Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Africa has accused Israel of violating international laws on genocide in its military operations in Gaza in a case it has brought to the UN’s International Court of Justice. Israel had “failed to prevent
Medford, Oregon-based hospital nonprofit Asante Health had its A-plus rating, with negative outlook, affirmed by Fitch Ratings at year-end as it works toward completion of a new building at its flagship hospital. Fitch said in a report Tuesday that it maintained the negative outlook, first assigned in January, because “Asante continues to record weakened operational
Municipals were quietly traded and little changed in the last session of 2023 while U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities were in the red near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Friday was at 59%, the three-year at 59%, the five-year at 59%, the 10-year at 59% and the 30-year at 86%, according to Refinitiv
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The judgment handed down by Maine’s secretary of state on Thursday denying Donald Trump a place on the New England state’s primary ballot for the 2024 election was unsparing in its condemnation of the former
Total 2023 municipal bond volume fell slightly from 2022 as market volatility, higher interest rates, pandemic aid and slower economic growth kept issuers on the sidelines. However, a robust fourth quarter buoyed issuance for the year, so volume only ticked down 2.8%, much better than previous quarters where issuance was down double digits. The year
With 2023 municipal bond issuance of $59 billion, Texas wrested the title of top volume state from long-time debt behemoths New York and California. The debt, which was sold by Texas state agencies, cities, counties, schools, and others, and accounted for 15.5% of nationwide issuance, lifted the Lone Star State to the number one ranking
Illinois saw an uptick in its fiscal fortunes in the past fiscal year, one of the few times the state’s net position has improved since that figure swung from black to red in to red in 2002. The net position includes tax collections and government services and measures the state’s assets relative to its total
Once every decade or so the computing world finds itself on the cusp of a revolution. Whether it’s the commercialisation of the internet in the 1990s or the birth of mobile and cloud computing in the first decade of this century, a collective belief takes hold in the transformative potential of a new technological paradigm.
The muni industry is looking forward to key tax legislation moving forward while also eyeing the possible sunset of key provisions of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, though the number one priority of muni lobbyists remains the restoration of tax-exempt advance refunding. “We continue to work this issue tirelessly,” said Brett Bolton, VP, federal
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Complaints to the UK legal regulator over tactics used by media lawyers to deter reporting on wealthy individuals are on the rise, according to official data that comes as new legislation to tackle the issue
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has appointed a former navy chief as its new defence minister, four months after his predecessor disappeared from public view. Dong Jun, 62, replaces Li Shangfu, who was officially removed as defence
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global stock markets are set to record their strongest year since 2019 following a blistering two-month rally as investors bet that major central banks have finished raising interest rates and will cut them rapidly next year.
We’re halfway through our starters, when Dame Kristin Scott Thomas informs me that I must on no account refer to her in this article as an ice queen. “Do not put that in!” she exclaims, helpfully clarifying that it’s not the queen part she objects to. I should not describe her as frosty or cold
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran hanged three men and one woman on Friday on allegations of co-operating with Israel’s intelligence services, as regional tensions escalate amid the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas. Mizan news agency, affiliated
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I probably live in the world’s worst city to avoid alcohol. Within a 15-minute walk of my home in Edinburgh, I can count at least eight pubs or bars. In one direction. It brings a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Maine’s top electoral official has disqualified Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot, making it the second state to ban the former president for allegedly engaging in insurrection by attempting to overturn the 2020
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution The death at 81 this week of the centre-right statesman Wolfgang Schäuble, one of Germany’s most ardent Europeanists (only a day before
On the corner of Anfu Road and Wulumuqi Road, one of only a handful of places that could stake a claim as the true centre-point of Shanghai, a police vehicle has been parked for over a year. It is smaller than a coach, slightly larger than a riot van and the characters “public” and “security”