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Issue 146: Urging the financial sector to address nature; Singapore investors lag on climate plans

May 7, 2025

This week in ESG: Singapore Sustainable Finance Association calls for action on nature financing; climate investor group polls investors on strategies, disclosures Sustainable finance Nurturing nature financing As Singapore’s financial sector builds momentum for the wider adoption of nature-related strategies, it will need greater support from non-financial players. The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association, an industry […]

Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

May 7, 2025

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: National Funds Ticker Distribution Expand Declaration- 5/1/2025 Ex-Date- 5/15/2025 Record- 5/15/2025 Payable- 6/2/2025 Taxable Municipal Fund: Declaration- 5/1/2025 Ex-Date- 5/15/2025 Record- 5/15/2025 Payable- 5/30/2025 Fund Ticker Distribution Change From Prior Distribution BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust* BBN $0.092900 – […]

OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH to Debut June 7 on National Geographic and Stream Globally Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu on World Oceans Day

May 7, 2025

OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH to Debut June 7 on National Geographic and Stream Globally Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu on World Oceans Day “If We Save the Sea, We Save Our World" David Attenborough NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UNVEILS TRAILER FOR LANDMARK DAVID ATTENBOROUGH DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE AND HEALTH OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN Produced […]

Steve Witkoff Net Worth

May 7, 2025

What is Steve Witkoff's Net Worth? Steve Witkoff is a real estate investor and developer, lawyer, and diplomat who has a net worth of $2 billion. Steve Witkoff serves as the United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. Having started his career as a real estate attorney, he transitioned to property investment and founded […]

After Liberal win, can Carney bridge longstanding divides with the West?

May 6, 2025

Liberal Leader Mark Carney makes a campaign stop in Edmonton on April 27. Carney visited Calgary in early April, and was due to make a second appearance in the city but cancelled that event in the wake of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival killings in Vancouver. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press – image credit) In the wake […]

U.S. economy went into reverse in the first quarter, new GDP data shows

May 6, 2025

Why the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter Why the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter Why the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter U.S. economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2025 as businesses rushed to stockpile goods ahead of President Trump's sweeping tariff policies. The nation's gross domestic […]

Doctor Who: The Well – season two episode three recap

May 6, 2025

A lot of science fiction and fantasy franchises love to commission sequels but have a patchy record on delivering second stories that match up to the first. Russell T Davies and Sharma Angel-Walfall got close to pulling it off here, but the much-touted Disney+ bigger budget may have worked against it out-scaring the original. Midnight, […]

Top 5 most outrageous ways the government has wasted your taxes, as uncovered by Elon Musk’s DOGE

May 6, 2025

As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. When Trump signed an executive order establishing the agency on his Inauguration Day, DOGE set an ambitious goal of […]

3 Top ETFs I Plan to Buy in May for Passive Income

May 6, 2025

I'm on a mission to produce more passive income. My strategy is to grow my passive income so that it can cover my basic living expenses. That would enable me to become financially independent and relieve the stress of needing to work to pay the bills. One aspect of my plan is investing in exchange-traded […]

Defunding DEI: Here’s how the Trump administration has undone Biden’s very prized programs

May 6, 2025

President Donald Trump shut down all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices across the federal government during his first week in office and signed a number of executive orders to quickly undo former President Joe Biden’s efforts. The president, just hours after taking the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, signed an executive […]