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“The district’s fiscal year 2025 budget request to Congress proposes $932 million for the District of Columbia, which is $142 million above the enacted level,” said Rep. Dave Joyce R- Ohio.  ”Notably, $47 million of this increase is due to a need for more emergency preparedness funding for the upcoming Presidential Inauguration. As a member
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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. Business leaders have warned chancellor Rachel Reeves at a private meeting that the economic environment is “extremely challenging”, with companies facing major uncertainty due to her tax-raising Budget and the government’s planned package of employment
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Mortgage rates fell again last week, and while the drop wasn’t huge, it was enough to spur current homeowners to look for some savings. The surge in refinances was behind a 5.4% increase in total mortgage demand compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest
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Qatar’s $500bn sovereign wealth fund is preparing to deploy its cash more aggressively ahead of a petrodollar windfall that could ultimately double its size. Mohammed Al-Sowaidi, the Qatar Investment Authority’s new chief executive, told the Financial Times the fund expected to “do bigger-ticket deals” and invest with “more frequency” as it embarks on a review
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Lighthouse at Montauk Point. Long Island. NewYorkMishella/Getty Images/iStockphoto Moody’s Ratings upgraded Suffolk County, New York, two notches citing the county’s improved fiscal position, sales tax growth and operational oversight.  Moody’s is the third rating agency to upgrade Suffolk this year, after Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings upgraded the Long Island county. The county plans
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Puerto Rico Attorney John Mudd speculated PREPA bankruptcy may be headed for dismissal, with the court appointing a receiver for the authority. “No prospect” of a “mediated or consensual resolution” for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy exists, the PREPA mediation team told the court Monday, which an outside attorney said leaves the bankruptcy
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors’ “relentless” appetite for juicy returns has triggered the biggest boom on Wall Street in complex financial products since the lead-up to the global financial crisis in 2007. The global volume of structured finance transactions
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20705605/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bonds were little changed to a touch weaker in spots as investors shifted their focus to the larger new-issue slate ahead while U.S. Treasuries saw losses along the curve and equities closed the session in the red. Municipal yield curves were mostly little changed to weaker by a
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After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside suburb of Miami, Florida, in 2021, state lawmakers implemented new requirements for older condominiums. Buildings at least 30 years old, like the Champlain tower that fell, have to undergo special inspections, make repairs and gather reserve funds for future maintenance. The deadline is
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The latest Water Resources Development Act bill is named after outgoing Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Tom Carper, D-Del.Rachel Wisniewski/Bloomberg The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote this week on a sweeping water infrastructure bill that would send billions to flood-control and coastal resiliency projects and revamp a popular transportation loan
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Show video info Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country after a stunning offensive by rebels who seized the capital city of Damascus and toppled the dynasty that had ruled for 50 years. Amid scenes of jubilation on Sunday, the rebels proclaimed that “the city of Damascus is free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad”
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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. Thirteen years after children scribbled anti-regime slogans in the southern city of Deraa, sparking the Syrian revolution, Bashar al-Assad and his kleptocratic family have fallen. The end of a dynasty that has brutalised and pillaged
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A Chevron gas station in Richmond, California, US, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adding dividend-paying stocks to a portfolio helps enhance total return while ensuring income and diversification. Moreover, the appeal of dividend stocks increases as interest rates decline, as is currently the case. Following the recommendations
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In this article HTA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Healthcare Realty Trust building in in Nashville, Tennessee. Source: Google Maps Company: Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) Business: Healthcare Realty Trust is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around hospital campuses. The company selectively grows
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