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Donors gave $125M to keep foreign aid programs going after cuts
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration froze foreign assistance overnight, urgent efforts began to figure out how to continue critical aid programs that could be funded by private donors.
Multiple groups launched fundraisers in February and eventually, these emergency funds mobilized more than $125 million within ei ... (full story)
Book value, explained
Q: What's a company's book value? -- R.S., Anchorage, Kentucky
A: It's an accounting measure reflecting the company's total assets less its total liabilities -- in other words, it's shareholder equity, or what shareholders might get if the company were liquidated and debts and obligations were covered.
Book value is not as u ... (full story)
Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization. He thinks scientific innovation will curb it, and it's instead time for a "strategic pivot" in the global climate fight: from focusing on limiting rising temperatures to fighting poverty and preventing disea ... (full story)
AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how
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Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.
Data centers needed to fuel AI accounted for about 1.5% of the world's electricity consumption last yea ... (full story)
Father’s ‘none of your business’ triggers a cautionary tale
A column I wrote about surprise inheritances a few months ago resulted in a number of reader letters. Let me share one with you in full, because it tells a person's real experience, spelling out a cautionary tale:
"In the 1980s, when I was in my 40s, and my father in his 80s, we were discussing his estate planning, but he ... (full story)