Less than a month before New York City faces a deadline for a balanced budget agreement, Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council seem as far apart as ever over the need for either increased spending or more cuts. By law, the mayor and council must agree on a balanced budget by July 1. Last
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A two-bedroom condo in famed architect Robert A.M. Stern’s celebrity-filled 15 Central Park West takes in panoramic views of the park. The apartment sits on the 27th floor of “the Tower” of the two-building complex, overlooking the iconic green space and the Manhattan skyline that borders it. The building was constructed in the mid-2000s and
Bitcoin (BTC) “consolidation” could end by July, new research predicts as optimism over a BTC price breakout returns. In its latest market update on June 2, trading firm QCP Capital revealed a bullish bias on both Bitcoin and largest altcoin Ether (ETH). QCP Capital: Bitcoin consolidation “played out perfectly” Bitcoin price has been ranging between
Almost a year on from England’s victory in Euro 2022, women’s football is preparing for its next big showcase event: the Uefa Women’s Champions League final. On Saturday, FC Barcelona Femení and VfL Wolfsburg will battle it out in Eindhoven in front of a sellout crowd of almost 35,000 fans. The match between the Catalan
Architect Eric Strain’s elemental three-box residential design―placed on the unforgiving Mojave Desert floor near Las Vegas―is reminiscent of a Zen retreat that’s at once urbane and contemplative. “It’s a journey around and through these three boxes, both inside and outside,” says Strain, whose 2011 design is located in Summerlin’s 800-acre Ridges community comprised of a
The European crypto scene has gained significant traction over the past few years, with a surge in the interest in and adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. While the crypto industry is often associated with decentralization, innovation and financial freedom, it is not immune to various political ideologies and influences, and right-wing movements are no
CIA director Bill Burns travelled to China last month, a clandestine visit by one of President Joe Biden’s most trusted officials that signals how concerned the White House had become about deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington. Five people familiar with the situation said Burns, a former top diplomat who is frequently entrusted with delicate
The writer is an FT contributing editor and writes the Chartbook newsletter Economic policymaking in the US, the most important economy in the world, has a kaleidoscopic quality. At the start of the year, the world was fixated on the Federal Reserve, interest rates and banks. Shake the kaleidoscope and a few weeks later national
In just two days this week, Elon Musk had more top-level Chinese meetings than Biden administration officials have had in months. The Tesla and Twitter boss secured meetings with three government ministers as well as influential Shanghai Communist party chief Chen Jining. He reportedly even met vice-premier Ding Xuexiang, a confidant of President Xi Jinping.
In this article FDS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of a Canadian athletic apparel retailer Lululemon logo seen at one of their stores. Alex Tai | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in early morning trading. MongoDB — The data developer platform stock surged 27% after the company issued
OK readers. We’ve been together for six months now and if any of you still have your money in an active fund — you know, where you actually let portfolio managers choose things all on their own — I haven’t done my job. There is no excuse for it. Actually, there’s one. If your manager
Developers have recently published an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) introducing a new way to use nonfungible tokens (NFTs). With this system, all NFTs can have a smart contract account, allowing them to store other NFTs or crypto tokens. Cointelegraph spoke with Future Primitive’s Jayden Windle and Benny Giang, the authors of EIP-6551, to explain the
The number of staked Ether (ETH) in May reached a new all-time high of 2.96 million ETH, or approximately 2.46% of the total ETH supply. The amount of staked ETH in May does not include withdrawals and is more than twice as big as the second-highest staked amount of ETH registered in February 2022. The
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said he will give the Covid-19 inquiry on Friday his unredacted WhatsApp messages shared with the Cabinet Office, in a swipe at Rishi Sunak. Johnson added in a letter to inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett that he would like to hand over other “relevant” material, including correspondence from
Emmanuel Macron deployed a novel tactic this week to try to repair France’s frayed relations with Europe’s eastern flank — call it “strategic humility”. In a speech at a security conference in Bratislava, the French president all but apologised for not heeding warnings issued from Warsaw to Tallinn about the risks posed by Vladimir Putin’s
Bitcoin (BTC) bounced near multiple support trend lines into June 2 as market indecision remained in force. Traders bet on $27,500 BTC price ceiling Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting lows of $26,519 on Bitstamp after the daily close. The pair showed little signs of trend change as a stalemate between
The Bitcoin network is home to a variety of data that can offer investors, academics and fans useful insights. However, those without significant IT abilities might find it difficult to obtain this data. The good news is that anyone may explore Bitcoin network data without having substantial technical knowledge thanks to the user-friendly tools, platforms
The Southern and Western regions of the U.S. hold the highest growth rates, per data from U.S. Census Bureau, with cities in Texas, Florida, and Arizona topping the list. Workers searching for an all-around great place to reside might find spots like Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Huntsville, Alabama, appealing, as these communities rank first and
Good morning. What is the government’s legal battle with the official Covid-19 public inquiry really about? The story that some of Boris Johnson’s allies want to tell is that it is about the relationship between Johnson and Rishi Sunak, but that isn’t quite right. The line that Labour is running with is that it shows
European stocks rallied on Friday after investors took heart from US congressional passage of a deal to lift the country’s debt ceiling and suggestions from Federal Reserve officials that the central bank would halt interest rate rises. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 rose 0.5 per cent, extending gains from the previous day, while France’s Cac 40
Despite a 44% decline in Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability over the last year, some Bitcoin mining companies have continued to build and increase production, according to recent announcements. On June 1, American Bitcoin mining firm CleanSpark announced that it had purchased 12,500 brand-new Antminer S19 XP units for $40.5 million. The deal worked out at