NYC Health + Hospitals unveils new public mural at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln The Community Mural Project is believed to be the largest public hospital mural program in the country since the 1930s The nine new murals build on the 26 murals created in the first wave of the project March 22, 2024 Artist Dister … Read more
Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country, the Southwest Florida housing market is relatively full of for-sale inventory. “I think one of the main trends we’re seeing is that our total inventory is up 60% year over year compared to 2023,” said PJ Smith, president of Naples Regional Council of Realtors and broker owner … Read more
California’s home insurance crisis deepens as the largest private insurer, State Farm, announced it will end coverage for 72,000 homeowners starting this summer, the peak of wildfire season. The Illinois-based insurer issued a press release Wednesday saying it would not renew policies on 30,000 homes and 42,000 condos in California, which the company said represents … Read more
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We’ve all seen this movie before. The cryptocurrency market, once down and out, is now a favorite among investors. The entire asset class is worth $2.5 trillion today, up roughly 200% from the start of 2023. Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), one of the most speculative digital tokens on the market, has benefited immensely. Its price has … Read more
Ping An Insurance (Group), China’s largest insurer by market capitalization, said its 2023 earnings fell to a five-year low as strong sales of new policies were offset by setbacks in their asset management businesses and technology investments. Its net profit fell 23 percent year-on-year to 85.67 billion yuan ($11.9 billion), according to a stock exchange … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission is waging a vigorous legal campaign to classify Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency, as a security, according to US companies that have received subpoenas related to the investigation. The news deals a further blow to the crypto industry’s hopes that the agency will approve applications from BlackRock and others … Read more
As we’ve seen over the past few years, one of the biggest drivers of inflation has been car insurance – with the cost of car insurance rising by over 20% in the past year alone. In five years, rates have risen 88% in Florida and 50% in New York, Nevada and Colorado, to name a … Read more
Morocco has demonstrated significant interest in cryptocurrencies, ranking 13th on the crypto adoption list. As of 2022, 4.9% of the total population owned some form of cryptocurrency in Morocco. In June 2022, Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), announced that it was working on a bill to regulate crypto. The draft was published in January … Read more
PETER HANCOCK, JENNIFER FULLER and ALEX ABEDUTO Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — The proposal by Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s sweeping reforms to the state’s health insurance industry passed a committee Thursday and will soon reach the full House for consideration. Pritzker first outlined the proposal in his State of the State address in February, insisting … Read more