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fund

[fuhnd] / fʌnd /




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CRT supporters raised £6,000 to fund dormouse surveys and habitat improvements across the charity's farms.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Babers is one of the first CRT farms to return positive dormouse results after a fundraising appeal to fund surveys and habitat improvements across its 16 properties.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The 400 richest Americans would collectively have performed better over the past 12 months had they invested their net worths in an S&P 500 index fund.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The estate set up a compensation fund that has paid more than $120 million to dozens of eligible victims and has resolved other claims outside the program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jamie Mai had just read You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, the book by Joel Greenblatt, the same fellow who had staked Mike Burry to his hedge fund.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“HUD’s appeal is still underway, and until these funds actually reach providers, the situation at our Hope Transitional Shelter remains critical,” the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Homelessness providers like shelters fear running out of cash if they can’t get executed contracts for federal funds, amid a fight between HUD and LAHSA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In tokenized form, funds, stocks and other assets can trade on the blockchain, the digital ledger that underpins many cryptocurrencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This points to yet another reason why the richest Americans should stick to index funds: There is an extremely high correlation between the S&P 500’s annual returns and the yearly increases in their combined wealth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

An outfit called FrontPoint Partners, soon to be wholly owned by Morgan Stanley, housed a collection of hedge funds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

This dual-language class is also a federally funded Head Start program — long considered a gold standard in early childhood education — and must integrate learning with each child’s cultural and linguistic upbringing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

She ran a youth group that was funded by the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A poorly funded HOA can leave homeowners facing higher dues, special assessments, deferred maintenance and, in the most extreme cases, difficulty obtaining financing when they want to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nor is there any indication of just how they would be funded.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The father disapproved of the stock market, but the payout from his death funded his son into it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

A rate increase by the Bank of Japan and expectations of further rate increases have since lent support to the yen, dimming its appeal as a funding currency for carry trades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Since April 1, the shelter has operated without $300,000 in promised government funding, covering half its budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He said cuts to British Transport Police funding had been "disastrous" and called for outsourced security and enforcement staff to be brought in-house "as a matter of urgency".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

An increase in the rate of the payroll tax from 12.4% to 13.4%, meanwhile, would close about 23% of the funding gap, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

For one thing, although he's a bona fide academic his funding actually comes from the Ministry of Defense—I know the financial codes they use.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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