Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A former president of the UK’s Supreme Court and seven other eminent lawyers have urged Israel to remember its obligations under international law, saying they had “significant concern” about aspects of its actions in Gaza.
Private entities keen to pitch Pennsylvania on public-private partnerships for transportation projects have until Nov. 10 to submit their bids. Interested companies can submit proposals “offering innovative ways to deliver transportation projects across a variety of modes including roads, bridges, rail, aviation and ports,” said a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation release announcing the open solicitation
In recent studies, we analyzed and identified the richest cities in a number of states of the U.S. South, including Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. based on scoring several key financial factors. This time around, we’re looking at another Southern state— South Carolina, the Palmetto State. We analyzed over 400 cities in the state in order
Developers of Ethereum layer-2 nonfungible tokens (NFT) scaling solution Immutable (IMX) will delay the vesting of 125 million IMX in token rewards, worth $67 million at the time of publication, to July 2024. According to the October 17 announcement by Robbie Ferguson, Immutable’s co-founder, the move is to enhance Immutable’s long-term sustainability. “At a minimum,
In this article NWSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Activist investment firm Starboard Value is pushing for change at News Corp. – in particular to see its real estate business separated from the rest of the company. Starboard CEO Jeffrey Smith told CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday that the firm is building a position
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Examination Division will begin targeting solicitor municipal advisors in FY 2024, following the establishment of their own core standards through new MSRB Rule G-46. “The Division of Examinations plays a critical role in protecting investors and facilitating capital formation,” SEC chair Gary Gensler said in a statement. “In examining for
Several Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bond parties filed objections Friday to the Oversight Board’s proposed disclosure statement, asking for it to be rejected because the plan of adjustment is unconfirmable, the way in which it was agreed upon broke the law and it omits important factors. GoldenTree Asset Management, Assured Guaranty, bond trustee U.S.
Moody’s Investors Service retained its negative outlook on California as the state plans to sell $371 million of Public Works Board lease revenue bonds competitively on Oct. 25. The rating agency assigned a negative outlook to the state’s bonds in May, but affirmed the state’s Aa2 general obligation bond rating, amid revenue uncertainty as the
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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. The writer is vice-president and director of the Foreign Policy programme at the Brookings Institution and an Iran specialist Hamas’ attack on Israel has reignited the volatile conflict between the Jewish state and the Palestinians and
Bitcoin (BTC) is destined to hit $128,000 or more by the end of 2025, multiple analytics models suggest. Uploading his latest BTC price estimates to X (formerly Twitter) on Oct. 17, popular trader and analyst CryptoCon deduced a two-year target of around $130,000. Multiple BTC price forecasts converge on $130,000 in 2025 Bitcoin market participants
While municipal bond issuance is down year-over-year in most sectors, demand for bond insurance has remained strong as issuers turn to it to maximize their market access and tap into the demand from investors, market participants say. The top two municipal bond insurers wrapped $22.814 billion in the first three quarters of 2023, a slight
Federally regulated lenders, such as banks, still play a major role in commercial real estate financing. As commercial real estate encounters headwinds, borrowers will often need relief from those lenders, but regulated lenders typically cower in fear about doing anything that might cause regulators to raise their eyebrows or ask difficult questions. This mentality often
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US has updated its terms of service, hinting that direct withdrawals in United States dollars are no longer supported on the platform. Binance.US updated its terms of service on Oct. 16, modifying the section about the “BAM Fiat Wallet,” referring to Binance.US services related to U.S. dollar custody. In the updated terms, Binance.US
A contractor works on a new home under construction in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Builder confidence in the market for single-family homes dropped to the lowest level since January, as builders contend with a market dominated by high mortgage rates and costs for financing. The
In normal circumstances, the Conservative party should easily win Thursday’s by-election in Mid Bedfordshire, a well-heeled rural seat that delivered it a majority of almost 25,000 at the last general election. Instead the Tories, trailing badly in national opinion polls, are locked in an occasionally acrimonious three-way by-election fight; Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party is
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writers are the UN Relief and Works Agency commissioner-general and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs emergency relief co-ordinator As we write this today there is no water or electricity in Gaza.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Viktor Orbán has become the first western leader to meet Vladimir Putin since the International Criminal Court indicted the Russian president for alleged war crimes, in what the Hungarian prime minister said was a bid
Cryptocurrency investors in Europe are not yet protected under European Union cryptocurrency asset market rules and it will take some time for the protections to take effect. Europe’s securities regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), on Oct. 17 issued a statement about the transition to the European crypto regulations known as Markets in
Former US President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump holds a campaign event during a Club 47 USA event at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on October 11, 2023. Giorgio Viera | Afp | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump returned to court in Manhattan on Tuesday to attend the
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Transcription: Chip Barnett (00:04):Hi, and welcome to another edition of The Bond Buyer Podcast. I’m Chip Barnett and my guests today are Royden Durham and Tony Tanner. They’re both portfolio managers at the Aquila Group of funds, and today we’re going to