March 15, 2026

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Central Health board gives first OK to new tax rate, considers future revenue options

Friday, August 9, 2024 by Chad Swiatecki Central Health’s Board of Managers is preparing to set a higher tax rate. Its new property tax rate will be almost 10.8 cents per $100 of taxable value, which will translate to an increase of $66 per year for owners of homes with a taxable value of just

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Investments

Saudi Aramco to pursue more investments in oil, chemical plants in China, CEO says

Saudi Aramco is looking to invest in more chemical plants in China this year and next, adding to deals it’s already clinched in the country to secure long-term buyers for its crude. The world’s largest crude exporting company is targeting additional facilities that can turn oil into chemicals, CEO Amin Nasser said. Aramco sees demand

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Tax

Longview City Council approves 2024 tax rate, but not in consensus

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) – As proposed, six of the seven voting members of the Longview City Council approved for the 2024 property tax rate to remain the same as what it is this year: $0.5169 per $100 valuation. An increase in the property tax rate was previously suggested at the most recent budget workshop as

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Technology

Investors Should Be Encouraged By SMA Solar Technology’s (ETR:S92) Returns On Capital

If you’re looking for a multi-bagger, there’s a few things to keep an eye out for. In a perfect world, we’d like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. This shows us that it’s a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest

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Technology

Global Digital Technology Alliance Conference Held in

TIANJIN, China, Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In August 2024, the Global Digital Technology Alliance Conference was held at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. The event, titled “Fostering Innovation and Collaboration Globally” was hosted by the International Economic Strategy Research Institute, brought together outstanding Chinese enterprises such as TIENS Group, Huawei, Tencent, VMOMENT,

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Investments

Investment banker bonuses soar: Wall Street pay skyrockets in 2024

After two lackluster years, Wall Street bonuses are poised to jump in virtually every sector of the industry, with debt underwriting likely to be the biggest winner. Bankers who help companies sell debt may see payouts swell as much as 35%, as deals pick up and capital markets rebound from multiyear lows, according to a

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Fund

$3.9 million grant to fund apprenticeship program in Arizona

PHOENIX — A multimillion dollar grant will help Arizona students find technological apprenticeships and earn college degrees, officials announced on Thursday. The federally funded grant to the tune of $3.9 million will pay for a technology-focused apprenticeship program that will initially launch in Arizona, Maryland and California. Specifically, money for the Apprenticeship Building America, Round

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Property

Property owner wants Jackson County assessment chaos to end

KANSAS CITY, Mo — Property owners in Jackson County have a lot of questions about the latest developments with 2023 property assessments. KSHB 41 has talked to many of them in the past year fighting significant discrepancies in their assessments. The Missouri State Tax Commission’s order for Jackson County to roll back last year’s property

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Wealth Management

Facing budget crunches, Chinese tax collectors descend on companies

BEIJING — Chinese authorities are chasing unpaid taxes from companies and individuals dating back decades, as the government moves to plug massive budget shortfalls and address a mounting debt crisis. More than a dozen listed Chinese companies say they were slapped with millions of dollars in back taxes in a renewed effort to fix local

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Energy

Opinion | AI-driven data centre expansion tests Asia-Pacific’s renewable energy readiness

This begs the question: can the region’s renewable energy capacity expand rapidly enough to meet the increased demand and still achieve net-zero goals? According to a Moody’s report published last month, data centres in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to double in capacity by 2028. The capacity in emerging data centre markets, including India, Indonesia,

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