Among the many corporations that pay a dividend, some do so unpredictably and irregularly. Others rarely raise their payouts — perhaps once every few years — while others still quickly resort to dividend cuts once the going gets rough. Those companies that can regularly pay and raise their dividends and …

At Tuesday’s debate, Mr. Trump repeated his claim that he can end the war and refused to say if defending Ukraine was in America’s national security interests. Source link

Warming temperatures are making farming much more difficult in the tropics. Food systems across island nations in the Caribbean and Pacific are particularly vulnerable, being hit hard by a combination of heat waves, droughts, and unseasonal rain. And the impact of climate change in these areas is likely to increase …