Resiliency financing districts are part of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s nine-point legislative proposal to boost the state’s capacity to endure severe weather.Bloomberg News Connecticut’s governor proposed a new public finance tool as part of a broad plan to improve the state’s resiliency against extreme weather and climate change. The nine-policy-point program Gov. Ned Lamont released
Bloomberg News North Carolina’s biggest city is poised to sell $400 million of municipal bonds after a recent population surge underscored the need for more infrastructure. Charlotte received approval to sell the debt Tuesday from the Local Government Commission, an arm of the Department of State Treasurer. Proceeds of the upcoming sale will finance transportation
A few days ago, a European-Israeli real estate developer had a surprise call from an old friend, now at the White House. The friend wanted to ask him some informal but detailed questions: about banking regulations involving investments in the Palestinian territories, access to the energy grid and possible tie-ups with major Gulf construction giants.
“We simply cannot have a situation in which Congress comes together in bipartisan fashion, agrees on a measure, and a president who has taken an oath to faithfully execute those laws, instead picks and chooses among them,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Democratic ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Confusion caused by
Chicago Public Schools officials are assessing the likely impact of new White House policies.Bloomberg News Most federal funding in this year’s Chicago Public Schools budget will be unaffected by a pause on federal grants and loans ordered by the Trump White House, even if that pause is upheld by courts, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said
Donald Trump’s plans for the US to assume control of Gaza have been met with anger across the Arab world, and raised fears of reigniting conflict in the region. Saudi Arabia, considered Trump’s closest ally in the oil-rich Gulf region, was quick to denounce the US president’s remarks on Tuesday evening that Washington should “take
Homebuyers are seeing very little reason to get a jump on the all-important spring housing market, even with more listings coming up for sale. Mortgage rates haven’t moved much in the last few weeks, and home prices continue to rise. Mortgage applications to purchase a home last week dropped 4%, compared with the previous week,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, in his most explicit pledge yet to reject a lasting ceasefire as Donald Trump said that Palestinians could be resettled away from the
Donald Trump has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons but should reach a “verified nuclear peace agreement”, which the US should begin working on immediately. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, Trump said reports that the US and Israel were preparing to “blow Iran into smithereens” were “greatly exaggerated”. “I
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The markets were fools on Saturday, and shrewd judges of character on Monday. When Donald Trump announced tariffs against America’s neighbours last weekend, investors who had talked since November of a misunderstood, deceptively
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top five bond financings in the ranking came in totaled more than $6 billion, according to data from LSEG. The top 20 bonds had a total issuance volume of more than $15 billion. Scroll through to see which bond financings are
Show video info President Donald Trump has said the US will “take over” the Gaza Strip and that Palestinians should permanently leave the enclave in the strongest indication yet that he wants the 2.2mn population resettled in countries such as Egypt and Jordan. Speaking as he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphabet’s revenues undershot estimates in the fourth quarter as the search giant’s cloud business grew slower than expected, while it continued to accelerate its spending on data centres in response to demand from artificial intelligence.
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21471238/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were slightly firmer as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities rebounded. Muni yields were bumped up to three basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields fell four to five basis points. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the five-year at 63%, the
“I think that would be incredibly unfair to punish bondholders in that way when they in good faith thought they were buying tax-exempt instruments,” said Rich Moore, tax attorney at Orrick, of the potential for Congress to eliminate the tax exemption on outstanding bonds. The threat that Congress will eliminate the tax exemption on future
Residents outside a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California.Bloomberg News S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook to negative from stable on Edison International and Southern California Edison based on the potential risk of depletion of the wildfire bond fund created by California lawmakers to bail out utilities facing wildfire liability risk. S&P
Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Mike Scarchilli (00:05):Hi everyone and welcome to the Bond Buyer podcast, your essential resource for insights into the world of public finance and municipal market trends. I’m Mike
In this article BRK.A SIRI FWONA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogan Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway once again scooped up shares of Sirius XM, boosting its stake in the satellite radio company
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that outlines plans to for a government-run sovereign wealth fund to serve as an economic development tool
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund with Scott Bessent, US Treasury secretary, left, and Howard Lutnick, chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and US commerce secretary nominee, right, in the Oval Office.Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg President Donald Trump Monday signed an executive order that will start the process
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump’s crackdown on tariff-free access for small goods could threaten the business models of Chinese ecommerce groups Shein and Temu by raising their costs while benefiting Amazon, analysts said. The US president imposed an
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