Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nearly nine-tenths of the foreign money that flowed into China’s stock market in 2023 has already left, spurred by mounting doubts about Beijing’s willingness to take serious action to boost flagging growth. Since
Municipals were steady to slightly firmer Wednesday as inflows returned to muni mutual funds. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 60%, the three-year at 60%, the five-year at 60%, the 10-year at 60% and the 30-year at 87%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m.
The year 2024 is shaping up to be a landmark one for the Securities and Exchange Commission, not only through their own rigorous enforcement agenda but the regulator is in for continued industry backlash and a Supreme Court case that could test its enforcement powers and change how the SEC operates. Through its own enforcement
Loading… Loading… Several utility tokens have been identified as potential standouts in the upcoming cryptocurrency bull run byinvestment research platform Token Metrics,each offering unique features and innovations in the Web3 space. Contentos: A New Era For Digital Content: Contentos aims to transform the digital content industry with a decentralized video and content platform. It focuses
Loading… Loading… Visa Inc V stock recorded an all-time-high (ATH) on Wednesday. The stock was seen trading at a high of $262.48 during intraday trading, marking a new high in the stocks history. The stock has returned 26.52% to investors so far this year. The surge has been propelled by a combination of strategic moves,
Sugary treat treatment — Injection of smart insulin regulates blood glucose levels for one week Tests in animals show the material works like the body’s own system. Ivan Paul – Dec 27, 2023 2:57 pm UTC Enlarge / Smart insulin has the potential to make injections far less frequent.A. Martin UW Photography reader comments 1
Loading… Loading… The Bitcoin BTC/USD ecosystem is predicted to witness unprecedented opportunities and growth in 2024, according to areportthatdissects macro and micro trends andforecastsa bright future for the largest cryptocurrency and related assets. Foremost among the predictions made by the analysis, titled Bitget's 2024 Bitcoin Report,is the surge in value for popular cryptocurrencies such as
The years are absolutely packed — Ars Technicas best video games of 2023 2022’s relative drought leads to an absolutely packed year of major epics. Kyle Orland – Dec 27, 2023 12:30 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson reader comments 36 Further ReadingArs Technicas best video games of 2022Its been a real period of feast or famine
Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctors sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. This story also ran on CBS News. It can be republished for free. This is bad, the 66-year-old Durant, Oklahoma, resident remembered his urologist saying. Winters braced for the fight of his life. Little did he
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the Spring Budget 2024 will be held on March 6. The fiscal event is seen by Downing Street as a crucial milestone in the run-up to a general
On the second day of Christmas — Watch sand defy gravity and flow uphill thanks to negative friction Applying magnetic forces to single iron oxide-coated particles spurs strange collective motion. Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 26, 2023 2:00 pm UTC reader comments 62 There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to step up attacks on the Gaza Strip after a weekend of violence that left hundreds of Palestinians dead. On Friday, 90 people were killed when Israel bombed two homes in Gaza City. Seventy-six of the dead were members of one family. They include Issam al-Mughrabi, who worked
no joy for Apple — No last-minute reprieve, US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 blood oxygen sensors are patent-infringing. Michael Acton, Financial Times – Dec 26, 2023 3:26 pm UTC Enlarge / The Apple Watch Ultra 2.Apple reader comments 163 Apple is banned from
Loading… Loading… A new survey reveals that 99% of U.S. financial services companies put similar, or more focus, on crypto or blockchain projects in 2023 compared to prior years. What Happened: Paxos surveyed 400 U.S.-based executives from companies with at least $50 billion in assets under management or $50 billion annual payments volume. Here's a
That’s no moon! — Researchers argue back and forth about whether weve spotted an exomoon Years after Kepler shut down, people are arguing over whether it spotted exomoons. Ivan Paul – Dec 26, 2023 8:10 pm UTC EnlargeNASA reader comments 40 In 2017, the astronomy world was abuzz at the announcement that exoplanet Kepler-1625b potentially
Loading… Loading… The once high-flying and now defunct German payment processing and financial services company, Wirecard, fell into oblivion after a fraud that involved the siphoning off of $2 billion from the companys balance sheet in June 2020 was uncovered. A new Wall Street Journal report now says the tainted companys COO Jan Marsalek may
Municipals were steady Tuesday as the last week of the year got underway. U.S. Treasuries were little changed and equities ended up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 59%, the three-year at 59%, the five-year at 59%, the 10-year at 59% and the 30-year at 86%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m.
The federal government told a federal judge it isn’t responsible for making Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (COFINA) bondholders whole because of their losses in the bonds’ restructuring, in a case that hypothetically could apply to most of Puerto Rico’s restructured bonds. Four U.S. Department of Justice attorneys, led by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
A “sale pending” sign is posted in front of a home for sale on November 30, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. According to a report by the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales fell 1.5 percent in October to their lowest level in 20 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty
Loading… Loading… Wall Street is showing cautious gains as the new week begins, despite thetech giants often referred to as the Magnificent 7 all trading in the red: Apple Inc. AAPL , Microsoft Corp. MSFT , Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL , Amazon Inc. AMZN , Meta Platforms Inc. META , NVIDIA Corp. NVDA and Tesla,