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Alma College and the City of Alma to Benefit From a $2-Million Federal Government Funding Bill
Center for Small Business Innovation, Incubation, and Development (BIID) for Mid-Michigan is expected to be operational 18 months after the earmark is received. The BIID project involves a number of key employers in the manufacturing community of Gratiot County. It will fill a currently vacant building in the city’s downtown business area.
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China's Economy Will Be Good in the Long Term
China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies. Advertisement Zhao Leiji, who heads China’s rubber stamp congress, was quoted as telling business people and other leaders attending the Boao Forum for Asia. China is the world’s second largest economy after the U.S. and has excelled in areas such as electric vehicles, solar and wind power, and high-speed trains.
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Read more at The Washington Post
Electric Forest Ranks No. 6 on USA Today’s 10 Best Music Festivals in the United States
Electric Forest is ranked No. 6 on USA Today’s 10 Best Music Festivals in the U.S. list, just ahead of Bonnaroo in Tennessee, Sea.Hear.Now in New Jersey, Austin City Limits, Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. More category nominations are still being voted on.
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Read more at MLive.com
Oklahoma Hunting and Fishing Licenses to Be Raised
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 941 into law on Tuesday. The new law raises the cost of an annual fishing license for adult residents of Oklahoma from $24 to $30. A new law increases the maximum age for people exempted from fishing and hunting license requirements from 16 to 18.
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Read more at Tulsa World
The Impacts of Higher Interest Rates on Financial Stability
Inflation-adjusted interest rates are well above post global financial crisis lows, while medium-term growth remains weak. Persistently higher interest rates raise the cost of servicing debt, adding to fiscal pressures and posing risks to financial stability. For a long time, debt dynamics remained very benign, that’s because real interest rates were significantly below growth rates. This reduced the pressure for fiscal consolidation and allowed public deficits and public debt to drift upwards.
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Read more at International Monetary Fund
The Coast Guard is Moving to Electronic Health Records
The Coast Guard has ramped up staffing and established a priority system to deal with a backlog of requests for copies of medical records. The goal is to ensure that members with the most urgent needs – such as retirees who must provide these records to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) PRIORITY 1: Records for members who are not within 180 days from separating from the Coast Guard.
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Collaborative Social Science Research - Eileen Johnson
The Roux Colab is a research endeavor based in the Roux Center for the Environment and founded by professors Shana Starobin and Eileen Johnson for collaborative social science research. With this funding, the team is evaluating the ability of communities to obtain public funds and how effectively municipalities communicate to their residents.
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Junghans 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2024
Sport timekeeping has a long tradition at Junghans. It began in the 1920s with the first hand stopwatches and continued at many major sporting events in the 20th century. The highlight was the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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Read more at Watchtime.com
Events in the Mid-Ohio Valley
A complete list of events can be found at artsbridgeonline.org Thursday March 28th Easter Scavenger Hunt for kids @ Parkersburg Library- Emerson Afterschool Movie- G and PG 8:00am - 5:30pm @ Marietta Public Library- 5th St Marietta OH Wildlife/ Nature Photography by Allison Buskirk. 11:00am- 7:00pm @ Grand Central Mall Adult Craft Night- Kelsey teaches mending 5:00pm - 6:00pm @ North Bend State Park Student Art Shows 10:00
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Janover Announces Financial Results for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2023
Janover Inc. Reports 54% Increase in Revenue Per Transaction in 2023 Revenue from Small Business Transactions Grows More Than 100% for Second Consecutive Year BOCA RATON, Fla., March 28, 2024. Key Financials Revenue per transaction increased 54% year-over-year for the year-ended December 31, 2023, and raised over $5.0 million in all common stock. The majority of the increase was due to increased compensation, benefits and stock-based compensation expense during fiscal 2023.
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Read more at Yahoo Finance