Author: Isa Gonzalez-Montilla, Bill Spencer
Harris County has partnered with NPower, a national non-profit, to launch a $1.8 million tech training program for veterans and underserved young adults. The initiative offers a 20-week, tuition-free course starting in Fall 2025, designed to equip participants with essential technology and digital media skills. The program includes comprehensive support such as career development resources, resume writing assistance, and mock interviews. With potential job opportunities paying up to $100K annually, the program aims to create a new generation of tech professionals. Applications are currently open.Read More
Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today’s guests are Charles Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders, Bank of America’s Peter Galbo, Catalyst Brands’ Marc Rosen, Cambria Investment Management’s Meb Faber, US Treasury ’s Deputy Secretary Michael Faulkender, Seaport Research Partners’ Jay Goldberg, Constellation Research’s Ray Wang, Butterfly’s Adam Waglay and Harbinger Sports Partners Rashaun Williams, Steve Cannon and Jonathan Mariner. (Source: Bloomberg)Read More
Police in Cohasset, Massachusetts, are adding technology to their vehicle fleet that can alert drivers in the area that they are responding to an emergency.Read More
Insurance company Chubb reported a rise in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by improved underwriting performance and investment returns.Read More
Phoenix-Aid wins the business plan contest. It’s a company based in Oshkosh that developed a dressing for chronic wounds like diabetic foot ulcers.Read More
Mexican lender Banorte on Tuesday reported a 4% bump in its second-quarter net profit, boosted by an expanding loan book.Read More
Bar owners and staff who work near Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage are reacting to a shooting incident outside the Gaslight Lounge that left one man dead, and three other injured.Read More
Comcast and Charter Communications said on Tuesday they would establish a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that will use T-Mobile’s 5G network to serve wireless business customers, with plans to launch next year.Read More
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As competition in broadband and pay TV intensifies, Comcast and Charter’s new MVNO deal with T-Mobile underscores how the cable giants are seeking new growth opportunities by expanding into the business wireless market.Read More
Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil reported on Tuesday a swing to profit in the second quarter of 2025, surpassing analysts’ forecasts and fueled by foreign exchange gains from currencies across Latin America.Read More