Allegiance

• Allegiance Gold proudly announces that it has been awarded the 749th ranking on Inc. 5000’s highly prestigious list of the fastest-growing, privately-held, for-profit companies in the U.S.
• The 2023 Inc. 5000 list also names Allegiance Gold as the 46th fastest growing financial services firm in the U.S., the 109th fastest growing firm in California, and 44th fastest growing firm in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area.
• Guided by its mission to help individuals protect their wealth and retirement accounts by diversifying and investing in physical precious metals such as gold and silver, Allegiance Gold witnessed a remarkable 800% growth rate between 2019 and 2022.
• Allegiance Gold CEO Mark Naaman says, “From a modest dream to a remarkable reality, our journey over the past decade has been a truly astonishing success worth celebrating.

• Since 2021, at least 28 states have adopted measures that restrict how teachers can teach the history of racism in the U.S.
• Some observers have posited that the wave of new education laws will have a chilling effect on how history is taught.
• But a close look at these laws shows that they are generally written so broadly that they can’t effectively stop teachers from teaching history in a way that’s fair, accurate and true.

Weaknesses seen

• Critical race theory is a concept that holds that racism is not just something that takes place among individuals, but rather has been embedded in American law and policy.
• Some, such as law professor Jonathan Feingold, go so far as to say most of the laws actually call for more CRT, not less.
• However, I do see a lot of leeway and loopholes in the laws.

Focus on the free market

• To make this more relatable to children, teachers could discuss something that every child understands: food and hunger.
• Teachers can point out that for all the prowess of America’s free market, before the Civil War, that free market was largely dependent on the violence and forced labor that slavery involved.

Examining the concept of liberty

• So were most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, which famously describes liberty as an “inalienable” God-given right.
• Teachers could also examine the starkly different visions of liberty that developed over time.

Paying homage to freed men in battle

• This serves as a great reason to teach about formerly enslaved men – including those who were awarded the Medal of Honor – who joined the Union army and helped defeat the Confederacy.
• By studying these men and the reason they received these medals, students will learn the role that Black people themselves played in the abolition of slavery – the largest expansion of liberty in American history.

• Tax equivalent net interest margin was 4.80% for the first quarter of 2023 as compared to 4.71% in the fourth quarter of 2022.
• Book value per share was $27.14 for the first quarter 2023 compared to $26.12 for the fourth quarter 2022.
• Tangible book value per share increased to $15.24(1) for the first quarter 2023 from $14.02(1) for the fourth quarter 2022.
• Stellar’s net interest income in the first quarter 2023 increased $213 thousand, or 0.2%, from $115.6 million for the fourth quarter 2022.

• HOUSTON, Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allegiance Staffing LLC ("Allegiance") announces today the appointment of Danny Minor as president.
• Danny Minor was elected Allegiance Staffing president after 20+ years of service to the company.
• Mr. Minor is replacing Tom Landry, who has been the President of Allegiance since the inception of the company in 2002.
• He pushed the boundaries of what was capable in the staffing industry to elevate the quality of Allegiance Staffing.