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Jay Leno’s latest hosting gig involves a classic car, an airport construction site and municipal bonds. Clad in denim and sitting behind the wheel of a 1930 Duesenberg, the renowned TV personality and car enthusiast promoted an upcoming bond deal in a video for Hollywood Burbank Airport — giving a twist to the typically-staid marketing roadshow for potential investors.  The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has enlisted Leno to help sell some $379 million in airport revenue bonds to finance its terminal relocation project. The new 355,000 square-foot terminal is scheduled to open in October and see heavy use in coming years,…

PANAMA CITY, January 29, 2026. CAF— Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – today announced the launch of its Children and Youth Bond Programme, a financing platform of up to USD 1 billion aimed at mobilizing capital for social projects focused on children, adolescents and young people across the region. The announcement was made during CAF’s International Economic Forum in Panama.The Children and Youth Bond Programme is a core capital markets pillar of CAF LAC Future Bank, CAF’s long-term initiative to place children and youth at the center of development financing. CAF’s LAC Future Bank initiative was presented…

Protected areas safeguard important refuges for wildlife, but a major new analysis suggests they cover only a small fraction of the ranges used by the world’s large carnivores – leaving many species exposed to habitat loss, persecution and other human pressures. Published in Science Advances and reported by Mongabay, the study mapped the distributions of dozens of carnivore species against the global network of protected areas and human activity. The authors found that for many predators – from wolves and big cats to smaller specialist carnivores – significant parts of their ranges lie outside formally protected boundaries, where threats are…

Foundation, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has launched specialist products for large HMOs (houses of multiple occupation) and short-term lets. The lender has also cut fixed rates on a number of standard, standard HMO and MUFB (multi-unit freehold block) products. Foundation temporarily withdrew products last month, citing volatility, but reintroduced them after the markets settled.   Growing markets The new large HMO products include a two-year fixed rate at 5.29% with a 3% fee and a five-year fixed rate at 5.99% with a 4% fee. The short-term let products include a two-year fixed rate at 5.19% with a 3% fee…

Pyth aggregates pricing data from more than 125 institutions, including exchanges and market makers.Crypto NewsPrediction market platform Kalshi has chosen Pyth Network as the data source for settling contracts on its newly launched Commodities Hub. Kalshi announced the partnership on Wednesday. Pyth’s real-time price feeds will determine outcomes on event contracts tied to oil, gold, silver, copper, lithium, soybeans, and other physical assets.Pyth aggregates pricing data from more than 125 institutions, including exchanges and market makers. The network delivers real-time feeds continuously, across multiple asset classes and time zones. Douro Labs CEO Mike Cahill, whose firm leads Pyth’s research and…

Major mortgage lenders set to make more rate reductions after last week’s cuts Belfast Telegraph Source link

Dr Clare FitzGerald and Dr Alec Fraser were invited by Macmillan Cancer Support and Social Finance to act as ‘learning partners’ on the development of the Neighbourhood Transformation Fund (NTF). The first of these, the £10 million West Hertfordshire Neighbourhood Integrator (WHNI) was launched in September 2025 and funded by Macmillan to shift the care of those at risk of frailty from hospital to the community. Social Finance and Macmillan had previously collaborated on the Macmillan End of Life Care Social Investment Fund and wanted to adapt their approach to improve the integration of the whole spectrum of heath and…

Kalshi Launches ‘Commodities Hub’ That Offers Gold And Oil Markets Prediction market Kalshi has launched a new Commodities Hub that offers betting on oil, gold (TVC: $GOLD), lithium, and other commodities and their related events. Kalshi has tapped crypto oracle protocol Pyth as a data provider for its new Commodities Hub, which is essentially an interface for the prediction markets.  The Commodities Hub is taking bets on how high or low commodities like crude oil, lithium, and soybeans will go.  More From Cryptoprowl: The new markets focused on commodities and their price movements comes amid surging interest in prediction markets,…

Few dividend-paying companies in the utilities sector can claim what this regulated water, wastewater, and electric service provider has achieved over more than nine decades of continuous operation: 50+ consecutive years of annual dividend increases, paired with a 7% 3-year dividend CAGR that ranks in the top 40% of all dividend stocks. That combination of longevity and growth rate is the central reason this stock earns its place in a portfolio built around compounding income, and it reflects a business that has proven it can fund dividend raises not through financial engineering, but through genuine, recurring cash flow generation tied…

Calgary police have laid charges in a huge bank imposter scam that cost victims about $1.3 million. Investigators say scammers called people, pretending to be their bank and claiming accounts had been compromised. The calls were convincing enough with detailed personal and financial information already in hand, according to police. Victims were talked into sharing login details and PINs, then told to hand over their bank cards by courier. Those cards were used to drain cash and buy gift cards and high-end items. Police linked more than 80 reports consistent with the scam in 2025, and 15 scams from March…