Month: May 2021

For over 20 years, the American Institute of Architects has recognized projects that represent state-of-the-art learning environments. Schools, museums, community centers, libraries, nature centers and interpretive centers are evaluated for new projects that further the cause of design while they advance the goals of the institution. Selected projects must meet a host of criteria, including
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Courtney Keating | Getty Images Lower-income homeowners could potentially save hundreds of dollars a month on their mortgage under a government refinancing initiative that starts on . Fannie Mae, one of two government-sponsored and publicly traded enterprises that buys and sells mortgages, will open its “RefiNow” program on June 5 with the intention of helping
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Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, will carry out the next stage of its e-krona project with the help of two organizations from the financial sector. The move signals a transition from the initial in-house testing with simulated participants to cooperation with real, external partners. Riksbank to Work With Handelsbanken and Tietoevry to Test
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It’s all about the economy, cryptocurrencies, art and future projections. To talk about all this, Cointelegraph en Español reached out to artist Alberto Echegaray, the director of Trustlink and former representative of Argentina in the Financial Action Task Force. Cointelegraph: Let’s start off by talking about your artwork, the Moneyball. Alberto Echegaray: Moneyball began developing
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Given the restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions imposed by China’s government, NEO has the potential to emerge as the cryptocurrency of choice in the heavily regulated nation, and perhaps across the globe. Since its inception, NEO’s Onchain technology was designed to be regulator-friendly with a centralized approach that is quite different from that of most cryptocurrencies. That may help
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Asked by a reader what I miss about the UK, I say without thought — and therefore with candour — the proximity of other countries. After some self-reproach (“You weren’t so rootless when the naturalisation forms came through”), I realise I would have said the same had I come from France or Germany. The nation
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Japan is heading for a warmer-than-average summer, according to weather forecasters, in a development that could mean periods of extreme heat at the Tokyo Olympics. Forecasts by the Japan Meteorological Agency and Weathernews, the private meteorological company, suggest the North Pacific High pressure zone will extend towards Tokyo in July. If the early predictions are
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As Americans get older we can count on two things: more Americans will be cognitively impaired and losses to financial fraud will increase. According to a new Federal Trade Commission report,  the average loss due to financial fraud to people over 80 is the highest of any loss due to financial fraud of any other
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After four years of planning meetings, including over 100 community sessions, the multi-purpose campus for Google received unanimous approval this week from the San Jose City Council. The 80-acre site will bring 4,000 residential units plus 7.3 million square feet of office space. The office buildings are to provide space for an estimated 20,000 workers.
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It’s been over a year since lenders and the federal government stepped in to help Americans stay in their homes amid the global health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. And many Americans still need that support.  About 2.1 million homeowners are still in forbearance plans that suspend their mortgage payments, according to
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has given personal advice to investors regarding investing in cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin. He said that his own personal advice to people is to “stay away” from cryptocurrencies. However, his bank, JPMorgan, will not stay away as clients want exposure to this asset class. Jamie Dimon’s Personal Advice to Investors About
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As digital asset markets suffer a broad pullback, cross-chain bridge protocol Ren has announced integrations with EMV-compatible chains Fantom and Polygon that could bolster liquidity across the DeFi ecosystem.  In a blog post on Friday, Ren announced that the RenVM bridge now supports the trustless transfer of four popular cryptocurrencies to Fantom, including Bitcoin, DOGE,
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What Is a Convertible Insurance Policy? A convertible insurance policy is a term related to life insurance. Term life insurance is a policy that provides the insured person coverage for a certain period of time. On the other hand, a “whole” or “universal” policy is considered permanent, providing coverage for the entire life of the
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The monetary world has changed mightily while fashions have changed. Hemlines go up and down, jeans from skinny to boxy. The money… by Doug French via Mises There was once something called the Hemline Index introduced by economist George Taylor in 1926. The idea was that the hemline of women’s skirts signed where the economy and/or the
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press release PRESS RELEASE. Pandora Finance (https://pandora.finance/) announced that they have successfully closed their $2.4m seed round. The Pandora team received pledges from some of the most visible investors within the crypto space, and closed the round oversubscribed by manifolds. Overview of strategic investors The funding round concluded with Pandora selecting some of the most
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