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image of blue-footed booby
en.wikipedia.org
blue-footed booby
image of horned screamer
ebird.org
horned screamer
image of new zealand king shag
nzbirdsonline.org.nz
new zealand king shag
image of dickcissel
www.allaboutbirds.org
dickcissel
image of hoary puffleg
ebird.org
hoary puffleg
image of dunnock
ebird.org
dunnock
image of andean ****-of-the-rock
ebird.org
andean ****-of-the-rock
image of bananaquit
en.wikipedia.org
bananaquit
image of splendid fairywren
ebird.org
splendid fairywren
image of little bustard
t2.gstatic.com
little bustard
image of smew
ebird.org
smew
image of long-tailed paradise whydah
ebird.org
long-tailed paradise whydah
image of kori bustard
ebird.org
kori bustard
image of kākā
ebird.org
kākā
image of potoo
en.wikipedia.org
potoo
image of european shag
ebird.org
european shag
any of these bird types have to be renamed too lol
Metro Bank plots capital-raise in bid to allay City concerns
Metro Bank, the high street lender, is drawing up plans to raise hundreds of millions of pounds of new capital in weeks in a bid to strengthen its troubled balance sheet.
Sky News has learnt that Metro Bank - the first new lender to open on Britain's high streets in over 100 years when it launched in 2010 - is working with advisers to secure several hundred million pounds in new debt and equity.
City sources said on Wednesday evening that the company had hired bankers at Morgan Stanley to work on the capital-raising plans, while Moelis, another investment bank, is also thought to be involved.
Royal Bank of Canada, Metro Bank's corporate broker, is also involved in the equity-raise.
Metro Bank's board, which is chaired by Robert Sharpe, a veteran banker, is exploring a range of options to shore up its troubled balance sheet.
WASHINGTON—The House passed a measure to extend government funding through mid-November after a coalition of Republicans and Democrats joined ranks to stave off a government shutdown, putting the matter squarely in the hands of the U.S. Senate.
The House voted 335-91 for the measure, which includes $16 billion in disaster relief but omits aid for Ukraine. That exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to clear the bill through the House, which considered the legislation under special procedures requiring a supermajority of votes.
Before the vote, House Republicans argued that the party had exhausted its options after dissident conservatives derailed an earlier plan, and said that the only choice now was to pass a bill extending funding at 2023’s $1.6 trillion annual rate through Nov. 17. That squares with major components of the approach being taken in the Senate, except that the Senate version includes an emergency $6 billion for Ukraine.
“I want to keep government open,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said after a closed-door conference meeting earlier Saturday, noting that the House still needs to pass eight of 12 spending bills. “I am asking Republicans and Democrats alike. Put your partisanship away. Focus on the American public.”
Some Democrats had worked to rally their members against the legislation, arguing against omitting aid for Ukraine and saying that Republicans had pulled a fast one by advancing a bill that they said would enable a pay raise for members of Congress. But Republicans moved to fix the cost-of-living increase matter, and also questioned why Democrats would be willing to shut down their own government in the name of supporting Ukraine.