Trump presses Federal Reserve to cut rates
President Trump again pressed the Federal Reserve to cut interbank lending rates as the administration’s sweeping tariffs are ...
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The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts
CalMatters: Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this ...
European markets close higher ahead of Fed rate decision; German defense stocks fall
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 0.19% higher, as sectors and major bourses diverged. Germany's DAX snapped a ...
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Under pressure
US research has been under political pressure for some time. Examples include regulatory overreach on federal stem-cell research informed more by religion than scientific arguments, a growing vaccine ...
Ally Faces Challenging Conditions but the Long-Term Picture Remains Healthy
Ally is in a solid financial position with a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 9.8% and an allowance for future credit losses of 2.73% of total loans at the end of December 2024. This strength is ...
In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is the latest in a succession of extreme rainfall events to wreak havoc on coastal communities in ...
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Trump Administration’s Indirect Cost Guidance’s Impact on NIH and Other Grant Recipients
The guidance caps the indirect cost rate to 15% The District of Massachusetts has enjoined the National Institutes of Health from enforcing the guidance Entities receiving grant funding can be ...
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NIH Nominee Skirts Questions on Plan to Cut Indirect Cost Rates
While direct research costs include easily quantifiable line items such as researcher salaries, indirect cost rates support harder-to-quantify costs that may contribute to multiple different research ...
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ASCO Joins Specialty Groups in Urging NIH to Reconsider New Policy on Indirect Cost Cuts
In a March 5 letter to the agency, the organizations—led by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons —said they are deeply concerned about the policy, which ...
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The Federal Administration's Recent Executive Orders and How They Affect Federal Proposals and Awards
NIH Limitations on Indirect Cost Rates. March 5, 2025 - A federal judge in MA issued a preliminary injunction to replace a temporary restraining order on the NIH action to reduce indirect cost rates ...
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US judge bars Trump administration from cutting medical school research funding from NIH
The lawsuits were filed after NIH on February 7 announced it would be sharply reducing the rate at which it reimburses research institutions for "indirect costs" related to achieving a ...