Longtime Washtenaw County, Michigan treasurer Catherine McClary, who died Dec. 2, was well-known in Midwest public finance circles for her activism and ability to pilot innovative policies later adopted by other counties.Washtenaw County, Mich. Longtime Washtenaw County, Michigan treasurer Catherine McClary was remembered this week as a trailblazer, role model and prominent voice for social
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned after his government was ousted by MPs in a vote of no confidence. The Élysée said on Thursday Barnier had handed in his resignation but that President Emmanuel
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the New York Times DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin’s meteoric run may have gotten a little extra push from an unlikely source: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Resistance is not futile, although it might seem that way at the moment. No major protests are set to descend on the National Mall. Legal challenges to Donald Trumps policies are likely doomed, given how far rightward the
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor December 4, 2024 Not to be outdone by Christians, a group of self-described “non-theistic satanists” are offering elementary-age students at a public school in Ohio the chance to participate in a class hosted by The Satanic Temple. The program, named “Hellion Academy of Independent Learning,” or “HAIL” for short,
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor December 3, 2024 Is artificial intelligence (AI) ethical? That’s the question secular and Christian leaders alike are contending with as technology quickly evolves. Listen to the latestepisodeof Quick Start ? Andre Echevarria, leader of U.S. digital strategies at Cru, a large Christian ministry formerly known as Campus Crusade for
Bitcoin rose above $100,000 for the first time on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as president of the United States spurred expectations that his administration will create a friendly regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has more than doubled in value this year and is up about 45% in the four weeks since Trump’s sweeping
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that he is optimistic about President-elect Donald Trumps second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years. Im actually very optimistic this time around, Bezos said on stage during a wide-ranging interview at The New York Times DealBook Summit in New York. He seems
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Gail Slater, an antitrust veteran and economic adviser for JD Vance, to lead the Department of Justice’s antitrust division and take charge of a full docket of blockbuster monopoly cases against companies including Google, Visa and Apple. Slater is expected to continue the department’s crackdown on Big Tech, including cases brought during Trump’s first
The University of Central Florida’s downtown Orlando campus is served by the student housing project that is being acquired by nonprofit Provident Resources Group.UCF/Nick Leyva In the context of a struggling higher education sector but high demand for high-yield paper, Florida’s Capital Projects Housing Authority is pricing $144 million in speculative-grade and unrated housing revenue
Michigan state and local elected leaders gathered in Lansing to urge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Senate to make the local government revenue sharing trust fund a priority. Bloomberg News Legislation to create a revenue sharing trust fund for local governments in Michigan has stalled in the state Senate, and on Tuesday, a group
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world EU countries are discussing a €500bn joint fund for common defence projects and arms procurement, tapping bond markets to boost spending in anticipation of Donald Trump’s White House return. Trump’s threat to withdraw
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor December 4, 2024 At Christmastime, churches plan for larger crowds but those preparations might not pan out this year, at least for some congregations across the country. A just-released survey from Lifeway Research found just under half of Americans (47%) say they typically attend church services during the Christmas
Martial law:South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday, claiming it was necessary to protect the homeland from “anti-state forces” including North Korean sympathizers. After a night of protests, the decree was rescinded merely six hours after it had gone into effect. Now, the country’s opposition parties are attempting to impeach the
Interest rates on credit cards have been unusually high for a while and have become an occasional target of politicians. In 2020, during Kamala Harris’ first presidential campaign, she proposed forbidding credit card companies from charging interest altogether during the pandemic. In September this year, during a campaign rally in New York, Donald Trump proposed
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Gail Slater, an antitrust veteran and economic adviser for JD Vance, to lead the Department of Justice’s antitrust division and take charge of a full docket of blockbuster monopoly cases against companies including Google, Visa and Apple. Slater is expected to continue the department’s crackdown on Big Tech, including cases brought during Trump’s first
The Department of Energy is a breeding ground for fraud and abuselike most government agencies. In its recently released Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 performance report , the agency’s Office of Inspector General identified nearly $1 billion of wasteful spending this year. In 2024, audits from the Inspector General found more than $814 million of questioned
Bitcoin rose above $100,000 for the first time on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as president of the United States spurred expectations that his administration will create a friendly regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has more than doubled in value this year and is up about 45% in the four weeks since Trump’s sweeping
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Silicon Valley visionaries dream of making mega-money out of cool, futuristic products that thrill consumers, such as the metaverse, self-driving cars or health-monitoring apps. The duller reality is that most venture capitalists generate the best
Art Cashin speaking at the NYSE on Dec. 30th, 2022. CNBC Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations and a fixture at the New York Stock Exchange for nearly 60 years, died this week at age 83. Cashin was one of the great historians of the stock market, but he was not an academic. His method
In this article MAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Say hello to life at the mall. The classic American mall is undergoing a dramatic transformation as real estate developers swap out dying department stores for apartments, ushering in an era where living at the mall could soon become a new norm. Some U.S. developers
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