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Empowering Communities to Tackle Structural Racism Through New Health Equity Training Series
At a time when too many families are still forced to choose between buying groceries or paying rent, seeking care or staying silent, HCN Global is launching the ninth edition of the Culture of Health / la Cultura de Salud, a multicultural, bilingual multimedia programming series that addresses social determinants of health affecting Latino and Black communities in the US. This year the multimedia series will feature a new webinar series to help community leaders identify and address one of the r
Galaxy S26 vs. S26+ vs. S26 Ultra: Everything You Need to Know About Samsung's 2026 Flagship Phones
Samsung's Galaxy S26 lineup has arrived, and on the surface, all three models look equally compelling—making your buying decision tougher than ever. I break down what sets each phone apart to help you decide which one best fits your needs.
Schools, most businesses to stay shuttered Sunday amid Israel-US assault on Iran
Health system suspends all non-essential services, while courts cancel all but urgent proceedings; banks, supermarkets remain open as economy minister urges public to avoid panic buying
RFK Jr. suggests buying liver or ‘cheap cuts’ instead of steak
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday suggested people eat liver or “cheap cuts” in response to the high cost of beef. “This is true all over the cou…
R.I. legislators take aim at private equity in health care
The legislation would create a “transparency and early warning” system that could potentially prevent private equity from buying up R.I. hospitals in the future.
15 Things People Stopped Buying In 2026
"I remember right before COVID, $200 was average for this."
Why young North Carolina entrepreneurs are buying up Boomer businesses
In North Carolina and beyond, young entrepreneurs are buying up small businesses from founders nearing retirement.
Economist: China’s politics, not prices, driving U.S. ag purchases
The chief commodities economist with StoneX Group says he’s recently become more optimistic about China buying more ag products from the United States. Arlan Suderman tells Brownfield President Xi Jinping is dealing with internal Chinese politics and he needs U.S. support. “My bias at this point is he will survive it, but in the meantime, […]
Media Buying Briefing: Dentsu’s new CEO on how he’s going to grow the business again
Takeshi Sano takes over as global CEO, and brings with him a more outgoing and worldly approach to running the Japanese-owned holding company.
Why people are buying iPods again
Nostalgia and digital burnout are driving a new rush for Apple's retired iPods.
Health Insurance After Divorce Has Gotten Pricier. These Moves Can Help.
Buying coverage through ACA marketplaces is now costlier. How to ease the sting.
Who's building and who's buying in Greater Baton Rouge
A look at the latest property transactions in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes. East Baton Rouge Parish First National Bank of Louisiana purchased 2.9 acres divided into two parce… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in
Don't buy a Steam Machine even if your PC is half-a-decade old
Turn your old PC into a console-killer instead of buying
The viral TikTok gut health bundle shoppers swear by for bloating
Physician’s Choice Hack Your Tummy Bundle is viral on TikTok Shop for gut health support. Here’s why shoppers can’t stop buying this Amazon find.
Incyte selling downtown Wilmington properties
Less than two years after buying two downtown Wilmington properties known as Bracebridge I and III on 11th Street at King and French streets, Incyte Corporation announced on Wednesday afternoon,
No place for politics in F-35 cockpits as Canadian fighter jet pilots get ready to train at U.S. base
While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona later this year to train on the F-35 when Canada eventually takes possession of the 16 jets it’s committed to buying.
Glazers make huge bid for Indian Premier League teams
Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, are planning their next sports purchase.Deeply unpopularIn spite of Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe buying a minority stake in the club and taking over con...
Streaming service Crunchyroll raises prices weeks after killing its free tier
Sony has made streaming anime pricier since buying Crunchyroll.
Trump cuts deal with India to reduce tariffs, increase oil purchases
Donald Trump said he was lowering the tariff on India as part of a deal for the country to stop buying Russian oil and increase purchases from the United States.
Gold and silver extend selloff after market meltdown
Before Friday's selloff, gold and silver had been on a blistering yearlong rally, fueled by heavy central bank buying and geopolitical tensions.
