Receive free Alibaba updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Alibaba news every morning. Alibaba’s former chief executive Daniel Zhang has unexpectedly stepped down as head of the company’s cloud computing division as the Chinese ecommerce group starts its break-up into six units. The move comes as part of
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Not a single fraud proof has been submitted on Arbitrum since it first launched its mainnet with the built-in security feature in August 2021, according to Ed Felten, co-founder and chief scientist of the Arbitrum-building Offchain Labs. Operating as an Ethereum layer-2, Arbitrum’s interactive, multi-round fraud proofs work by allowing a layer-1 verifier contract to
Ethereum staking protocol Lido Finance has assured both Lido DAO (LDO) and staked-Ether (stETH) tokens remain safe despite hackers allegedly exploiting a known security flaw in LDO’s token contract. Lido didn’t confirm any exploits, but acknowledged the security flaw was known and reassured LDO and stETH funds remain safe in response to a Sept. 10
Receive free UK north-south divide updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK north-south divide news every morning. Lower spending on education in northern England compared with London threatens to damage the UK economy and create a “time bomb” for public services, according to a new report. The report
Receive free Accounting & Consulting services updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Accounting & Consulting services news every morning. PwC is planning to give up tens of millions of dollars of consulting work for its US audit clients to reduce the risk of conflicts of interest, challenging its
In this article WMT DELL HAS MDT VZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 22, 2019. Brendan McDermid When markets get choppy, dividends offer investors’ portfolios some cushioning in the form of income. Dividends provide a
In this article BLMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Outback Steakhouse truck sits parked outside a restaurant in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Bloomin’ Brands (BLMN) Business: Bloomin’ Brands owns and operates casual, upscale casual and fine dining restaurants in the United States and internationally. Its restaurant portfolio
Whether you’re selling your home or commercial property, the broker you work with during the process can make a significant difference. This is especially true in today’s market, which faces several factors including a shortage of homes and rising interest rates. It may be necessary to find the right buyer for your place, and that
Receive free G20 updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest G20 news every morning. US president Joe Biden and Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, moved to cement ties in defence and technology during a meeting in New Delhi that underscored the burgeoning strategic co-operation between the two countries. Gathering
In this article WFC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jasondoiy | Istock | Getty Images Coming up with a large chunk of cash for a down payment is likely the first thing that comes to mind when people think of buying a house one day. But you probably don’t need as much money as
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Apartment rents have been cooling off sharply for several months, and they look like they’re about to go negative compared with a year ago. Rents in August were just 0.28% higher than August 2022, according to real estate tech platform RealPage. Compare that to a year ago, when rents were posting 11% annual growth. With
On the surface, the news from the New York City office sector may look grim: vacancy rates nearing 20%, occupancy rates stubbornly stuck at around 50%, interest rates rising, values dropping, anemic investment sales activity and owners giving keys back to lenders. Fortunately, that isn’t the full story. As I discussed in my previous Forbes
In this article AVD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bluecinema Picture this: You come home after a long day. As you approach your front door, you reach for your keys — but don’t feel them in your pocket. You quickly realize you’re locked out of your home. Luckily, on-call locksmiths are available to help.
China’s real estate sector is going in “two directions,” and even though further stimulus is expected, a recovery will not likely happen soon, according to a former advisor to the People’s Bank of China. “The property market right now in China is actually two-fold. It’s actually going into two directions,” Li Daokui, now a professor
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ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station at Walnut Creek City Hall parking lot with car, trees, and clear sky in the background, Walnut Creek, California, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. WestRock — The stock gained 5%
Many Americans are house-rich, at least on paper. Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, homeowners are now sitting on nearly $30 trillion in home equity, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve — just shy of the 2022 peak. That’s roughly $200,000 cash per homeowner in equity that can be tapped, which is the amount most lenders
Three years ago, investors learnt that the mighty US Treasuries market is not always as mighty as it seems. When the Covid-19 shock hit in March 2020, US interest rates gyrated in a way that created massive losses for hedge funds that had taken hidden, highly leveraged bets on Treasuries, via derivatives and repurchase agreements
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer was state secretary in the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs when the Oslo Accords were signed. He is now secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council Almost 30 years ago, as a young Norwegian