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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently emphasized USDA’s ongoing commitment to connecting local farmers and producers with schools nationwide that serve meals to about 30 million children every school day.

Secretary Vilsack pointed to the Department’s recent investment of $500 million for schools to purchase local, unprocessed foods as the latest in a series of actions to support school meals through nutritious,

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Former Tampa Bay Rays ace Charlie Morton is set to continue pitching in 2025. Morton just turned 41 years old on Tuesday but will keep his career going for an 18th season.

Jeff Passan of ESPN had the information in a lengthy piece regarding free agency this year.

Charlie Morton,

 » Read more about: Charlie Morton Plans to Come Back in 2025, Could Tampa Bay Rays Look to Bring Him Back?  »

Former Ireland managerial candidate Neil Lennon says he is looking for a fresh opportunity in management – and admits it could be his “last” role before retirement.

Lennon was favourite at one stage to replace Stephen Kenny after meeting with an FAI delegation in late-January, but he was told two weeks later that he was out of the running for the role.

 » Read more about: Former Ireland managerial candidate outlines retirement plans as he looks for ‘last’ job  »

Roth MKM raised the firm’s price target on Uranium Energy (UEC) to $10.50 from $10.25 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. On November 8, 2024, Uranium Energy announced the results of an Initial Economic Assessment for the Roughrider project. The firm believes this IEA supports its prior views that this is a world class asset.

 » Read more about: Uranium Energy price target raised to $10.50 from $10.25 at Roth MKM  »

Key Points

• The 2025 Social Security Cost of living adjustment is only 2.,5%
• High-yield dividend stocks that are safe make sense now
• President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts are expected to remain in place
• Seniors looking for higher-yielding investments may want to contact a qualified financial advisor.

 » Read more about: Baby Boomers Should Buy These 10% and More Ultra-High-Yield Stocks Hand-Over-Fist  »

A high risk/reward permutation is pretty much applicable to every energy Alternative Investment Market (AIM) stock. Many overpromise only to fizzle out.

So, to pick winners in London’s junior market, I adopt a spot of bottom-up analysis – i.e. place emphasis on the individual stock’s financials while reducing focus on macroeconomic and market cycles to a certain extent.

 » Read more about: Investors should consider buying this energy AIM stock, up 50% in the past year  »

 » Read more about: Wall Street sets record for new supply of bonds tied to consumer debt in 2024  »

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday to set up compressed biogas projects in the State, with a proposed investment of ₹65,000 crore.

The investment will create employment for around 2,50,000 people with an estimated financial benefit of around ₹57,650 crore in State Goods &

 » Read more about: Reliance Industries to invest ₹65,000 crore in A.P. to set up compressed biogas projects  »

Shipping, Labour, and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) M Sakhawat Hossain today encouraged Derek Loh, the non-resident Singaporean high commissioner to Bangladesh, to consider investing in Bangladesh’s port infrastructure and shipping industry.

The request was made when Derek Loh paid a courtesy call at the adviser’s office at the Secretariat.

 » Read more about: Adviser Sakhawat urges Singapore to invest in Bangladesh’s ports development  »

Nvidia (NVDA) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock’s performance in the near term.

Shares of this maker of graphics chips for gaming and artificial intelligence have returned +5.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite’s +3.3% change.

 » Read more about: Here is What to Know Beyond Why NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is a Trending Stock  »