Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global nuclear power generation is set to reach an all-time high next year, according to the latest forecasts from the International Energy Agency, marking a resurgence for the technology and boost for efforts to cut
Apple is quietly increasing its capabilities in artificial intelligence, making a series of acquisitions, staff hires and hardware updates that are designed to bring AI to its next generation of iPhones. Industry data and academic papers, as well as insights from tech sector insiders, suggest the Californian company has focused most attention on tackling the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-founder of Can’t Buy My Silence Between 1999 and 2015, upwards of 900 UK sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faults in Fujitsu’s accounting software, Horizon, and the Post Office’s rogue accusations.
Northern Ireland should have been celebrating like a striker who has just scored after it was selected as a venue for the Euro 2028 football tournament. By then, the region hopes to be celebrating 30 years of peace — as long without conflict as the Troubles themselves lasted. But even before construction begins at the
Donald Trump overcame the biggest early obstacle on his path to a White House comeback on Tuesday night — and delivered what could be the knockout blow to his last competitor on the Republican side. He beat Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor, by a margin wide enough to leave little uncertainty about the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If anyone is as excited about Nikki Haley’s second-place finish in New Hampshire as Donald Trump, it would be the man who watched Tuesday night’s returns from the White House. Joe Biden’s campaign has been
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump continued his romp through the Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday with a victory in New Hampshire, where he was on track to win a comfortable majority, with 53 per cent of the vote
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump will win the New Hampshire Republican primary, the Associated Press projected on Tuesday night, cementing his frontrunner status and raising questions about whether Nikki Haley would end her bid for the White House.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Conservative MPs must oust Rishi Sunak or risk “extinction”, a former cabinet minister said on Tuesday, amid growing rightwing pressure on the prime minister. Sir Simon Clarke aimed a volley of criticism at Sunak, saying
US stocks ticked higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high for the third session in a row. The benchmark ended the day 0.3 per cent higher, notching a four-session winning streak, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4 per cent. The 10-year Treasury yield rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.14
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkey’s parliament has voted in favour of Sweden joining Nato, marking a significant step forward in the Scandinavian country’s long-fought bid to enter the western military alliance. The vote late on Tuesday paves the way
Municipals were weaker in spots amid an active primary market that saw a billion-dollar-plus retail order from the Regents of the University of California price and Washington sell just shy of $1 billion general obligation bonds in the competitive market. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities were mixed near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. 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. Kyle Glazier (00:04):Welcome to another Bond buyer podcast. I’m Kyle Glazier, executive editor of the Bond
An appeals court ruling against Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders may hold positives for them, analysts say. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel of three judges on Monday rejected GoldenTree Asset Management and Syncora Guarantee’s motion to lift the bankruptcy’s stay, which would have allowed the bondholders to appoint
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been delayed until 2029 at the earliest and could end up costing up to £35bn, or nearly twice the initial budget, in the latest blow to a
Capital Markets Advisors and its two co-principals Richard Ganci and Richard Tortora, former municipal advisors for the City of Rochester, New York, are in a legal back and forth with the Securities and Exchange Commission over whether the municipal advisor’s conduct constitutes a conflict of interest as defined in MSRB Rule G-42. That’s the latest
Louisiana’s largest and most complex public-private partnership that will replace an aging bridge over Interstate 10 appears back on track after the state’s new administration hammered out a revised agreement with the concessionaire to assuage political opposition. The modified agreement lowers tolls and includes a 15% equity contribution for local infrastructure, new Gov. Jeff Landry
Last week, I discussed five long-term drivers of the world economy — demography, climate change, technological advance, the global spread of knowhow and economic growth itself. This week I will look at shocks, risks and fragilities. Together, I suggest, all these shape the economy in which we live. A “shock” is a realised risk. Risks,
Arizona should be able to tackle a growing shortfall given the state’s improved reserves, low debt burden, and budget flexibility, Moody’s Investors Service said this week. The state’s general fund faces projected shortfalls of $835 million in fiscal 2024 and nearly $879 million in fiscal 2025, according to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee’s latest projections,
The Securities and Exchange Commission is starting to fill in some details to the rollout of the law that will transform the format of issuer disclosures submitted to EMMA. “The level of complication on the municipal side is definitely much more,” said Dave Sanchez, director of the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities. “We’re very conscious
In this article ZG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images The top 10 hottest housing markets are expected to be spread across the South, Northeast and Midwest this year, according to an analysis by real estate marketplace Zillow. But a “hot” market isn’t always great for would-be buyers.