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[ad_1] BEMIDJI — The Beltrami County Commissioners were presented with a unique option to diversify county revenue during Tuesday’s board work session: a carbon credit marketing opportunity. National Resource Management Director Shane Foley detailed the opportunity for the board, as a follow-up to his initial presentation to the board during a Feb. 4 work session. The program would enter Beltrami County into a 40-year land commitment to develop and market carbon credits that are created by forest management decisions on county-administered land. Credits are derived from the difference between forest productivity and actual harvest. These credits are purchased to offset…

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[ad_1] The Perplexity AI logo is seen in this photo taken on Jan. 4, 2024.Dado Ruvic | ReutersPerplexity AI is in early talks to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in funding at an $18 billion post-money valuation, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.The new funding would double the artificial intelligence startup’s most recent valuation. Perplexity has just under $100 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR, according to the source, who asked to remain anonymous due to the confidential nature of the talks.The AI search engine company competes against the likes of Google and Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Its valuation…

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[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Jackson’s credit rating has been dealt a major blow by one of the nation’s top rating agencies, in part, because the city has not completed timely audits.Last summer, Moody’s Investors Service withdrew its general obligation and special obligation bond rating from Jackson, citing a “lack of sufficient information, including audited financial information.”The lack of a credit rating likely means the city will face higher interest rates when issuing bonds, which could increase the overall costs of borrowing money for public projects. The agency made the announcement back in July, some nine months after the city’s…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Recent years haven’t been kind to the Vodafone Group (LSE: VOD) share price and long-suffering shareholders. Nor have the past 10, 20, and 30 years, to boot. In fact, owning Vodafone stock has been a pretty thankless job for most of this century. Vodafone’s volatility As I write, Vodafone shares trade at 75.62p, valuing this well-known telecoms group at £19.2bn. This is a mere fraction of its peak market value. In fact, during the dotcom bubble that burst in spring 2000, Vodafone was Europe’s largest listed company. But time has taken a toll on this…

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[ad_1] New Delhi, 20th of March, 2025 : The Economic Times, India’s leading business and financial news platform, today announced the launch of its upgraded ETMarkets platform, designed to solve the most pressing challenges faced by modern investors. This major upgrade transforms ETMarkets into the definitive one-stop destination for investment intelligence, addressing the fragmentation and complexity that has long frustrated India’s growing investor community. In a financial landscape where critical information is scattered across multiple sources, ETMarkets now consolidates essential market data, analytical tools, expert insights, and actionable investment ideas in one intuitive platform. As India’s investor base is projected…

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[ad_1] Steel Safeguard Extension Ends June Next Year Countries cut import volume by 15% by reducing quota by each country South Korea, the top EU exporter, also has the right to be affected EU companies devastated on low-cost products from China ArcelorMittal to close 2 plants in France ThyssenKruppsteel cuts 11,000 jobs 사진 확대 “The steel industry has always been a key engine of European prosperity. The next generation of eco-friendly steel should continue to be produced in Europe.” (Urzula von der Leyen, European Commission President)Like the Trump administration in the U.S., the European Union (EU) locks up the steel…

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[ad_1] Vithun Khamsong | Moment | Getty ImagesIt is becoming harder for Americans to come up with money in case of an emergency, according to a recent survey from the New York Federal Reserve.The bank’s Survey of Consumer Expectations for February found that the average likelihood of Americans being able to come up with $2,000 within a month if an unexpected need arose hit 62.7%. That’s the lowest level since the survey began tracking the data point in October 2015.”Taking into account that the CPI [consumer price index] level today is 35% higher than in 2015, the situation is even…

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