Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, dropped a much worse-than-expected 10.2% in September from August, according to the National Association of Realtors. Economists had predicted a 4% decline. Sales were down 31% year over year. This marks the lowest level on the pending sales index since June 2010, excluding April
Welcome readers, and thanks for subscribing! The Altcoin Roundup newsletter is now authored by Cointelegraph’s resident newsletter writer Big Smokey. In the next few weeks, this newsletter will be renamed Crypto Market Musings, a weekly newsletter that provides ahead-of-the-curve analysis and tracks emerging trends in the crypto market. The publication date of the newsletter will
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is scheduled to close next week on a $700 million revenue bond deal. The Series 2022B bonds priced Oct. 13. Proceeds are destined for improvement projects across the 290 miles of roadway that make up the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. The scheduled work will include “capacity enhancements
A poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California predicts Gov. Gavin Newsom will be re-elected and three state-wide measures — two that would increase sports betting and another that would tax the wealthy to pay for water and fire prevention — are likely to fail. Dean Bonner, a PPIC associate survey director and
Bondholders and the Puerto Rico Oversight Board reached a deal on the payment of Puerto Rico appropriation debt that was structured to pay 6.4% of what is owed plus some interest. The deal on Public Finance Corp. bonds was announced Wednesday on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA disclosure website. There is $1.09 billion in
Elon Musk has joined the elite club of social media barons after clinching a $44bn takeover of Twitter in the same week that investors wiped hundreds of billions of dollars from Big Tech valuations. Musk’s drawn-out acquisition of Twitter, which he launched in April but attempted to abort in July, has closed just as a
As New York observes the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy this week, the Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled an elaborate flood protection plan it says will protect the nation’s most urbanized area from future storm surges that are expected to become more frequent and intense. The $52.6 billion design features 12 floating storm surge
LONDON Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seeking to build a buffer in the public finances as he draws up an economic plan to plug the countrys budget shortfall, which could entail tax rises and spending cuts totalling as much as 50 billion (S$81.5 billion). Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt want the
Enter your email address here to receive the best High School Sports news in your inbox each morning. The high school football regular season comes to a close this week and there are a handful of important games that are set to kickoff.
Benzinga traveled to Medellin, Colombia to attend Cosmoverse 2022. The event curated the brightest minds in the Cosmos ecosystemfrom developers putting carbon credits on-chain, to industry leaders in interchain security. Among the speakers at the conference was Ethan Buchman, CEO of Informal Systems and co-founder of Cosmos. Cosmos is a technology focused on interoperability, blockchain
Bringing the boost — Rocket Report: Norways nuclear rocket concerns; Ariane 6 delayed again “When the briefing ended, I was baffled and, if Im honest, angry.” Eric Berger – Oct 28, 2022 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Artist’s view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters on the ELA-4 launch pad together with
BAD NEIGHBORS — Researchers ID 12k Microsoft servers that are a DDoSers best friend Misconfigured CLDAP services on MS domain controllers are amplifying data floods. Dan Goodin – Oct 28, 2022 1:09 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson / Getty reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share
It’s really happened — Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, immediately fires CEO and other execs Musk completes $44B purchase, fires CEO Parag Agrawal and others. Jon Brodkin – Oct 28, 2022 1:52 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson reader comments 383 with 217 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit
In this article CVX XOM AMZN AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Exxon Mobil (XOM) – Exxon Mobil added 2.2% in premarket trading after record profits exceeded analyst forecasts. Higher natural gas prices and cost controls helped offset the slide in crude oil prices. Chevron
Many Australian borrowers are ahead on their mortgage repayments, and this should cushion them from a hard landing as interest rates rise, according to Shayne Elliott, chief executive officer at major Australian bank, ANZ. The Reserve Bank of Australia has hiked the official cash rate six times in a row this year to 2.6%, forcing
A study published by financial giant Charles Schwab shows that cryptocurrency is a top method for retirement savings. “Gen Z and millennial workers are more likely to also invest in cryptocurrency, real estate, annuities, and small businesses, unlike older generations.” Crypto Investments in 401(k) Accounts Financial giant Charles Schwab published a report titled “401(k) Participant
Elon Musk has closed his $44bn deal to take Twitter private, according to three people familiar with the matter, bringing an end to one of the most high-profile and dramatic buyout sagas in recent memory after months of legal wrangling between the world’s richest man and the social media platform. As the billionaire entrepreneur took
Tracey Ryniec and Kevin Cook look at an American consumer products company and a Chinese social media and gaming company. Helen of Troy Limited: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/HELE?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID YY Inc.: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/YY?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Huya: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/HUYA?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
Municipals were steady in secondary trading while the last large deal of the week, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority’s $700 million of MTA Bridges and Tunnels green bonds, priced. U.S. Treasuries saw more improvements with the 10-year falling below 4%, while equities ended mixed after gross domestic product and other economic data came in
On Nov. 8, voters in Chittenden County, Vermont, will decide on a $22 million bond measure local officials say is necessary replace the area’s aging recycling plant and to future-proof its waste infrastructure. The existing plant is technologically outdated, said the board chair of the Chittenden Solid Waste District, Paul Ruess, and straining to meet new