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Invest in Women Taskforce co-chairs, serial entrepreneurs Debbie Waskow and Hannah Bernard; … [+] Barclays Bank.Stuart Wilson The perception of female entrepreneurs and their place in business is evolving. In recent years, the female entrepreneurial community has grown, with women now making up a third of entrepreneurs managing existing businesses. In 2022, more than 140,000 female-founded businesses will be established, a figure that represents annual growth of more than a third. In 2023, it is reported that more than 20% of new businesses will be led by women, breaking previous records. In 2022, just under 17% of active UK businesses…
If you’ve ever gone to lunch with a friend and each ordered a Caesar salad and fries to share, you’ve already been part of this summer’s biggest TikTok trend. “A woman’s urge to eat Caesar salad and fries” is the slogan of several TikTok videos about the trend, which sometimes include drinks like dry martinis and diet cokes. The trend is similar to last year’s “girl dinners” — dinners consisting of quick-prep snacks and appetizers — with many TikTok users praising the combination as the epitome of a “luxurious” meal. With people raving about its balanced flavors and textures—salty, tangy,…
Getty Images/AP President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump CNN — President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party raised more than $85 million in May, his campaign said Thursday, lagging behind rival former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee for the second month in a row. Meanwhile, Trump’s political ambitions got a major boost in May when a super PAC supporting his campaign received a $50 million injection from Timothy Mellon, the reclusive billionaire banking heir who has emerged as one of the single largest donors in this year’s presidential election. The Biden campaign’s May haul was…
If a streaming service seems too good to be true, it probably is, and in Jetflicks’ case, it was too good to be legal. A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men of participating in a complex scheme to scrape popular TV shows and award-winning movies from pirate sites and package them into a streaming service called Jetflicks, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday. According to the indictment, Jetflicks operated as a subscription-based streamer, allowing users to watch and download copyrighted TV shows and movies without the permission of the copyright holders. “The defendants operated…
Story Link Tucson, Arizona – University of Arizona The athletics department formed Arizona Sports Enterprises (ASE) to manage multimedia rights contracts and operations. Announced by Desiree Reid FrancoisTransition The multimedia rights acquisition is part of the department’s plan to build a modern college sports model that can adapt and respond to a fluid national landscape and provide Arizona with a strong financial foundation when it joins the Big 12 Conference this summer. “The creation of Arizona Sports Enterprises will allow Arizona Athletics to strengthen its connections with corporate sponsors, enhance the value of the Arizona Athletics brand and…
Jonathan Behnke, chief information officer for San Diego, the eighth-largest city in the nation, discussed his role and his department’s priorities in a recent interview. Government Technologyour sister publication Industry Insider — California.Behnke served as CIO for the last 10 of his 15 years with City Hall, having previously worked in the private sector.In a brief but comprehensive interview, Mike Driessen said: Industry Insider Behnke, who is vice president of publisher and subscription services at parent company e.Republic, spoke with Behnke about the scope of his role, his background, and how the city is leveraging managed services to enhance its…
The 2024 All-O-Zone Baseball team has been released. Many factors were used to decide the players listed below. The biggest factor in narrowing down the players on this list was coach input. I asked coaches to submit names of their own players they thought should be included while also giving me names of players on opposing teams that stood out. TO BE ELIGIBLE, A PLAYER’S OWN COACH MUST HAVE NOMINATED THEM. Opposing coach nominations carried heavy weight in the decision-making process. Baseball teams play more than 25 games a year seeing hundreds of opposing players, so if a player stood…
DENVER — On hot summer days, the sound of an ice cream truck driving by the F15 Pool in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood is a common one.”It sounds like summer is on its way,” says Julie, a mother of two.On Friday, Julie’s 12-year-old daughter and her friends flagged down an ice cream truck.”[The driver] “I was like, ‘I didn’t know you guys had been chasing me for a few blocks. Can you give me a ride to the pool?'” Julie said.That question, along with the Venmo receipt with the name scribbled on a napkin, piqued Julie’s curiosity. Denver 7 Upon…
Latest ETF NewsVisit our ETF Hub to learn more and see detailed data and comparison tools.Invesco is launching Europe’s first exchange-traded fund tracking China’s tech-heavy ChiNext 50 index, in a rare Western vote of confidence in the world’s second-largest economy.The listing comes as China-focused ETF closures rise to record levels and as investors and fund companies push back against years of stock market slumps and growing geopolitical friction that have led them to question the ethics of investing in an increasingly authoritarian China.Fund managers globally eliminated 18 China ETFs in the first quarter of 2024, more than half of the…
Brendan Mullen, a figure skater for Team USA, has always had to pack his own food for international competitions. Mullen has food allergies to eggs, tree nuts and peanuts. Last year, he competed in Japan and Austria with prepackaged meals.But Mullen, who grew up in Fairfax Station, told the Fairfax County Times that he no longer has to worry so much about food allergies. In February, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the drug Xolair for food allergies. The Monday after the approval, Mullen became the first person in the United States to take the drug. He…