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ULM symposium to feature business leaders, student competitions
The University of Louisiana Monroe announced that the College of Business and Social Sciences will host its annual symposium Oct. 12-17.
Zambia signs US health deal after disputes over data-sharing
The US will provide $1.5bn (£1.1bn) under the deal that was negotiated after Trump cut USAID funding.
Zambia signs US health aid deal after disputes over data-sharing
The US will provide $1.5bn (£1.1bn) under the deal that was negotiated after Trump cut USAID funding.
I went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the stars
Now a $15bn industry, astrology is more mainstream in the US than ever. But its practitioners are still debating: who gets to have authority on the celestial bodies?
‘Pawn Stars’ star Rick Harrison gets heartbreaking news on heels of heart surgery
It has been a rough year for the History Channel star.
Dear Annie: My daughter tried to convince me to change my political beliefs. Now we're not speaking
During the last election, she tried to convince me to vote for her party.
Dear Annie: Group chat strikes again! One cousin ruins it for everyone with regular political rants
This relative mulls just muting the whole thing.
Photo gallery: Scenes from High School 9:12 fall sports media day
Thursday was the annual High School 9:12 fall sports media day at the Riverside YMCA. Take a look at athletes from area high schools at the event by swiping through the photos.
Fall Financial Reset: 5 Budgeting Tips to Promote Fiscal Health
Local credit union offers timely advice for healthcare workers – or any hardworking Minnesotan
Enbridge to buy Tallgrass crude oil transport business for $2.5bn
The deal covers a 75% stake in the Pony Express pipeline system, which links oil production in the Rockies to the Cushing storage hub.
UK powertrain company plants its North American headquarters in Southfield
A UK-based powertrain solutions company is planting its North American headquarters in Southfield.
‘Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison has emergency heart surgery. Here’s the latest
Fans of the History Channel star are sending prayers his way.
Beloved TV anchor tears up about mother’s death during broadcast
Rosanna Scotto became emotional during her first broadcast since mother Marion Scotto died at age 90.
Apollo’s €3bn Bayer deal shows ‘non-control’ financing is spreading to operators
Apollo’s €3bn Bayer LARC investment and a $35bn Broadcom financing highlight how private credit is funding AI and industrial capex without operators giving up c
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A family business in Somerville is trying to bring awareness to the huge need for people in Nepal after devastating floods there last week.
MDARD announces funding for Saginaw townhome project, West Branch business
New investments announced by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Wednesday at the Upper Peninsula State Fair include grant funding for projects in mid-Michigan.
What the Lakers’ $12.5bn sale says about sports ownership
Also in today’s newsletter: what Liverpool’s new shareholders bring and more
Live updates: Key midterm primary elections kick off in 5 states
Voters in Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Washington state head to the polls in contests that could shape the battle for Congress.
Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort
Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities
Cowboys news: Dak Prescott embraces high expectations in Dallas
Here's the latest Dallas Cowboys news!
TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production in Arizona
The company says it will create "high-tech, high-paying jobs", and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.
China grows at one of lowest rates on record; Thames Water has funds to survive to year end
Thames Water says it has £515m cash in the bank as its debts swell to £18.5bn
NFL minds rank Jake Ferguson as top half tight end
Where would you rank Jake Ferguson among NFL tight ends?
Rap legend known as pioneering voice in hip-hop dead at 61: ‘An instant force’
The MC rose to fame in the 1980s.
EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm
Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private
Fireworks, heat and politics: US celebrates its 250th birthday
fireworks are scheduled to be set off Saturday over Navy Pier in Chicago and against the skyline of New York City.
Pacific Engineering Inc. to become first tenant at Omaha Airport Business Park
The first business has made reservations to move into the Airport Business Park.
Why did Scott Patterson leave 'Sullivan's Crossing'? Inside the conflicting stories of his exit
When Harry Sullivan left the Crossing at the end of season 3, he promised to return, but Scott Patterson remains absent in 'Sullivan's Crossing' season 4. Here's what we know.
