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How Did Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (MLNX) Compare Against Top Hedge Fund Stocks in 2019?
We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged in 2019. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 57% each. Hedge funds’ top 3 stock picks returned 44.6% this year and beat the S&P 500 ETFs by …
GAO’s report on the Technology Modernization Fund puts OMB on the offensive
When it comes to reports from the Government Accountability Office, a strong majority of the time agencies go along to get along. Disagreeing with auditors just isn’t worth the effort, most federal managers would agree. But when there are cases where aggressively pushing back is almost mandatory, well, watching from the sidelines—like most of us …
€4.6m in funding through Regional Technology Clustering Fund announced
Twelve successful applicants representing academic institutions from across all regions have secured funding for their projects The €4.6 million fund provides a platform for engagement between enterprise and regionally based academic institutions – the institutes of technology (IoT) and technological universities (TU) – in order to drive productivity and competitiveness in and across the …
Princeville Capital Announces the Close of Its New Climate Technology Fund
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Princeville Capital, a global investment firm focused on backing fast-growing and disruptive technology companies, has announced the close of its new Climate Technology Fund, exceeding its fundraising target. The new fund invests in technology companies that are benefiting from and supporting the global transition to lower carbon economies and that have a fundamental …
Clean energy technology was thought to be uninvestable. One fund thinks otherwise
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Venture capital funding for clean energy technology companies has declined after years of lackluster performance drove investors to other sectors. But a new fund is making a big bet that it’s possible …
Pa. to fund research into fracking health dangers
article Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ( (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf) ) Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday his administration will spend $3 million on a pair of studies to explore the potential health effects of the natural gas industry, taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who …
Breaking down how coal company bankruptcies can impact the black lung fund
(WYMT) – The federal black lung disability fund is deeply indebted, some experts estimate it could be nearly $1 billion in debt. For miners or their widows who use it, it is where they get their benefits and health insurance. As major coal producers file for bankruptcy, most recently with Murray Energy, the fund continues …
South Dakota first responders receive $3.6 Million grant to fund new technology
RAPID CITY, SD — In recognition of National Rural Health Day in America, and in an effort to improve the cardiac system of care throughout the Upper Midwest, The Leona M. and Harry B.Helmsley Charitable Trust announced that it has awarded a grant of $3.6 million to equip every law enforcement agency in the state …
General election 2019: Lib Dems pledge £100bn climate fund over five years
Image copyright Getty Images A Liberal Democrat government would spend £100bn tackling the effects of climate change and protecting the environment, the party’s finance spokesman is set to announce. In a speech on Friday, Sir Ed Davey will say the five-year investment would “jump-start” efforts to combat the “climate emergency”. The pledge would be funded …
Voters back east metro school levies to fund operations, maintenance, technology – Twin Cities
It was an apparent school levy sweep for districts in the suburbs around St. Paul. Six districts in the eastern half of the Twin Cities metro had eight levies before voters Tuesday and unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State have all of them passing. The levies almost all asked for new money to …
