[ad_1] Starting April 1, 2026, the income tax department will have the legal authority to break into and access your social media accounts, personal emails, bank accounts, online investment accounts, trading accounts, and more if they suspect that you have evaded income tax or they have any reason to believe that you own any undisclosed income, money, gold, jewelry, or valuable item or property on which you haven’t paid applicable income tax as per the Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 132 of the existing I-T Act, 1961, allows authorised officers to conduct searches and seize assets and books of accounts…
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[ad_1] This week we’re joined once again by Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute to discuss his annual transit project updates at Transit Explorer. In this episode — part one of two — we talk about housing strategies for properties near transit, exciting transit openings in 2025 and which cities could use a subway project. We also talk about government deference to local officials and how we can better use public assets to create more housing.Next week we’ll see which 2024 predictions we got right, and make some more predictions for the coming year.Scroll down below the audio player for an…
[ad_1] Brazilian environment services firm Ambipar is looking to expand the market for carbon credits by trading tokenized carbon credits through a digital asset platform run by the B3 stock exchange in São Paulo, according to the company’s vice president for sustainability Rafael Tello.Ambipar has signed a partnership with B3 Digitas to start trading carbon credits via the platform, which was established by the bourse in 2022. Tello told LatinFinance the firm’s initiative targets companies listed on the exchange as well as investors and funds seeking to access the carbon credit market.Ambipar says it is seeking to position itself ahead…
[ad_1] ESG Investing Microsoft to buy 1.5 million carbon credits from Indian project Panna afforestation project anticipates generating three million credits The Asset 7 Mar 2025 US tech giant Microsoft, in partnership with UK-based offset seller Climate Impact Partners, has signed a deal to buy 1.5 million carbon removal credits from a 20,000-hectare afforestation project in India over the next 30 years. The Panna afforestation project, which is financed by environmental commodities investment company Terra Natural Capital and is based in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, anticipates generating three million carbon removal credits. The 20,000-hectares-span project has already planted 1.2…
[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Since 2016, the Firefighters and Company Federal Credit Union has donated over $75,000 worth of carbon monoxide detectors. The organization recently announced it is donating 750 carbon monoxide detectors to various fire departments in the Miami Valley. Donations will be distributed to the departments in the coming weeks. Some of the funding comes from the credit union’s holiday skip-a-payment program, which allows members to skip their loan payments for the holidays. For every skip-a-pay fee the credit union receives, the credit union donates a CO detector. “This year, we even had one department mention the program…
[ad_1] Customers shop at a Costco Wholesale store on January 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesCostco on Thursday reported an earnings miss, but beat expectations for revenue for the second quarter as quarterly comparable sales rose.Shares ticked down over 1% in extended trading on Thursday evening.Here’s how the wholesale company did compared with what Wall Street was expecting for the quarter ended Feb. 16, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $4.02 vs. $4.11 expectedRevenue: $63.72 billion vs. $63.13 billion expectedCostco CEO Ron Vachris said although it’s difficult to forecast the impact of tariffs, the company aims to…
[ad_1] Growth fears are on the rise, causing markets to trade as if a recession is coming.Major US indexes extended deep year-to-date losses on Thursday, with the S&P 500 down 1.8%.Bond yields are falling as investors eye lower interest rates in response to a recession.It wasn’t long ago when economists predicted the odds of a 2025 recession were zero. How the times have changed.The stock market’s jubilant mood coming into this year has been flipped on its head, as a surge of growth fears has slashed investor optimism. The S&P 500 fell 1.8% on Thursday, bringing its multiday decline to…
[ad_1] Starting April 1, 2026, income tax officers in India will have expanded authority to access individuals’ digital accounts if they suspect tax evasion. This includes emails, social media, bank accounts, trading platforms, and online investments.Index Fund CornerSponsoredScheme Name1-Year ReturnInvest NowFund CategoryExpense RatioAxis Nifty 50 Index Fund+32.80%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.12%Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund+38.59%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.21%Axis Nifty Next 50 Index Fund+71.83%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.25%Axis Nifty 500 Index Fund–Invest NowEquity: Flexi Cap0.10%Axis Nifty Midcap 50 Index Fund+46.03%Invest NowEquity: Mid Cap0.28%The new provision falls under Clause 247 of the Income Tax Bill, granting officers legal access to virtual digital spaces to…
[ad_1] An American flag and a U.S. Department of Education flag fly outside the US Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 1, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | ReutersFederal student loan borrowers experiencing difficulties with their loans could find they have no recourse as President Donald Trump’s cuts to staff at the Department of Education are carried out, employees at the agency said.Staffers at the Education Department tasked with fielding complaints from federal student loan holders and resolving their issues were let go in the recent job cuts, one employee told CNBC. At least eight of the fired staffers were…
[ad_1] Homebuyers are getting more relief from high mortgage rates, but not for reasons anyone would hope for. The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 6.63% for the week through Wednesday, from 6.76% a week earlier, according to Freddie Mac data. The latest drop came after President Donald Trump implemented sweeping tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China and markets digested a string of downbeat economic data that sparked a selloff and raised new fears about a possible recession in the US. 15-year mortgage rates also dropped to 5.79%, from 5.94%. Despite the economic uncertainty, lower rates over…