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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Hurley is college basketball's perfect villain. He is as brash as he is good, he is as evasive as he is short-tempered. On Monday night, Hurley gesticulated, shouted and bullied his way to a second straight national title as his University Huskies once again made it through the NCAA Tournament without much difficulty. He lost 75-60 and barely fought. “For the last 25 or 30 years, UW has been running college basketball,” Hurley said, tipping his hat back in celebration as confetti rained down on the Huskies for the sixth time in the past 26 years.…
stand at number 17th Off the tee on Saturday, England's Lottie Ward was one stroke ahead of American golfer Bailey Shoemaker in the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Shoemaker shot a bogey-free 66 about an hour ago and remained loose on the practice range in case someone caught her and a playoff was needed. Ward calmly made birdies on 17 and 18 to take the victory. When I say cool, I mean it. I was standing in front of the TV when she won. The gallery around the final hole was huge and exploded when the ball fell. Something is happening…
After three different budget amendments and three separate votes, the Legislative Council approved the school board's proposed budget at its March 27 meeting. After the Finance Committee review in February, the school board's final revenue was $88,817,373, an increase of $3,747,722 or 4.4% from last year. The school board approved $89,826,756, an increase of $4,747,105 or 5.56%. The city's budget was approved by the BOF without reduction in the final revenue of $48,834,506, which was an increase in spending of $1,308,366, or 2.75 percent. The current total budget is $137,651,879, an increase in spending of $5,056,088 or 3.7%. Currently, the…
Thesis, a venture studio founded in 2014, today announced Bitcoin Layer 2 called Mezo. The company calls this the “Bitcoin Economic Layer.” The launch follows his $21 million Series A led by Pantera Capital with participation from Multicoin, Hack VC, Draper Associates and others. The paper states that Mezo is distinct from other L2s because it allows users to access applications that facilitate the use of Bitcoin tokens, facilitating a circular Bitcoin economy and is more than just a “savings technology.” It is said that it can become something. “I think the difference between the economic layer and other chains…
🇦🇺 Australian multi-brand e-tailer Cettire acknowledges US tax questions. The company, a thriving gray market luxury goods e-commerce platform, is facing charges from U.S. authorities over unpaid taxes after anonymous bloggers raised questions about the company's elusive tax status in Texas and California. He announced that he is in contact with the company. The ASX-listed company, founded by Dean Mintz in 2017, has seen a rapid rise in its share price in recent days, and a lack of public details about its business has sparked skepticism from investors and industry insiders. It has attracted harsh attention from The company is…
Agustin Markarian/Reuters/File Pedestrians walk past a closed HSBC branch during the national strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina. New Delhi CNN — HSBC has agreed to sell its Argentina operations to Grupo Financiero Galicia, the country's largest private financial group, for $550 million, the UK-based bank announced on Tuesday. The move comes as Europe's largest bank by market capitalization further expands into Asia as part of a strategic review announced in 2021, and as it scales back operations in other regions such as the US and France. It was held in “HSBC Argentina is a primarily domestically focused business with limited…
Written by Chris NewlandsBBC News business reporter1 hour agoimage source, Getty ImagesThe boss of the world's biggest bank has warned that US interest rates could rise to 8%.JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon said the bank was bracing for a spike in interest rates due to “sustained inflationary pressures.”Central banks around the world are busy raising interest rates to curb rising prices.But as price increases gradually slow in some countries, central banks may start lowering interest rates.In his annual letter to shareholders, Mr. Dimon said the bank was prepared to accept a “very wide range” of interest rates, from 2% to…
OCOMAMA, South Dakota — Dave Orilla farms east of Newell, South Dakota, raising cattle, sheep and irrigated hay.Throughout his business, he utilizes soil health principles when managing grasslands. Diversity is the key to healthy rangelands. “When we talk about soil health, we talk about rotating crops, not just growing the same crop over and over again. And in a rangeland community, there's so much plant diversity because each plant supports each other. It’s important,” O’Rear said. “The grass supports the soil. The legumes provide the grass with nitrogen, from which it grows to feed all the microorganisms in the soil.”Soil…
On April 4, the annual Joshua A. Guberman Lecture took place at the Heller School for Social Management and Policy to honor Prof. Anita Hill for her prolific social justice research and advocacy. The Guberman lecture is a yearly tribute to the late Boston based attorney Joshua Guberman and is endowed by the Guberman family as a way to commemorate his legacy in law and social justice. Associate Prof. Rosalind Kabrehl (LGLS), who introduced the event, noted the omnipotence of Guberman’s legacy at Brandeis, pointing out that “nearly the entire faculty in the Legal Studies Department started their careers…
April 9, 2024 6:00 a.m. | 1 minute read | Cathie Wood's Ark Investments The company has been a short seller of two crypto-related stocks for much of this year, but on Monday it suspended sales of one of them.what happened: Ark did not trade stocks on trading app Robinhood Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:HOOD) Cryptocurrency exchange sales increased on Monday Coinbase Global Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:COIN).Enter to win $500 in stocks or cryptoEnter your email address to get Benzinga's Ultimate Morning Update, a free $30 gift card, and more.through the arc Ark Innovation ETF (NYSE:ARKK), Ark Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSE:ARKW) and…