Tag: corporate finance

Extraordinarily-Processed Meals May Impair Cognition in Aged

Processed or ultra-processed?

An article earlier this yr inside the European Journal of Vitamin reported that prime consumption of ultra-processed meals is linked to worse-than-average effectivity on one particular verify of cognitive carry out in older US adults (60+ years-old) who did not have persistent sicknesses much like diabetes or coronary heart issues. The precise verify was “Animal Fluency.” In no way heard of it? Me each. Maintain finding out.

The analysis included 2,700 members, widespread age 69. People had been requested to recall what they ate inside the prior 24 hours. Meals had been “categorized in response to NOVA,

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Crypto’s Peer-to-Peer Exchanges Lose Ground in a Shrunken Market

(Bloomberg) — Crypto exchanges that connect buyers and sellers directly without Wall Street-style middlemen are under pressure to improve their services amid a decline in market share.

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These so-called decentralized platforms facilitate trading via algorithmic, blockchain-based software known as smart contracts, with users retaining custody of tokens rather than handing them to an intermediary institution.

Crypto diehards predicted a golden period for peer-to-peer trading venues such as Uniswap and dYdX after last November’s collapse of the FTX exchange, which undermined trust in centralized platforms that take control of tokens.

But that hasn’t panned out: monthly spot

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G20 finance chiefs set to discuss reforms to development banks, crypto, debt

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 member nations are set to meet and discuss reforms to multilateral development banks, a framework for crypto assets and debt treatment of some countries, an Indian government official said Wednesday.

India, which holds this year’s G20 presidency, will host global finance chiefs and deputies in the western state of Gujarat between July 14-18.

The first volume of a report on strengthening multilateral development banks by an expert group set up under the G20 and a “guidance note” to develop a globally coordinated framework for regulation and supervision

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Alberta finance minister instructed to address rising auto, home insurance costs

Alberta’s finance minister must recommend ways the provincial government can make cars and home insurance more affordable, says his mandate letter from Premier Danielle Smith.

With a Dec. 31 expiry date looming on a temporary auto-insurance rate pause in Alberta, Finance Minister Nate Horner is tasked with developing short-term and long-term solutions to ever-climbing insurance costs.

Horner said he was resisting pressure to adopt a no-fault auto insurance system, adding that such a major change would need a mandate from Albertans.

“You’re basically giving up your ability to sue,” he said in a Thursday interview. “If you’re hurt in a

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Coping with the crushing reality of the sandwich generation

Five tools to manage stress when it hits

Published July 02, 2023 • Last updated 5 days ago • 5 minute read

Caring for aging parents while raising young children is challenging.
Caring for aging parents while raising young children is challenging. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto

There is a perception that my role as an investment and wealth adviser is to focus on “the numbers.” In reality, that could not be further from the truth. Managing wealth

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Quinoa Beet Salad – JennifersKitchen

Let me be very clear. I do not like beets. I’ve spent over fifty years disliking beets.

I’ve tried them boiled (gag-inducing), roasted (almost tolerable, but no), raw (the additional chewing required just prolongs the misery), and picked (where’s the bathroom?).

Quinoa Beet Salad Ingredients

To me, beets taste like garden dirt laced with a little bit of sugar. Interestingly, there is validity to that perception. Beets contain a naturally-occurring compound called geosmin, and geosmin gives beets their dirt-like . . . er. . . earthy flavour.

Some people like this earthy flavor.

I’m not one of them.

Just as interesting – at least

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Rethinking Climate Finance for the Developing World by Kenneth Rogoff

For decades, rich countries have urged developing countries to shift away from fossil fuels while failing to heed their own advice or offer meaningful funding. Kenyan President William Ruto’s recent call to establish a new “global green bank” is the sort of thoughtful proposal that developed countries must seriously consider.

CAMBRIDGE – Speaking to the Financial Times at the June 22-23 Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, Kenyan President William Ruto called for the establishment of a “global green bank” that would assist developing countries in mitigating the effects of climate change without further exacerbating their already-unsustainable

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MUFG, partners launch $1.5 billion climate finance platform

  • GAIA to help scale up finance to developing countries
  • FinDev Canada among public, private, philanthropic backers
  • Expects to impact nearly 20 mln people across 25 countries

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) and partners including Canada’s development finance body have launched a $1.5 billion platform to help drive climate-focused investment into developing and emerging countries.

The new venture, dubbed GAIA and announced at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris on Thursday, aims to blend private sector investment with concessional capital from public and philanthropic groups.

Alongside FinDev Canada, the platform is backed

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