Roundup of third-quarter financial results for Philly-area nonprofit health systems
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was the most profitable nonprofit health system in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the nine months that ended March 31.
SpaceX to list on US stock market today after raising $75bn in largest IPO ever
Rolling coverage of SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering
Structure fire prompts road closures in Barkhamsted
Crews are responding to a fire at 4 Old North Road early Monday morning.
Servier to buy Edgewise's muscular dystrophy business for $2.65bn
Servier has signed an agreement to acquire Edgewise Therapeutics’ muscular dystrophy business in a deal valued at up to $2.65bn.
Semiconductor decoupling. Powell's politics. Industrializing Ogaden. Free trade and the Magna Carta.
Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Feliks Topolski, 1907-1989 8th Army’s Front, Italy 1944 Semiconductor decoupling Source: FT One thing that Jerome Powell deeply understood is that chairing the Fed under current conditions is a deeply political job. “Powell has successes and mistakes to his name. But he stands out as having thought more carefully about the Fed’s democratic legitimacy than any chair since Paul Volcker,” said Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor at the Bank of England, referring to the Fed chair who successfully fought the great inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. … While Powell was at the Treasury in the early 1990s, he watched Alan Greenspan build relationships within the government. That convinced Powell he needed to follow the former Fed chair’s lead and spend more time in Congress than his predecessors Yellen and Bernanke. “The accountability for the Fed runs through Congress,” said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed official who is now chief economist at New Century Advisors. “That’s not just about having people on speed dial — it’s answering questions, explaining policy and getting feedback.” Source: FT Ethiopia’s PM Abiy and Nigerian business tycoon, with Chinese engineering, are driving industrialization in Ogaden/Somali region of Ethiopia. - Michael Masri’s reporting for Africa Report if fascinating. Ethiopia has launched a cluster of large industrial schemes in the Somali region, laying foundation stones for a urea plant and an oil refinery in Gode while opening the first two phases of the Ogaden LNG project. Abiy Ahmed framed the push as part of a broader strategy to link energy, agriculture and industry. “These projects embody more than industrial growth,” he said. “They represent our shared responsibility to harness opportunities, strengthen co-operation and promote peace.” The Gode urea plant, backed by Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), is designed for 3m tonnes a year. Dangote owns 60%, while EIH holds 40%. Officials say Dangote’s equity totals about $2.5bn, while the state provides land and implementation oversight. Gas from the Calub fields will be piped 108km to the site. Construction is slated for 40 months, with operations targeted for 2028. Ethiopia imports most of its fertiliser, spending more than $1.2bn a year for 1.5m–2m tonnes. Usage was roughly 1.7m tonnes in 2023, almost half of it urea, and demand for 2024–25 is put above 2.4m tonnes. If delivered on time, the Gode plant could cover domestic needs and allow exports to neighbours. Brook Taye, chief executive of EIH, called the venture “a significant milestone in the journey toward industrial self-sufficiency”. Dangote told the groundbreaking crowd that the complex would be integrated with gas supply and a polypropylene unit to support local inputs. He pointed to Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with a capacity of more than 5,000MW, and noted his group’s cement operations and expansion plans. The Gode refinery is being developed by Golden Concord Group of China. It is designed to process 3.5m tonnes a year of crude and condensate from the Hilala field, with associated storage. Backers say it will ease foreign-exchange pressure from fuel imports and anchor further industrial activity, including a proposed steel smelting site in Dire Dawa. GCL’s chair, Zhu Gongshan, cast the project as “a key step in Ethiopia’s path to energy sovereignty”, underscoring the Beijing–Addis ties. Financing details are still being finalised, but the refinery is central to the government’s energy-security narrative. Source: The Africa Report Dangote’s Ethiopian vision: Dangote began with cement. His crown jewel, Dangote Cement, dominates Nigeria’s market and has 10 operations in other nations in Africa. The formula has been consistent: identify sectors with chronic shortages – cement, fertiliser, sugar – commit massive local investments, and scale up to serve regional demand. Ethiopia