In July, Howard Lutnick, the pugnacious boss of broker Cantor Fitzgerald, regaled an audience of crypto devotees in Nashville with tales of his early days exploring the world of digital currencies. “I met every criminal who’s now in prison,” the 63-year-old joked, referring to his encounters with various youthful crypto executives now serving lengthy jail
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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
General Motors said on Tuesday that it will restructure its autonomous driving subsidiary, Cruise, so that it focuses on making cars to sell to individuals, rather than developing a robotaxi business. The Detroit carmaker said the move would lower spending by $1bn annually, compared to trying to engineer, build, maintain and operate a fleet of
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
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. England’s NHS is heading into its busiest ever winter “confused” about the government’s priorities for the service, health leaders have warned, urging ministers to be honest about the trade-offs required to hit performance targets. Prime
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has vowed to speed up regulatory approvals for investors spending $1bn or more in the US, a signal that he will address one of developers’ thorniest complaints when he takes office
Vivek Ramaswamy, chairman and co-founder of Strive Asset Management, far left, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Republican lawmakers on Dec. 5, 2024 about efforts to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.Al Drago/Bloomberg California’s publicly funded high-speed rail project, a favorite target of Congressional Republicans, faces a fresh threat when President-elect Donald Trump
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20727385/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were slightly weaker Tuesday as investors digested a large amount of new-issuance against the backdrop of a weaker U.S. Treasury market while equities were mixed. Muni yields were cut up to two basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose by one to two basis points
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US-based pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance is in talks over a sale to a private equity firm, in a potential deal that reflects the mounting distress facing the sector. The Illinois-based group had held discussions
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK public sector workers face a fresh pay squeeze next year, after the Treasury said it would not raise taxes to fund more generous awards. The education and health departments said in evidence to independent
“What we’re looking at for 2025 is a few warning lights on the dashboard that there could be some stress on state budgets in the next year,” said Tim Storey, CEO at the National Council of State Legislatures. ”I’ve seen five to seven states that are saying, ‘we’re starting to project slower revenue growth, perhaps even
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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California’s bond rating outlook was revised to stable from negative by Moody’s Ratings.Bloomberg News California’s improved revenue outlook has brought the Golden State an improved rating outlook. Moody’s Ratings revised the outlook on California’s Aa2 rating to stable from negative Monday afternoon. Moody’s had revised the outlook to negative in May 2023 citing the state’s
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Has rapid economic growth in the world’s high-income countries come to an end? If so, did the bursting of the bubble economy in 2007 mark the turning point? Alternatively, are we at the start of
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s election as US president brings “clear dangers” of a global race to the bottom on financial regulation, the chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority told MPs. “You can see the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Property magnate Nick Candy has left the Conservative party to become the treasurer of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, the latest high-profile defection to the rightwing populist party as it rises in opinion polls. Candy, who
Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones on Tuesday launched a six-month “line by line” review of £1.2tn in UK public spending, equipped with a new device to keep ministers in line: a “dashboard” that starts flashing at them if they blow their budget. Ministers will need to input their spending plans within limits that some economists
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s financial regulator has been accused of acting in an “irrational” and “unfair” manner when it excluded supposedly “sophisticated” victims of an interest-rate hedging mis-selling scandal from a redress scheme of more than £2.2bn.
“If you’re looking at a $2 billion capital cost, it’s generally outside the reach of governments to invest that kind of money into a building, said David Abrams, an investment banker with Inner Circle Sports. ”The need for capital from a variety of sources is much greater and the revenue streams are more diverse. Ticket prices are no longer just general admission
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