WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following Monthly Budget Review for December 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * The federal budget deficit totaled $710 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. That amount is $200 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. Outlays were $175 billion (or 11 percent) higher, and revenues were $25 billion (or 2 percent) lower. That chang  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Lightning Power on the successful repricing of its existing US$1.75 billion term loan credit facility. This transaction is expected to close in February 2025 and to result in interest expense savings of approximately US$17.5 million annually. Lightning Power's portfolio is composed of 18 natural gas-fired power projects owned by LS Power, strategically assembled to c  more