President-elect Trump tapped Brooke Rollins as his agriculture secretary. In a statement on Saturday, Trump lauded Rollins’ ‘commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns.’ ‘A proud Graduate of Texas A&M University, Brooke earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Agriculture Development, and J.D., with Honors,’ the announcement said. ...

SMEs across the UK are preparing for significant financial challenges in 2025, with new research indicating an expected average revenue loss of £138,000 per business. According to a study conducted by freelancer platform Fiverr, a quarter of businesses anticipate losses exceeding £100,000 due to the financial pressures stemming from Labour’s Autumn Budget. Despite a modest interest rate cut by the ...

Richard ‘Ric’ Grenell, the former acting director of National Intelligence in President-elect Trump’s first administration, is reportedly under consideration to be special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Currently, there is no special envoy responsible for bringing an end to the war in Eastern Europe. Trump is strongly considering whether to create the role, Reuters reported, citing four sources familiar with ...

Gary Lineker, the former England footballer turned broadcaster, has strategically placed his television production company, Goalhanger Films, into voluntary liquidation ahead of upcoming capital gains tax rises. Co-owned with former ITV controller Tony Pastor, the company reported net assets exceeding £440,000 in its last published accounts. The decision comes as the UK government announced in the recent Budget that capital ...

Socium, an all-in-one HR management platform based in French-speaking Africa, has secured a $5 million funding round to expand its services and become the go-to HR solution for mid-sized companies in the region. This funding follows a previous $1.1 million round in August 2022, highlighting the company’s rapid growth despite a broader slowdown in African tech funding. The latest investment ...

No matter how you slice it, small and mid caps have been absolutely crushed on a relative basis since 2021. The unfortunate part about this is that most traders have recency bias. They believe whatever has been working will continue to work and things that haven’t been working should continue to be ignored. If you study stock market history, you ...

When it comes to home improvements that can have a significant impact on your energy bills, installing new wooden windows is one of the best investments you can make. Wooden windows, particularly when designed and installed correctly, offer excellent insulation, reducing your home’s energy consumption and lowering your heating and cooling costs. For this blog, we spoke to Todi & ...

Just hours after former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to be attorney general, President-elect Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his AG nominee. ‘For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore,’ Trump wrote in his announcement. ‘Pam will refocus the DOJ to ...

In a truncated trading week, the Indian equities closed the week with gains thanks to a robust technical rebound that it witnessed on Friday. The Nifty continued to wear a corrective look for three days; on the last trading day of the week, the Index managed to get itself into positive territory at close. Had it not been for the ...

The U.S. Army this week took steps to advance American military capabilities by ordering close to 12,000 surveillance drones small enough to fit in a backpack as the reality of battle shifts in favor of electronic warfare.  Conflicts around the globe, particularly the war in Ukraine, have drastically changed how major nations think about conducting war, explained drone expert and ...