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The interior of a new New York City Subway car in 2023. This week the MTA board approved buying 435 new cars.Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority had a turbulent 2024. Now, although some uncertainties about its funding remain, the agency is readying its finances for 2025.  The state agency that
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Ed Oswald, a tax partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington D.C.Burwell Photography – John Burwe A report from the Congressional Budget Office outlining ways to reduce the budget deficit includes the possibility of eliminating new tax-exempt qualified activity bonds, a tactic that has failed in the past.  “In connection with the enactment of
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“We’re almost there,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters of trying to negotiate a continuing resolution four days before government funding expires.Bloomberg News Congressional leaders were scrambling Tuesday to negotiate a short-term funding bill ahead of a looming Friday midnight government shutdown deadline. The continuing resolution, which was expected to be released Tuesday, would
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU confronts huge challenges. These include accelerating innovation, deepening financial integration, protecting its security and maintaining the values of freedom, democracy and social welfare on which its society has been built since the second
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“We think the FOMC will deliver a ‘hawkish cut,'” lowering the fed funds range to a range between 4.25% and 4.50%,” said BNP Paribas Chief U.S. Economist James Egelhof. “Chair [Jerome] Powell will likely use the press conference to open up optionality for a pause in further easing of undefined length.” The Federal Open Market
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IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) Dec 17 2024 The ICOD (Improving Condition in Down syndrome) project, a pioneering study in addressing the cognitive difficulties associated with Down syndrome, has demonstrated the safety of treatment with the molecule AEF0217, developed by the French biotech Aelis Farma, as well as its effectiveness in improving cognitive
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RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Dec 17 2024 New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has explained how the body’s internal clock influences the inflammatory process of the immune system. The findings describe how immune cells, called macrophages, work differently at various times of the day and could pave the
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Bitcoin’s record rally topped $107,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that he plans to create a US bitcoin strategic reserve similar to its strategic oil reserve, stoking the enthusiasm of crypto bulls. Investor sentiment also got a lift from the inclusion of MicroStrategy into the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index that will likely lead to more inflows for the software firm turned bitcoin buyer. Bitcoin, the world’s
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By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Dec 17 2024 While AI tools accelerate data collection, a study reveals significant inaccuracies in policy interpretation, particularly in African and Eastern Mediterranean regions. Study:  Evaluating generative artificial intelligence’s limitations in health policy identification and interpretation . Image Credit: Thapana_Studio/Shutterstock.com Scientists at the Georgetown University
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IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) Dec 17 2024 The ICOD (Improving Condition in Down syndrome) project, a pioneering study in addressing the cognitive difficulties associated with Down syndrome, has demonstrated the safety of treatment with the molecule AEF0217, developed by the French biotech Aelis Farma, as well as its effectiveness in improving cognitive
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RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Dec 17 2024 New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has explained how the body’s internal clock influences the inflammatory process of the immune system. The findings describe how immune cells, called macrophages, work differently at various times of the day and could pave the
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Bitcoin’s record rally topped $107,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that he plans to create a US bitcoin strategic reserve similar to its strategic oil reserve, stoking the enthusiasm of crypto bulls. Investor sentiment also got a lift from the inclusion of MicroStrategy into the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index that will likely lead to more inflows for the software firm turned bitcoin buyer. Bitcoin, the world’s
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By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Dec 17 2024 While AI tools accelerate data collection, a study reveals significant inaccuracies in policy interpretation, particularly in African and Eastern Mediterranean regions. Study:  Evaluating generative artificial intelligence’s limitations in health policy identification and interpretation . Image Credit: Thapana_Studio/Shutterstock.com Scientists at the Georgetown University
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