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Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Just one in 50 people who plan to vote Labour in next week’s general election believes the party would cut public spending if it came to power, according to the latest polling data. The YouGov survey was commissioned by the Invest in Britain campaign, which calls for greater public investment in the UK, and was launched by the Economic Change Unit, an organisation that promotes new economic thinking. The campaign said the poll showed “a significant disconnect between Labour’s public investment plans and…

We live in a very different world since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Global military spending hit $2.4 trillion last year, startups want a share of it, and previously reluctant investors are eager to back them. The U.S. budget is by far the largest, awarding $53 billion worth of contracts to major tech companies between 2019 and 2022. But the rise of defense tech as an investment trend is truly global. Germany-based AI startup Helsing is a prime example of the unprecedented scale of capital available to technology companies with military…

Despite the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target, long-run consumer price inflation in the United States has averaged … [+] The annual inflation rate over the past three years has been 5.4%, indicating investors need to be wary of eroding purchasing power.Getty Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) share many characteristics with typical U.S. Treasury securities, including semi-annual coupon payments and backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. These bonds differ in that the principal and interest are inflation-adjusted based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) lagged three months. The value of the principal is adjusted based on inflation,…

2024 Metro East Startup ChallengeSIUE PhotographyEDWARDSVILLE — Entrepreneurs and new business startups are invited to participate in the 2024 Metro East Startup Challenge, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 11th annual regional business plan competition.The MESC is hosted by SIUE’s Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center. The goal of the challenge is to identify, encourage and support entrepreneurs and new businesses throughout the SBDC’s service area, which includes Jersey, Calhoun, Madison, Bond, Clinton, St. Clair, Washington, Monroe and Randolph counties.The contest continues to expand, with plans to add Fayette and Montgomery counties in 2021 and Macoupin County in 2023.Article continues below…

Welcome to my new chapter where we explore the latest and greatest technology. Today, we are going to take a closer look at a revolutionary technology coming out of Google’s technology labs. It’s all about facial recognition technology, and it could change the way we think about security. No longer limited to unlocking your smartphone, facial recognition technology is slowly but surely making its own mark in the realm of security. Google has been field testing this cutting edge technology behind locked doors and gates, literally.Google’s foray into facial recognition technologyGoogle has been experimenting with facial recognition technology at a…

Jonathan Knight must face the harsh realities of starting a business in the new episode. Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Renovation. The New Kids on the Block star’s HGTV home renovation spinoff series follows his journey as he transforms an abandoned 12-acre campground in New Hampshire into a vacation destination in just six months. In an exclusive first look at Tuesday’s episode (above), Jonathan, 55, meets with his brother Jordan Knight for some business advice after a tree falls on one of the cabins on the property. “It would probably cost about $20,000 more to fix this than it would cost to…

Everyone is debating whether Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race because his debate performance seemed to confirm the suspicion of his intellectual disability. Many people are approaching this issue with their hearts and not their heads. We understand politicians, some of us like Biden, and we don’t want to disappoint him. But the only thing that matters is defeating former President Donald Trump.Biden is a very successful man. He’s spent most of his adult life in public service, which is a euphemism for impacting other people’s lives while earning a decent salary and self-satisfied perks. Biden has been…

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debated at CNN’s Atlanta studios on June 27. Will Ranzoni/CNN President Joe Biden’s campaign has been working hard behind the scenes to keep the Democratic base around him, with advisers vigilantly policing any current or former officeholders who speak ill of the president or publicly suggest he should step down. Former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who served with Biden in the Senate for decades, rushed to fire off a scathing letter to friends after the debate. “All sitting Democratic Senators should write to Mr. Biden urging them to remove their delegates, step…

June has already been a big recruiting month for Oklahoma’s wide receiver corps. With just two players at the position coming into the spring, the Sooners needed to make a move to acquire their top target, and they have done just that. Emmett Jones recruited two four-star recruits this month, landing the star player from Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei. Marcus Harris The Lancaster (Texas) star on an official visit Emmanuel Choice That’s above Texas A&M, TCU and USC. While the choice wasn’t much of a surprise, Harris certainly was. He scheduled his official visit within 24 hours of arriving…

Doha: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Doha on Sunday and reviewed bilateral ties focusing on politics, trade, investment, energy, technology, culture and people-to-people ties.Jaishankar, who arrived here on a one-day visit, also exchanged views with Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed, who is also the Minister for External Affairs, on the regional and global situation.”Delighted to meet the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar @MBA_AlThani_ in Doha this afternoon. I conveyed the greetings and warm blessings of Prime Minister @narendramodi to His Highness the Amir and to him,” Jaishankar said…