Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s national chip champions expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year, despite US efforts to restrict their development of advanced technologies. The country’s biggest chipmaker SMIC has put together new semiconductor
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Guam’s latest proposed budget was hailed by analysts who said its approach should be copied by other U.S. territories. Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero proposed a 5.9% bigger general fund budget for fiscal 2025 days after Moody’s Investors Service raised the territory’s general obligation bonds to investment grade (Baa3) from speculative grade (Ba1); the first time
Municipals sold off Monday following U.S. Treasuries, which saw another session of large losses, as investors digested the likelihood of later and fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts. . Equities ended down. Triple-A muni yields rose 10 to 13 basis points, with the largest losses on the short end, while USTs saw yields rise 11 to14
Some insurance companies are pulling back coverage from fire- and flood-prone areas, leaving homeowners with limited affordable options. This trend may even affect the property value of American homes, experts say. The nation’s largest homeowner’s insurance company, State Farm, stopped accepting new applications for policies on property in California in May. Allstate announced in November
This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2023 shows an advertisement in front of a real estate for sales in Millbrae, California, the United States. The sales of previously owned homes in the United States dropped 2.2 percent in July from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, the National Association of
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US private equity firms are rushing to take advantage of lower borrowing costs by loading debt on to their portfolio companies and then using the cash to pay dividends to themselves and their investors. Corporate
The gig economy seems to be here to stay. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 70.4 million freelancers, and that number has been growing for the past few years. By 2028, it is projected that there will be upwards of 90 million gig workers who will constitute close to 50% of the domestic
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor February 2, 2024 Wheaton College a private Christian school outside Chicago is criticizing Fox News for running a column accusing the institution of abandoning its Christian bonafides in favor of becoming “woke.” The claims in the column are “incendiary,” Wheaton College President Philip Ryken said in a statement released
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor February 1, 2024 Michigan parents are suing a public school district over the claim district employees began socially transitioning their daughter without their consent, purportedly concealing these efforts in the process. Listen to them on the latest episode of Quick Start ? Dan and Jennifer Mead have sued the Rockford Public
Live long and prosper? — Humans are living longer than ever no matter where they come from Disease outbreaks and human conflicts help dictate regional differences in longevity. Elizabeth Rayne – Feb 4, 2024 12:22 pm UTC EnlargeCatherine Falls Commercial reader comments 87 Most of us want to stay on this planet as long as
Loading… Loading… MX Technologies, the fintech known for automating money experiences,announced the launch of Customer Analytics, which can help financial services providers with enhanced transaction data and insights to reduce costs and boost engagement. MX describedthe launch as a game changer, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling organizations to harness the power of data
actually 23 hours and 58 minutes this time — The 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona put on very close racing for a record crowd The around-the-clock race marked the start of the North American racing calendar. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Feb 3, 2024 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / The current crop of GTP hybrid prototypes
Iran used two of the UK’s biggest banks to covertly move money around the world as part of a vast sanctions-evasion scheme backed by Tehran’s intelligence services. Lloyds and Santander UK provided accounts to British front companies secretly owned by a sanctioned Iranian petrochemicals company based near Buckingham Palace, according to documents seen by the
In this article RIVN NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding when the Federal Reserve will start to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Iran’s best-known moderate Hassan Rouhani was being blocked from the powerful body with responsibility to appoint the country’s supreme leader, his hardline successor as president, Ebrahim Raisi, was handed a clear run at the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US forces have carried out a second phase of air strikes in response to the deaths of three American troops in Jordan last weekend, this time hitting targets in Yemen where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have
In this article MAA AVB CPT JBGS EQR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy of the equation. So they can charge whatever the
In this article BP.-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Company: BP plc BP provides energy products and services to its customers. The company’s segments include
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran and Iraq have warned that a wave of US strikes against militants backed by Tehran could trigger greater instability across the region. The US military said it hit 85 targets at seven facilities in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US carried out strikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday, hitting targets that included elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in retaliation for a drone attack killed three American troops based in Jordan.