Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple has been dealt a blow in its €14.3bn tax dispute with Brussels after an adviser to the EU’s top court said an earlier ruling over its business in Ireland should be shelved. Giovanni Pitruzzella,
In a troubled world, booming demand for American military weaponry has left the country in need of billions of dollars more in armaments than it can currently produce. West Virginia is trying to meet that need. Though its footprint in the national defense sector is small, representing just .1% of the $558.7 billion in defense contracts
In this week’s newsletter, we dive into the dynamic world of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and their impact on the digital landscape, as NFT sales have skyrocketed to an impressive $129 million in November, according to data from Nansen. Despite the surge in sales, OpenSea has laid off a substantial amount of staff as it prepares
Ivanka Trump, assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump, listens during an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to testify
Cincinnati will sell its Cincinnati Southern Railway system — the last municipally owned railroad in the country — and use the proceeds to create a permanent investment fund for infrastructure needs under a measure narrowly approved by voters Tuesday. The city will net $1.62 billion in the deal, considered one of the few instances of
Visitors around the Charging Bull statue near the New York Stock Exchange, June 29, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The S&P 500 is up 14% this year, but just eight days that explain most of the gains. If you want a simple indication of why market timing is not an effective
Janice McAfee, the widow of tech impresario John McAfee, is still in the midst of grief. She is doing “odd jobs to feed herself,” has run out of funds, and still doesn’t know what really happened to her husband. Since the death of crypto guru and antivirus pioneer husband John McAfee in a Barcelona prison
House for sale in Millbrae, California. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Mortgage rates saw the biggest one-week drop in over a year last week, causing the first increase in mortgage demand in a month. Total mortgage application volume rose 2.5% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the
Toncoin (TON) price reached its highest levels in almost a year as crypto traders assessed a slew of optimistic updates in its market, including the recent launch of “Giveaways” on Telegram. In result, Tron (TRX) is now the tenth-biggest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of over $9 billion — its highest ever. Telegram CEO buys
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. SoftBank was forced to wire $1.5bn to Goldman Sachs and other lenders days before WeWork filed for bankruptcy, as the cost of one of the worst venture capital investments in history has continued to mount
Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading within a narrow 4.5% range over the past two weeks, indicating a level of consolidation around the $34,700 mark. Despite the stagnant prices, the 24.2% gains since Oct. 7 instill confidence, driven by the impending effects of the 2024 halving and the potential approval of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund
Several large new-issues priced into a stronger market with munis seeing gains across the yield curve amid constructive secondary activity as U.S. Treasuries pared back some of Mondays losses and equities also improved. Triple-A yields fell three to five basis points while USTs made gains up to eight basis points out long. The two-year muni-to-Treasury
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Short-term UK gilts rallied sharply on Tuesday as traders seized on comments from a senior Bank of England policymaker suggesting it may be willing to consider interest rate cuts in the middle of next year. The
Let’s say you’re in the market for a regal Las Vegas spread that’s close to The Strip and big enough for 20 of your BFFs to each have their own bedroom. You’re in luck. A sprawling compound with 10 buildings on almost 16 acres in a gated golfing community has come on the market at
Munis were slightly firmer in light secondary trading to start the week, while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended the trading session up. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 69%, the three-year at 69%, the five-year at 70%, the 10-year at 71% and the 30-year at 90%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s
Voters in Rhode Island’ will face several local ballot questions Tuesday, mostly for for local school bonds. Rhode Island is in the midst of a state-backed overhaul of its educational facilities, many of which are deemed to be outdated and in need of replacement or renovation, and local officials hoping to tap a state reimbursement
Bitcoin’s (BTC) marginal rise of about 1.5% last week suggests that traders are cautious at higher levels but they are not rushing to the exit. The bears have been in hibernation for the past few days but if the rally fails to resume, sellers may try to make a comeback. However, in an uptrend, dips
The S&P 500 Index soared 5.85% last week, its best performance since November 2022. A large part of the gains were fuelled by expectations that the Federal Reserve will not hike rates anymore. In comparison, Bitcoin (BTC) had a much muted performance with a rise of approximately 2%. However, a positive sign for cryptocurrency investors
The Biden administration Monday announced $16.4 billion for dozens of infrastructure projects aimed at improving train times and efficiency across Amtrak’s Northeast rail corridor. Biden is set to highlight the investment today during a speech in Delaware. The largest grant, totaling $4.7 billion, goes to Maryland to replace the 150-year-old Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, considered
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump downplayed the importance of the financial statements at the centre of a civil fraud lawsuit as he testified about his finances and business empire in an extraordinary legal and political spectacle. “They were