Jo Ling Kent

Los Angeles

Senior Business and Tech Correspondent at CBS News

Senior Business & Tech Correspondent at @CBSNews

Articles

Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Madeleine May |Jo Ling Kent

What to know about Trump-linked crypto firm President Trump's venture into crypto products has increased his family's wealth by billions in the last six months, according to a new report, as his administration continues to loosen the federal government's regulatory approach to the digital currency industry as a whole.
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Madeleine May |Jo Ling Kent

1 day agoThe House Oversight Committee went hard after Biden but ignores mounting evidence of Trump’s profiteering. One of the more striking aspects of Elon Musk’s rampage through the federal government has been that it is, at least in theory, redundant. There already exist congressional bodies and powers …
Gosport Somerset Court fire residents left in limbo two years on

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Residents still in limbo two years after flats blazeJo KentBBCEmma and her four children have moved eight times in two years and are currently being housed in a caravanResidents who had to move out of their homes after a devastating fire at a block of flats are still in temporary accommodation two years on.
Florida stationery business owner sues Trump administration over tariffs: "We can't survive the short-term pain"

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jo Ling Kent

Small business owner sues Trump over tariffs Pensacola, Florida — Emily Ley has spent the last 17 years building Simplified, her small stationery business based in Pensacola, Florida. The company produces its planners in China, but for American shoppers. "I would love to make them here, but the U.S. simply doesn't have the infrastructure or the supply chain to do it," Ley told CBS News. That stationery is now subject to the recent slew of sky-high tariffs.
Titchfield BBC award winner keeps people dancing for 40 years

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award winner Pauline keeps people dancingJo KentBBCPauline Steel has raised more than £90,000 running her weekly tea dancesAs a dozen couples twirl on to the floor Pauline Steels tells them: "The next dance is the Tina Tango."Pauline may look an unlikely DJ, but she has been running weekly tea dances like this one at the Titchfield Community Centre in Hampshire, for 40 years.
BBC award winning Reading cafe brings community together

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award winning cafe brings community togetherBBCIt was Tutu Melaku's dream that her cafe would bring the community togetherIt is a Wednesday morning and Tutu's Ethopian Table in Reading's Palmer Park is busy. The coffee machine is in constant use, a home-learning session is taking place in the quietest corner and the other tables are full of chatter from the various groups which occupy them. There are now 16 groups that call the cafe home.
BBC award winning chickpea project promotes British values

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award-winning 'Chickpea' project teaches British valuesBBCMahmut Gunaydin devised the Life of a Chickpea project, which won him a BBC Make a Difference award"Imagine you are a chickpea," says the speaker. A hall full of children at John Henry Newman primary school in Oxford are eagerly listening. "Would you rather be in a soup, a salad, or a Noah's pudding?"This is not a cookery lesson, but a scheme which teaches children about the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.
A day in the life of therapy horse

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award-winning mini horse brings joy to care homeBBCThere were smiles all round when Mr Kelloggs visitedMr Kelloggs had to "reverse" into the lift at Eagles Mount care homeThere cannot be many horses that can fit in a lift, or would be happy to travel in one, but Mr Kelloggs takes it all in his stride. The 10-year-old British miniature horse works as a therapy animal, and the lift he is reversing into is at Eagles Mount Care Home in Poole.
Behind the scenes at repair cafe

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Cherished items saved at award winning repair cafeJo KentBBCOne of the challenges for volunteer Charles Bone was repairing a model shipIt is Winchester's answer to the popular BBC programme The Repair Shop and on a grey Saturday morning it is a hive of activity. The Repair Cafe is held at the Badger Farm Community Centre in the city once a month. Despite starting just over a year ago, word has quickly spread and its popularity was further boosted after it won a BBC Make a Difference Award.
Repair cafe to expand after award win

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Repair cafe to expand after BBC award winBBCWinchester Repair Cafe was started by a group of DIY enthusiasts, including Stuart KingA team of DIY enthusiasts who set up a group to fix household items and save them from going to landfill is preparing to expand after winning a BBC award. Winchester Repair Cafe was the winner of the green category at the BBC Radio Solent Make A Difference Awards, held in September.