was a natural extension of that model. In 2015, Dangote launched the Mugher Cement Plant outside Addis Ababa at a cost of $600m, with an annual capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. The investment gave him a firm foothold in one of Africa’s fastest-growing construction markets. But success came with risks. In May 2018, violent unrest led to the killing of Dangote’s country manager and temporary shutdowns at Mugher. While other investors might have retreated, Dangote doubled down. Today, he is preparing to spend $400m to expand Mugher’s capacity to 5 million tonnes, alongside a new grinding unit near Addis Ababa. Cement is just one market Dangote is targeting. Ethiopia’s enormous state-controlled sugar industry, long plagued by inefficiency and debt, has struggled for years to reform. Its Omo Kuraz Sugar Development Project, touted as one of the continent’s largest initiatives, continues to face delays and mismanagement. … The most ambitious venture of all is the planned fertiliser production complex in Gode, Somali region. Publicised on 28 August 2025, the Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) deal plans one of the world’s largest single-site urea manufacturing plants. The project costs an estimated $2.5bn and has an estimated capacity of 3 million metric tonnes annually, a rate that would not only render Ethiopia independent, but even a net exporter of fertiliser. EIH, the state wealth fund of Ethiopia, will hold 40%, while 60% is held by Dangote Group. … For Dangote, Ethiopia is a trifecta: Cement demand is projected to grow by 10% annually, its sugar consumption is growing with rapid urbanisation, and fertiliser demand is all but insatiable, given that farming supports the livelihood of 70% of Ethiopians. Source: The Africa Report The stakes for Abiy are high: For Addis Ababa, the $4bn fertiliser project in Ethiopia’s Somali region is no longer simply a manufacturing investment. It is increasingly being framed as a strategic state project tied to food sovereignty, import substitution and the government’s broader attempt to build economic resilience under mounting fiscal pressure. “Becoming self-sufficient in food is our main agenda,” Abiy says during the visit. “Land is needed; we have it. Water is needed; we have it. Human resources are needed; we have it.” The scale is enormous even by African industrial standards. Once operational, the plant is expected to produce three million metric tonnes of urea annually, potentially making it one of the continent’s largest fertiliser complexes. Ethiopian officials say the project now includes a 110km gas pipeline, a 120MW power plant, a polypropylene packaging facility and a two-million-tonne NPK blending plant. For a government grappling with chronic foreign exchange shortages, ballooning import bills and pressure on agricultural productivity, the numbers matter politically as much as they do economically. The decision to anchor the project in Gode is deliberate. Long viewed as peripheral to Ethiopia’s industrial economy, the Somali region is now being repositioned by the federal government as a future irrigation and agro-industrial corridor. Officials argue that the area’s vast land reserves and access to water could eventually support large-scale commercial farming capable of reshaping Ethiopia’s food economy. The government is simultaneously building housing infrastructure for about 5,000 residents near the plant, while officials project broader industrial expansion along the corridor. Abiy goes further, comparing the long-term revenue potential of the Gode development zone with Ethiopia’s flagship state enterprise. “The investments we are making in this Gode area, combined, will generate high revenue for Ethiopia, at par with Ethiopian Airlines,” he says. Source: The Africa Report Feliks Topolski 1907-1982 Topolski’s Chronicle, ‘Nazi Revival’, Vol. 8, Is. 1-2, 1960 HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. Photo by Jakub Dziubak on Unsplash If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Grim vision of drone warfare by Sylvie Kaufmann For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe The state of the art in Colbert-studies. Jean-Baptiste Colbert was Louis XIV chief minister from 1661 to 1683 and traditionally seen as an architect of absolutism and mercantilism. Alexander Hamilton later cited him as an inspiration in 1782. Now his legacy is disputed. Daniel Dessert, the chief critic, sees Colbert as the orchestrator not so much of an absolutist state as of an elite cabal. Would be great to have a good English-language review of this important debate. 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Sun Pharma, Coforge: Indian businesses go shopping abroad as growth slows at home
India Inc spent $18bn on global buyouts in 2025 and the deal value could cross $15bn in the first half of 2026.
