March 13, 2026

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Tax

Student loan debt relief tax credit available for Marylanders

MARYLAND – Certain college students across Maryland are eligible for a tax break. You must be a Maryland resident to apply for the student loan debt relief tax credit. Also to be eligible, you have to have incurred at least $20,000 in student loan debt and have at least $5,000 outstanding in debt when you

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Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial and Operational Results

DENVER, July 17, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT; “Liberty” or the “Company”) announced today second quarter 2024 financial and operational results. Summary Results and Highlights Revenue of $1.2 billion, an 8% sequential increase Net income of $108 million, or $0.64 fully diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) Adjusted EBITDA1 of $273 million, a 12% sequential

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Property

Downtown St. Paul’s largest property owner says city’s core is in ‘crisis’

A lawyer for the largest private property owner in downtown St. Paul lambasted the state of the urban center in a letter to the City Council, painting a dismal picture of downtown’s “very evident crisis.” The letter, sent last week, objects to the nonprofit St. Paul Downtown Alliance’s efforts to expand its improvement district, which

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Fund

Davis Cos. Raises Its Largest Fund to Date in Challenging Environment

The Davis Companies said Wednesday it had expanded its capital base by more than $977.1 million amid the real estate fund management industry’s most challenging fundraising cycle in more than a decade. Boston-based Davis has raised $877.1 million into Davis Investment Ventures Fund V, in addition to a co-investment sidecar vehicle totaling $100 million.  Fund V will seek to capitalize on market dislocations across

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Insurance

Insurance Brokerage Lockton Moves Connecticut Operations to West Hartford – We-Ha

Lockton has moved into the former New York Sports Club space at 65 Memorial Road in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square. Liz Spencer, VP of People Services for Lockton, with her 4-month-old son in the lobby of the new offices at 65 Memorial Road in Blue Back Square. Photo credit: Ronni Newton By Ronni Newton

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Investments

Industry groups want looser rules for qualified investments

The government acknowledged the qualified investment rules “can be inconsistent or difficult to understand” due to their many updates since their introduction in 1966. The consultation, which closed Monday, asked for suggested improvements to the regime, whether updated rules should favour Canada-based investments and whether crypto-backed assets should be considered qualified investments. In a submission,

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Technology

How health systems are leveraging technology to boost revenue, efficiency

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience. Maintaining financial stability is increasingly difficult for hospitals and health systems across the nation, with current data indicating that half of these provider organizations are facing financial losses. In this tough economic landscape, finance leaders in healthcare must prioritize strategies that foster growth while

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Energy

Peak Energy secures $55 million Series A funding to manufacture sodium-ion batteries – pv magazine USA

The company plans to deliver its first systems in 2025 and open a full-scale production facility in 2027. July 17, 2024 Ryan Kennedy U.S. manufacturer Peak Energy announced it has secured a $55 million Series A funding round to scale production of grid-scale sodium-ion batteries. The funding round was led by Zora Innovation, a investing

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Fund

PMs shuffled on two American Beacon funds; Invesco launches active ETFs

There have been several management changes on two subadvised American Beacon funds, Citywire has learned. Doug Cambell has been added to Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management’s sleeves of both the $113m American Beacon Balanced fund (AADBX) and the $3.5bn American Beacon Large Cap Value fund (AADEX). Additionally, PM Judd Peters has been removed from both

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Energy

MN Department of Commerce to hold home energy rebate hearing

BEMIDJI — The Minnesota Department of Commerce will host a Home Energy Rebate Program hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, in the Beaux Arts Ballroom at Bemidji State, 1500 Birchmont Drive NE. The Home Energy Rebate Program was funded through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which invests $500 billion in

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