70 m. ago The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are Thursday. Here’s who’s performing and presenting

NEW YORK — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards. Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green’s throwback duet, “You Look Like You Love Me” to memory, and soon, they’ll […]

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3 h. ago Buffett Successor Is a Billionaire Without Many Berkshire Shares

Warren Buffett’s appointed successor has built a billion-dollar fortune in his time at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. But unlike the legendary investor — or even his friends and early backers who became spectacularly wealthy over his six-decade run — relatively little of that is tied up in company shares.

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3 h. ago Waratah Hedge Fund Embraces Gold as World Loses Faith in Dollar

Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. is betting on gold to lift its returns this year as investors pile into the asset to shelter their wealth during the global trade war.

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3 h. ago German Power Hits Year’s Biggest Gap Over France on Wind Lull

The spread between power prices in Europe’s two biggest electricity markets climbed to the highest so far this year amid scant wind generation in Germany.

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5 h. ago Nigeria Plans to Offer $186 Million of Green Bonds This Year

Nigeria plans to sell $186 million of green bonds in two offerings before the end of the year as it seeks to fund an ambitious economic-transformation plan, Environment Minister Balarabe Abbas Lawal said.

Economics

6 h. ago U.S. Federal Reserve likely to hold rates as pressures mount

While uncertainty is unusually high, monetary policy is still in a good place to balance their goals

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6 h. ago Active Impact Investments closes its third fund, adding $110 million in dry powder for climate tech

Nearly doubled AUM in one of the toughest fundraising markets in decades VANCOUVER, BC, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund, has closed its third fund at $110 million CAD, bringing total assets under management to over $180 million. With nearly twice the size of its previous […]

Economics

6 h. ago Letters, May 7: Smith talk just serves to rile up an angry base

Should teachers be paid more? Vote in our daily poll! Lorne Gunter makes it sound like Danielle Smith invented western separatism. Arguably, that concept has been around for 9 decades. A conservative government, in one form or another (Social Credit, Progressive Conservative, UCP, etc.) has been in power for 90 years, except for four years […]

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8 h. ago Euna Solutions to Host Live Webinar on Unlocking the Power of Philanthropic Partnerships Amid Fiscal Uncertainty

Mark Funkhouser, former mayor, auditor, and longtime advisor to public sector leaders, and Abhi Nemani, former chief data officer of Los Angeles, will explore how public-philanthropic partnerships can help local governments sustain progress during economic volatility ATLANTA & TORONTO — Euna Solutions: WHAT Euna Solutions®, a leading provider of best-in-class SaaS solutions, purpose-built for the […]

Culture

10 h. ago Bill Gates Discusses Indonesia Health, Hears Danantara Appeals

Bill Gates discussed plans for public health initiatives in Indonesia and heard pitches for collaboration with the country’s new sovereign wealth fund as the billionaire seeks to expand philanthropic activity in Asia.

Science

11 h. ago BNP Agrees to SRT Deal With PGGM Tied to $2 Billion of Loans

BNP Paribas SA is offloading some of the credit risk it has from a $2 billion portfolio of loans, shifting the exposure to Dutch pension fund manager PGGM, according to a statement from the two firms provided to Bloomberg News.

Economics

15 h. ago Barclays, StanChart Face Investor Pressure to Fund Clean Power

As UK politicians of all stripes push back on the feasibility of racing toward a low-carbon future, investors in the country’s biggest banks refuse to lose sight of that goal.

Culture

16 h. ago Critics slam Ontario proposal to create ‘special economic zones’ exempt from laws

Proposed Ontario legislation that would give cabinet power to create “special economic zones” and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws on certain projects is little more than a power grab, First Nations, civil liberty groups and environmentalists say. Critics say the bill, known as the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, […]

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20 h. ago Surrey parents, educators launch pressure campaign over ‘unacceptable’ school funding

The campaign, dubbed 'Surrey Students Deserve Better,' urges parents to contact their MLAs to press for more funding and support for students with special needs.

Society

20 h. ago Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Data from Phase 1b/2a RESOLVE suggests EP-104GI has significant potential to improve the standard of care for patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Cash runway to fund operations out to third quarter of 2026 Company to host webinar to discuss updated data from the RESOLVE trial on May 9th VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE […]

Culture

21 h. ago Slate Grocery REIT Announces Voting Results from 2025 Meeting of Unitholders and Posts Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript and Investor Update

TORONTO — Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.U) (TSX: SGR.UN) (the “REIT”), an owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored real estate, announced today that each of the trustee nominees listed in the management information circular of the REIT dated March 18, 2025 were elected as trustees of the REIT at its annual meeting of the holders […]

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22 h. ago Kodiak Copper to Present Live at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference May 7th

Company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts, to attend online at VirtualInvestorConferences.com VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kodiak Copper Corp. (the “Company” or “Kodiak”) (TSX-V: KDK, OTCQB: KDKCF, Frankfurt: 5DD1), today announces that Claudia Tornquist, CEO, will present live at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor […]

Culture

23 h. ago Critics slam Ontario for proposal to create zones where projects are exempt from laws

Critics say it's a power grab to ensure projects like Doug Ford's proposed tunnel under Highway 401 and mining critical minerals in the north get done with little resistance.

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23 h. ago Under pressure, Quebec finds money to pay for renovations to major Montreal hospital

The Quebec government has been under pressure to begin repairs at Montreal's Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital after delaying them, citing budgetary constraints.

Politics

24 h. ago Luigi Mangione legal defence fund hits $1 million in ‘grassroots donations’

According to a GiveSendGo fundraiser, the December 4 Legal Committee has raised a little over $1 million from over 28,000 individual contributions.

Economics