US National Science Foundation pledges $1.5bn for innovative labs
Independent NSF X-Labs will tackle scientific challenges using non-traditional methods
Jefferson Health had a $252.6 million operating loss in the nine months ended March 31
The loss included $94.6 million in restructuring charges related to layoffs last fall and other moves designed to improve the nonprofit’s future financial performance.
7th annual Life is Bigger than Sports event
Muscatine team presents jersey to Coach David Gamble at Life is Bigger than Sports tournament.
GTA 6's development costs estimated to be over $1bn, as Take-Two head admits its an "expensive" endeavour
GTA 6 parent company Take-Two is estimated to have spent between $1bn and $1.5bn on Rockstar's upcoming game.
Siouxland Business Spotlight: Starfighter Comics
Siouxland Business Spotlight host Amy Nilles spoke with Justin and Kevin from Starfighter Comics about free comic day.
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years
School IB business management class: SpaceX boosts IPO ambition with plans to raise $75bn
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7+ Florida Politics Now: Economic impact of the Artemis II Rocket Launch
This episode we’re discussing election reforms and the economic impact of the Artemis II Rocket launch.
Former OSU athletes talk mental health at Scioto County Mindset Matters Summit
Big names like former Ohio State Point Guard Scoonie Penn, Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, former Buckeye Bobby Carpenter, taking the stage at the event to talk with our very own Joseph Payton about mental health.
CVC sports empire signs €3.5bn debt deal after stake sale falters
Private equity firm agrees financing with KKR and Pimco after failing to convince investors to commit to large equity deal
Small business owners doubt they’ll see refunds after supreme court invalidates Trump’s tariffs
Ruling could free $175bn, but legal hurdles and higher costs have left businesses questioning if claims are even worth it
‘MasterChef’ maker Banijay to merge entertainment arm with All3Media in $5bn deal
The deal aims to create the world’s largest independent entertainment company
Illinois cannabis shops warn of existential threat from vague rule change
Small cannabis companies fear a possible rule change by the state could empower wealthy competitors to set up shop near them, which could be a death knell.
Worcester names new health and human services commissioner
The new commissioner has over 25 years of public health experience and has held leadership roles at Rhode Island's Department of Health.
KWQC sports team learns how to curl at Cedar Rapids Curling Club
KWQC’s Joey Donia and Kevin Kohr went to the Cedar Rapids Curling Club for a lesson on how to curl.
Local Facebook group supports Black business owners
A Facebook group created during the 2020 protests has grown to nearly 8,000 members and earned recognition for supporting Black-owned businesses in the 607 area code.
Bainbridge business opens warming shelter for winter weather
Bainbridge business opens warming shelter for winter weather
BP warns of $4bn-$5bn impairment charge in energy transition business
UK oil major attributes charge to gas and low carbon energy unit
Business concerns as Abingdon reservoir consultation ends
Thames Water plans a £7.5bn reservoir to serve 15 million customers across south-east England.
Nominate your favorite sports bar in the Portland area for our Readers Choice Awards
Nominations are open until 11 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
KKR to invest $1.5bn into European data centre business
US private capital group’s investment into Global Technical Realty comes alongside $400mn from Oak Hill Capital
Opinion: Affordable health care is key to successful reentry and a stronger Alaska
As federal tax credits are set to expire, Alaska will bear the weight of an avoidable crisis.
INEOS has invested £2.5bn in sport. But why so little interest in backing women?
The Manchester United co-owner has made little secret of where its priorities lie when it comes to investing in sport
Kenyan court suspends US health aid deal over data privacy concerns
The landmark $2.5bn Kenya-US deal has been stopped until the court hears the case over data privacy.