Apple's online store now lets you build a new Mac exactly the way you want
You can now choose each spec for your new Mac purchase when buying on Apple's website.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Made Me Stop Buying Games
Baldur’s Gate 3, the epic, legendary, all-encompassing RPG that was a must-play in 2023 and remains one to this very day, had eluded me for a considerable amount of time until recently. It was one of those games that sat collecting dust on my shelf, watching me as I paced back and forth in a […]
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Apple has quietly updated the way that users buy and configure Macs on the online Apple Store, giving customers a process that's closer to buying an iPhone or iPad.
Apple revamps how you buy a Mac online, removes preconfigured options
Apple has updated its website with changes to the checkout flow when buying a new Mac. Previously, the Apple Online...
Super Bowl LX Betting Report: 'The Public Isn’t Buying the Patriots'
It's still early, but so far, the public is throwing its support behind the Seahawks in droves. Patrick Everson has the report.
Premier Radiology Services acquires rival teleradiology group NRad
Backed by private equity investors at Grovecourt Capital Partners, the Florida firm is buying National Radiology Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash
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GTCR, a Chicago private equity firm, is buying LiveBarn, a youth sports streaming service.
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TikTok has finalized a deal to sell parts of its US business. Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX, and Michael Dell are part of the consortium of new investors.
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A new way to characterize unenthusiastic consumers has overtaken earnings calls.
Sports mogul Stan Kroenke becomes America's biggest private landowner in massive secret deal
Billionaire Stan Kroenke quietly completed America's largest land purchase in more than a decade, buying 937,000 acres in New Mexico to become America's top landowner.
Sports mogul Stan Kroenke becomes America's biggest private landowner in massive secret deal
Billionaire Stan Kroenke quietly completed America's largest land purchase in more than a decade, buying 937,000 acres in New Mexico to become America's top landowner.
The rise of 'micro' apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them
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Gap Names Former Paramount Exec Pam Kaufman Entertainment Chief Amid “Fashiontainment” Push
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The US must take Greenland, whatever the cost
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Trump has 'greenlit' sanctions bill punishing Russia for war in Ukraine, Sen. Graham says
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AMD: Golden Buying Opportunity After Sentiment-Driven Selloff
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Butler to host conference on entrepreneurship through acquisition
The practice of buying a business is nothing new, but entrepreneurship through acquisition—or ETA as it is often called—has caught on in recent years among both mid-career individuals and recent college graduates who want to become business owners but don’t want to start a company from scratch.
Trump signs order to block defense companies from buying back stock until arms production improves
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to block defense companies from paying dividends or buying back stock until they improve production.
Universal Music Buying 30% Stake In India’s Excel Entertainment
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Nvidia Buying AI Chip Startup Groq For $20 Billion: CNBC
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Love’s is adding to its factoring business with the acquisition of three companies.
Love’s factoring business gets bigger, buying trio of companies
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Media Buying Briefing: Omnicom Media execs begin their pitch outreach ahead of an expected new-business glut
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HPE offloads its Telco Solutions business in deal with HCLTech
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Amazon adds delivery tracking, last-minute adds, gift ideas to Alexa+
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Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
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Theater owners and filmmakers worry the sale of Warner Bros. to Netflix will cripple their business and leave them with fewer films to show.
Good news: Buying a home might actually be more affordable in 2026
A housing reset is coming in 2026, Redfin forecasts, with slower home price growth and more listings, giving buyers a better shot at home ownership.
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My 5-year-old started his Christmas wish list in October. Here's how I'm keeping my holiday buying under control.
I'm exercising veto power and setting limits for my kids' Christmas gifts to help stay on budget this year
SCOOP: Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams's Black Friday Weekend message
Rep. Roger Williams explains to everyone why buying American is the perfect complement to Thanksgiving weekend.
This $5 Cyber Monday Disney Plus and Hulu deal is a great value — but it's not the one we're buying
The best Disney Plus and Hulu Cyber Monday deals discount your first 12 months of service, including over 60% off one popular bundle.
We put together a $650 gaming PC build that doesn't suck with Cyber Monday deals — this is the cheapest parts list worth buying right now
This build is running on borrowed time.