta’s cash offer to Toronto plane crash survivors sparks explosive debate and sea of memes

Delta’s offer to pay $30,000 to survivors of the horror flight to Toronto that crashed and flipped upside down on Monday has sparked an explosive debate and a sea of memes online.  The  airline made the cash offer Wednesday to each of the 76 passengers who were on board as a gesture of goodwill with ‘no strings attached.’

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Financial Assets

Is a stock market crash looming? Here’s what I’m doing to prepare

Katie Brockman  |  The Motley Fool How to start investing: Everything you need to know The idea of investing your money can be a bit intimidating. Here is everything to know about how to start. While the stock market is still surging right now, investor sentiment may be taking a turn. Around 34% of U.S.

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