Share on Pinterest Darina Kopcok/Stocksy UnitedCertain whole foods become especially important for maintaining health during the winter season.Foods like root vegetables, citrus, nuts, and berries are high in nutrients such as vitamins A, C, and D and antioxidants that can bolster immunity.A strong immune system is key during colder weather because respiratory illnesses can flourish
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The New York City Transitional Finance Authority ranked first among the Top 10 issuers in 2024, helped by several large mega deals. The top 10 issuers accounted for $71.568 billion of the total issuance for the year, or 14.4% New York boasts
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. PFM Financial ranked first among the Top 10 municipal advisors in 2024. The top 10 advisors accounted for $249.421 billion of par or 59.3% of the total issuance with municipal advisors. Rank Financial advisors 2024 Par amount Market share Number of issues
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Issuance in 2024 surged to a record $500 billion-plus figure. The muni market saw a record $507.585 billion of debt issued in 2024, up 31.8% from $385.061 billion in 2023, according to LSEG data. The increased par amount was achieved in 9,041 in 2024, up from 8,094 in 2023, according to LSEG data. BofA Securities remained
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XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization ranking, surpassed bitcoin (BTC) to become the most-traded digital asset onCoinbase. This indicates that American crypto investors are increasingly interested in Ripples native coin. The sudden spark in interest comes days after the company’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, met with United States President-elect Donald Trump to discuss including other
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Apple was dethroned as China’s biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17%, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. It was Apple’s largest-ever annual sales decline in China and involved contraction in all four quarters, including a 25% drop in the final
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American Express said on Thursday it will pay about $230 million to settle criminal and civil probes into alleged deceptive practices in selling credit card and wire transfer products to small business customers. The credit card and travel services company agreed to pay $138.4 million, including about $108 million in fines, and enter a non-prosecution agreement to
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FBI leaders have warned that hackers who breached AT&T’s system last year likely stole months of agents’ call and text logs, prompting an urgent effort to safeguard confidential informants’ identities, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The breach, believed to have compromised all FBI devices using the bureau’s AT&T public safety service, included agents’ mobile phone
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The problem of stolen manhole covers in Turkey might seem an unlikely starting point for a new way for buildings to withstand earthquakes and tackle the construction industry’s environmental issues, but when a Turkish businessman heard about a new material that prevented the thefts, it sparked an idea. Cast iron is traditionally used to make
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21196063/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were slightly firmer Thursday as the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority deal was upsized to $1.6 billion and outflows returned to muni mutual funds. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended down. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Thursday was at 67%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year
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Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming said he would lobby Fitch Ratings for a rating upgrade.Bloomberg News Louisiana plans to sell bonds four more times this fiscal year and at least twice more in the next fiscal year, a Louisiana state official said Thursday. Amounts were not discussed and were not immediately available. The state will
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Brightline West is floating $2.5 billion of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance what the company hopes will be the nation’s first high-speed electric train.Brightline Brightline West, the planned high-speed electric train between Las Vegas and southern California, is prepping $2.5 billion of unrated private activity bonds that mark the next financing step for the
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“As we begin 2025 Americans are barreling towards an economic crisis at year end,” said Bessent. “If Congress fails to act, Americans will face the largest tax increase in history, a crushing four-trillion-dollar tax hike. We must make permanent the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and implement new pro-growth policies to reduce the tax
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