Philanthropic footprint Allen Family Philanthropies reported a milestone year in 2025, distributing a total of $59 million to 136 organizations. Of that, 55 new grants were approved during the year, totaling $36 million, according to the foundation’s Year in Review 2025 report. Executive Director Lara Littlefield wrote that the foundation has increasingly organized its grantmaking…
Shares of Figma (FIG +12.55%) surged 11.9% as of 1:20 p.m. ET on Monday. There’s no splashy headline to explain the move. Instead, the recovery from all-time lows smells like a short squeeze. Image source: Getty Images. The spark behind this surge Heading into today, 42.4% of Figma’s float was sold short. That’s an enormous…
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that an underutilized New York Police Department parking lot in Manhattan’s East Village will be redeveloped as mixed-use housing. The site, at 324 East Fifth Street, is slated for approximately 131 affordable housing units, 30 percent of which will be reserved for formerly homeless New Yorkers. The mixed-use project was…
A pedestrian passes the seal of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency displayed outside the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday issued guidance that experts say could reduce banks’ lending to certain unauthorized immigrants, the latest move by…
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Mastercard acquired a majority stake in the UK’s Vocalink nearly a decade ago to expand beyond its card-centric model. Now, the payments giant may be preparing to reverse course. Vocalink provides the technology that supports nearly all UK payroll and government benefit payments, as well as more than 70% household bill payments. While the acquisition…
The second quarter of 2026 produced a notable shift in fraud-related mortgage lending risks, according to wire and title fraud prevention firm FundingShield, which monitors mortgage fraud activity across its more than $120 billion portfolio. At an average of 2.3 issues per problematic transaction, the prevalence of fraudulent activity in the second quarter remained below…
Aged in ex-bourbon and Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon barrels, Compoveda Añejo bridges the worlds of whiskey, bourbon, wine, and tequila together STUART, Fla., July 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Compoveda Tequila proudly announces the launch of Compoveda Añejo, the latest expression in the brand’s growing portfolio and a defining milestone in its commitment to premium craftsmanship…