Fitch Ratings has cut the US debt rating from triple A to double A plus, citing worsening fiscal conditions and governance, two months after political brinkmanship brought the world’s largest economy to the edge of a sovereign default. The rating agency on Tuesday said its downgrade reflected “expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years”
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In this article CZR SEDG AMD SPCE SBUX ELF MTCH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elf complexion sponges arranged in Germantown, New York, July 17, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours. SolarEdge Technologies — The solar stock dropped 11% in extended trading. SolarEdge missed
In the latest episode of “The Market Report,” analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses the BALD token rug pull and the allegations pointing toward FTX founder Sam “SBF’ Bankman-Fried as the culprit. The token launched on Coinbase’s Base network, which is currently under development, and witnessed incredible gains between July 30 and 31. Pechman notes
On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming language. The price of CRV dropped 20.91% on the day of the hack, falling to a two-month low of $0.58. On the next day, the decline in CRV continued to
Downtown Los Angeles. TheCrimsonRibbon | Getty Images Americans are feeling the pinch from the high cost of single-family rentals, despite only slight year-over-year growth, according to a new report. Rental prices shot up during the pandemic. They are likely to remain high, with many Americans hesitant to purchase new homes amid soaring mortgage interest rates,
Municipals were weaker in secondary trading to start August as several large deals took focus in the primary market. Munis slightly outperformed Treasury losses as the first round of August redemptions buoyed the market. Equities ended mixed. Triple-A yield curves were cut three to six basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., and representatives of several U.S. territories filed a bill Monday that would require federal departments to have advisors on territorial affairs. If passed, the bill would create an office in each federal department “to oversee matters impacting the U.S. territories within their jurisdiction,” said Rep. Jenniffer González Colón, R-Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a new center to help local transportation agencies spend infrastructure grants “on time, on task and on budget.” The Project Delivery Center of Excellence will guide grant recipients on the development and delivery of infrastructure projects with information on subjects like permits, contracts and bond issuances. Ty Wright/Bloomberg
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman to serve as the state’s Assembly speaker, has died, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Oliver, 71, had been serving as acting governor while Governor Phil Murphy was in Italy on vacation with his family. She was hospitalized this week for an unspecified
The main UK opposition Labour party will face a test of its electoral appeal in its former stronghold of Scotland this autumn after a by-election was triggered in a seat previously held by the now dominant Scottish National party. The contest in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency was sparked after a petition to recall
Bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) announced on Aug. 1 that it has launched three new data centers in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The facilities came online in February and March. The facilities are located in the western part of the state, with the first opening in the town of Anderson on the
The debate continues over the future of monetary policy. “The U.S. is not out of the woods when it comes to inflation,” said Peter Berezin, chief global strategist at BCA Research, “which means that it is too early to conclude that the Fed can stop raising rates.” It is uncertain how quickly inflation will fall,
Financial woes at an Iowa hospital led a major bondholder and a bond trustee to state court seeking the appointment of a receiver for the facility, while they demand the immediate payment of principal and interest in the wake of default events. The move comes as hospitals nationwide face persistent pressures as they slowly recover
Top Republican donors have plunged into the presidential race to give an early financial edge to candidates challenging Donald Trump for the party’s nomination, as the former president’s legal problems force him to burn through his own cash pile. According to federal campaign finance disclosures released on Monday covering the first half of the year,
In this article GPS AEO BARC-GB COIN AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. The Rivian name is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Toyota Motor — Shares rose 1.7%, hitting a
Brandon Comer and his firm Comer Capital Group, the municipal advisor charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with breaching his fiduciary duty on a $6 million 2015 bond offering for the Harvey, Illinois Public Library District, are in talks to settle ahead of a pretrial conference scheduled for Nov. 17. Comer was charged by
Fiona Johnston was counting on her two short-term rental properties in Edinburgh to fund her retirement. But now the 63-year-old is worried that a crackdown on temporary lets will destroy her plans. A new law requiring landlords to apply for a short-term letting licence before accepting bookings was passed last October, with the deadline to
A home for sale in a sought-after private ski and golf community near Lake Tahoe hits all the right notes: the right lot, the right design and the right setting. It reflects a contemporary style that has been widely adopted in the community. The property at 9507 Wawona Court is located in Martis Camp, a
Episode 11 of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast is now live, welcoming crypto trader Mohit Sorout for an interview that took place on July 21. Host Benjamin Pirus asked Sorout several questions, including one regarding Bitcoin’s (BTC) future and what scenario, if any, could lead to its extinction. Sorout suggested two different possibilities. According to
Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed the $30,000 resistance on June 21, or 40 days ago, after a notable 19.5% gain in a week. Since then, it has been moving within a range filled with occasional moderate corrections and BTC price trades near $29,300. While these consolidation periods are common in traditional markets, they tend to make crypto
Municipal bonds issued for the American Dream mega mall that are backed by New Jersey economic development grants are poised to miss their third straight interest payment Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The payment due Aug. 1 won’t be made, said the person, who requested anonymity because the information hasn’t been