Wells Fargo’s role as senior manager in a potential $500 million bond sale for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is under review after the bank landed on the state treasurer’s list of companies banned from government contracts. The 13 financial institutions on the list released Wednesday were determined to be boycotting the oil and gas industry
Despite Hong Kong steadily progressing with cryptocurrency adoption, mainland China has not changed its anti-crypto stance in terms of local regulations. Some Chinese state-affiliated banks have increasingly opened bank accounts to serve crypto clients in Hong Kong. CPIC Investment Management — a China government-backed firm regulated as a Hong Kong entity — even launched two cryptocurrency
In this article COIN AAPL DKNG WBD CI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk passed signage at Cigna headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Cigna — Cigna gained 3% in premarket trading after beating top- and bottom-line estimates for
Bitcoin transaction fees surged in early May, reaching their highest point over the past two years, according to data from Crypto Fees. On May 3, the total amount of fees paid on the Bitcoin blockchain reached $3.5 million, jumping about 400% from late April. The average Bitcoin transaction fee reached as much as $7.2, according
The UK’s opposition Labour and Liberal Democrat parties expressed optimism early on Friday that they were making significant gains as votes began to be counted after local elections in many parts of England. Both parties argued that their performances positioned them well for the forthcoming nationwide general election. Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, told
Smart contract auditor CertiK claims to have blocked $160,000 from Merlin, a zk-Sync-based decentralized exchange (DEX) which has been the center of a rogue insider “rugpull” that lost users $1.8 million last week. CertiK shared the news of its successful $160,000 freeze of the stolen funds in an update to its 257,700 Twitter followers on
Display showing Gecko character for GEICO Insurance during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Yun Li | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shareholders attending this year’s meeting will want to know more about the company Warren Buffett once called his “favorite child” – the auto insurer Geico. With tens of thousands of shareholders in
Illinois lawmakers are being urged to slow down as they consider pension mandates for Chicago that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration warns could add $3 billion to the city’s long-term payment tab for its firefighters’ fund. The legislation raises benefits for employees hired beginning in 2011 when a Tier 2 pension system was established. Pension experts
Municipals improved Thursday while outflows from municipal bond mutual funds rose to more than $800 million. U.S. Treasuries were better on bonds five years and in and equities ended down as more news of troubled regional banks and the continued debt ceiling standoff in Washington hangs over markets. Triple-A benchmarks were firmer, with yields falling
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2023 has been a rollercoaster ride for the U.S. banking industry. The collapse of three major banks has sent shockwaves through the financial world, with their combined assets surpassing the top 25 banks that crumbled in 2008. The following is a closer look at what has triggered a ‘great consolidation’ in the banking sector, a
PacWest shares plummeted 50 per cent in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the teetering California lender became the latest US midsized bank to seek a financial life line amid the worst industry turmoil since 2008. The bank has instructed boutique investment bank Piper Sandler to help it explore strategic options including a sale, two people
The Etsy website Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours. PacWest, Western Alliance, Comerica – Shares of PacWest plunged more than 50% in extended trading following a Bloomberg News report that the regional bank was exploring strategic options, including a potential sale. The news weighed on other
Looking at the market’s choppiness and heavy supply, Columbus decided last week to push of its new money and refunding to this week, but little did officials know that the U.S. Treasury would throw a curve ball by suspending the sale of State and Local Government Series securities. City Auditor Megan Kilgore said the city’s
U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain denied Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders’ request she certify their appeal of her decision they have no lien on the bankrupt authority’s revenues. While bondholders could continue their appeal, without Swain’s certification it is less likely to be heard by the appeals court, said Puerto Rico Attorney
Little St. James Island, one of the properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein, is seen in an aerial view near Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands July 21, 2019. Marco Bello | Reuters An investment firm led by the billionaire Stephen Deckoff has bought two private islands in the U.S Virgin Islands previously owned by
The Federal Reserve Bank building Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by another 0.25 percentage points on Wednesday. This marks the 10th time the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate over the past year or so, the fastest pace of tightening since the early 1980s. Even though the Fed’s rate-hiking
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