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[fuhnd] / fʌnd /




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Anthropic said its proposed fund could support nonprofit organisations, and efforts to address AI's impact on the jobs market.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In a separate filing, Chairman Zhu Yiming proposed a one billion yuan to two billion yuan buyback over 12 months to fund employee incentive plans or reduce the company’s registered capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

A children's emergency fund should be set up to pay for improvements in services, she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, the BBC understands that Microsoft, which said it would fund a supercomputer at the site, has terminated its involvement.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

To help fund the war effort, the Hitler Youth went door-to-door, collecting brass, copper, scrap metal, razor blades, paper, and bottles to be recycled.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

In 2024, a new board of directors at Windrush found "the company's current financial position has been compromised through an outflow of funds to former directors and companies under their control".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“If it were that easy, there’d be a lot of hedge funds doing it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Beijing "will need to work faster to deploy the funds so as to hit the growth target," she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

In at least one case, California paid nearly $1 million in public funds for “vehicles that did not exist,” according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

All over the world corporations began to yank their money out of money market funds, and short-term interest rates spiked as they had never before spiked.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The share repurchase plan is pending board approval and will be funded by the company’s own capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

New campaign finance filings revealed that much of the advertising flurry was funded by one highly motivated donor: Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The project was funded by Croydon Council as a public asset, and a change in building regulations meant it "fought against five or six circumstantial elements beyond the normal challenges".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Journal also reported that Guilfoyle boasted of luxury trips and hotel stays funded by wealthy Greek businessmen, citing hundreds of messages, emails and other records, including recorded conversations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Maggie’s future schooling and living expenses were to be secretly funded by Elisha.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

WSJ | Buy Side: The best personal-loan lenders offer competitive rates, minimal fees, a range of loan amounts and fast funding times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It’s unbelievable,” Strickland said of the Nikola funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The UK government has conceded that more funding is necessary and has offered an additional £1.5bn over the next three years, with a first tranche of £525m to be paid this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

She proposed a "growth and investment reset" that ramps up funding to countries in need as part of a set of measures designed to provide sustained support at concessional rates.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

When responding to disasters, one challenge for PIH and all other NGOs has been to direct as much funding as possible into on-the-ground projects.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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