Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran and Hizbollah on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after a suspected Israeli air strike on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus killed seven Revolutionary Guard officers, including two ranking commanders. Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi said that Monday
Singapore topped the list on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s business environment ranking. franckreporter | E+ | Getty Images Singapore, Denmark and U.S. are the best places in the world to conduct business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit business environment ranking. “Singapore will remain the best geography in the world to do business, as it
Private activity bonds issued for Los Angeles International Airport’s multi-billion-dollar people mover project were affirmed at junk by Fitch Ratings last week as the public-private project’s completion date was pushed out another six months. Fitch affirmed the speculative-grade BB-plus rating on California Municipal Finance Authority’s $1.2 billion senior lien revenue bonds issued on behalf of
Munis were little changed Monday as U.S. Treasuries sold off and equities ended mixed. Following the conclusion of the first quarter, munis are seeing losses for the year with the asset class returning negative 0.39% for the year and March returns were at 0.00%, noted Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities. The
Three senior members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed on Monday in an air strike on the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, an attack that Tehran has blamed on Israel. The death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, a prominent commander of the Revolutionary Guards, marks a significant escalation in hostilities that have engulfed
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Loading… Loading… Shares of publicly listed firms such asSuper Micro Computerand Nvidiahave sparked investment discussions on social media platforms. While many seemingly joke about market volatility, others, with a more earnest approach, seek to learn. Navigating through the noiseis challenging. That's where StockTwits comes in. Established in 2009 following the Global Financial Crisis, StockTwits spent
The Brazilian fintech Stark Bank, backed by Jeff Bezos, has seen a significant rise in profits while effectively managing its funding. What Happened: Stark Bank, a Sao Paulo-based company, has witnessed a three-fold increase in its payment processing business, reaching 155 billion reais ($31 billion) in 2023. This expansion has resulted in a doubling of
Loading… Loading… On Tuesday, large-cap indices experienced a downturn, while small caps surged, reflecting investor attention on stock valuations. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF IWM climbed by over 1%, on track for its fourth consecutive session of gains, representing the lengthiest streak since late 2023. Blue-chip stocks declined by 0.4%, while the Nasdaq 100 dipped
Sean “Diddy” Combs aggressively marketed himself to the ultra-rich as he turned his edgy rap glamor into a billion-dollar fortune. Billionaires told The Post he would cold email with business proposals, while other Wall Streeters acclaimed him as a “genius” and one CEO of the New York Stock Exchange called him an “inspiration” on a
Loading… Loading… Digital investment brokerage Webull Corporation faced significant obstacles in its quest to go public, largely attributed to its cryptocurrency offerings, as disclosed by the companys U.S. CEO on Wednesday. The online brokerage, aiming for a U.S. listing through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) SK Growth Opportunities Corp. SKGR , has
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was leading against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party in Sunday’s pivotal municipal elections, according to preliminary returns. İmamoğlu was ahead of Erdoğan’s mayoral candidate Murat Kurum by 8 percentage
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Utilities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Thames Water’s owners will start urgent restructuring talks in the coming days as parent company Kemble risks entering insolvency within weeks unless lenders agree to a debt-for-equity deal, according to people familiar with the matter. Alvarez
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It was a grim irony that as new questions were swirling over the future of debt-laden Thames Water — Britain’s largest water utility — this weekend, the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race had to go ahead
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Online fast-fashion giant Shein has more than doubled its profits as it awaits regulatory approval from Beijing to go ahead with its blockbuster listing in New York or London. Shein hit a record of more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers have accepted that Thames Water bills will have to rise, as they seek to persuade investors to put more money into the troubled company and stop it sliding towards a politically disastrous nationalisation. Steve
Once again, for those who didn’t pay attention during Econ 101, if you artificially hike the price of labor, you reduce demand for workers. In California, this is playing out in terms of lost jobs, increased automation, and other consequences that result when politicians signal a unicorns-and-rainbows vision of the marketplace to their allies and
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Former President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports to the United States would hike prices and cost the average American household $1,500 annually. That’s the sobering conclusion reached by a new economic analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP) Action Fund, a left-leaning think tank and advocacy organization.