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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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BC financial advisor accused of fraud, took $330K from seniors | iNFOnews


Alvinder Singh Gill.

Image Credit: FACEBOOK: Alvinder Gill Sun Life Financial Advisor


July 22, 2023 – 6:00 PM






A BC financial advisor accused of fraud for taking $330,000 from a senior couple is still not facing criminal charges two and a half years after the regulator reported him to the police.

Former Abbotsford Sun Life financial planner Alvinder Singh Gill stands accused of setting up a company and then using fake documents as he took $329,625 from a retired couple over a nine-year period.

In 2020, when the couple

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Stock Market’s 2023 Surge Faces Fed Test Even as Profits Improve

(Bloomberg) — US stocks are approaching a record high and the outlook for Corporate America is only expected to brighten. Now investors are waiting to see if the Federal Reserve derails the market’s bull run.

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Amid signs that inflation pressures are finally ebbing, setting up what has historically been a bullish stretch, the S&P 500 Index is a mere 5.4% below its all-time peak. It’s a backdrop that raises the stakes for this week’s pivotal central bank meeting, with economists still debating whether a recession is ahead this year.

The danger, of course, is that a

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G7 finance chiefs to meet July 16, will discuss Ukraine, global taxation

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

TOKYO (Reuters) -Financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries will hold talks on July 16 on the sidelines of the broader G20 meeting in India, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday.

The G7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

“Support for Ukraine, MDBs (multilateral development banks) reform and international taxation will be discussed at this meeting,” Suzuki added. “We have no plan to issue a statement but we will lead debates to resolve problems of the world’s faces.”

Separately, the G20 under the chair of India will

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Gun violence intervention and other initiatives were overlooked while the councilman gained

Councilman W. Howard Myers, front and center, walks into the Petersburg District Court for a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

Councilman W. Howard Myers, front and center, walks into the Petersburg District Court for a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

PETERSBURG—During the pandemic, the federal government dispersed billions of dollars throughout the states to help them respond to the economic impacts and shore up infrastructure.

The money had to be spent in four areas: to replace lost public sector revenue for government services, to respond to the negative health and economic impacts of Covid-19 by supporting small businesses, households, nonprofits, or other impacted industries, to provide additional pay for essential workers, and to invest in water, sewer, and broadband

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Clutch financing in works would slash online car seller’s valuation by 97 per cent from peak

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Clutch’s delivery flat-bed truck drives through Toronto on March 19. The company is one of a swath of high-flying startups challenged by the tech sector crash that started in late 2021, wiping out valuations and leading to deep job cuts.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

Canadian online car seller Clutch Technologies Inc. is in advanced stages of securing funding that would slash its valuation to a tiny fraction of its $575-million peak in late 2021.

Toronto-based Clutch is raising $20-million in a deal led by past backer Stamford, Conn.-based Canaan Partners that would value the

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How to solve Canada’s slow-moving retirement crisis

Fraser Stark: Every Canadian who can comfortably navigate their own retirement finances is one less person requiring expensive subsidized care from the public purse

Published June 24, 2023 • Last updated 6 days ago • 5 minute read

An elderly man sitting on a park bench in Toronto.
Retirees face uncertainty on multiple fronts: market returns, cost inflation and their own physical health. Plus, the unknown length of an individual’s ultimate lifespan creates a labyrinthine financial planning challenge. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/Financial Post
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A new super-regulator takes aim at rampant corruption in Chinese finance

Hardly a day passes without someone in Chinese finance “falling off his horse”, or coming under a corruption investigation. State media warned on June 5th that the banking industry is infested with “moths”—mid-level managers who slowly ingest lenders’ resources from the inside out. “Internal ghosts”, executives who use insider connections to pilfer billions from banks, often pose a greater danger. There are “nest cases”, where clusters of fraud spanning several banks are discovered at once, and “skewer cases”, in which the arrest of one banker leads to another, then another. After a recent spate of scandals an official newspaper

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