close video Construction industry readying for ‘a new wave’ of workers, business leader signals Contractor Consultants founder Matt DiBara says the U.S. has ‘built an entire system’ and workforce around immigrants. One business leader in the construction industry is preparing for a "new wave" of workers as President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration plans could remove millions
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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. President Emmanuel Macron has called on French lawmakers not to topple Michel Barnier’s government ahead of a no-confidence vote, even as he downplayed the economic risks of the administration’s likely collapse. The opposition supporting two
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Had Kamala Harris won the US election last month — and it was close, remember, despite the tone of the coverage since then — would Donald Trump have conceded defeat within 24 brisk
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top 10 underwriters for healthcare issuance accounted for $20.056 billion in the first half of 2024. RBC Capital Markets leads the pack with $5.2 billion in issuance, followed by BofA Securities with $3 billion and Raymond James with $2.2 billion. Source: LSEG
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top 10 financial advisors for housing deals accounted for $12.595 billion in the first half of 2024. Caine Mitter & Associated ranked No. 1 with $5.1 billion, followed by CSG Advisors with $3.3 billion and CFX Inc. with $1.9 billion. Source:
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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. South Korean officials stepped in to shore up support for the country’s financial markets as investors braced for political uncertainty after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law. Kim Byung-hwan, head of
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Hours after Syrian rebels swept into Aleppo on Friday night, Abdulkareem Laila ventured into the city for the first time in eight years. The insurgents had set up checkpoints and imposed a curfew and the fighting with regime forces, whose ranks seemed to fold before the lightning offensive, had only just subsided. But Laila was determined
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Just six hours elapsed between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law on Tuesday night and his subsequent climbdown, leaving the country in political turmoil. As a hardline chief prosecutor serving under Moon Jae-in, his leftwing predecessor as president, Yoon oversaw the imprisonment of former conservative president Park Geun-hye and Samsung chair
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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. Job interviews are laden with opportunities for humiliation. Who wants to describe their greatest weakness to a panel of peers? Or be made to feel like a quiz show contestant with brainteasers like “how many
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The head of Germany’s Bundesbank has called on Berlin to soften its tough spending rules, warning that Europe’s largest economy faced a “complicated” and “weak” outlook. Germans are set to head to the polls in February, with the post-pandemic stagnation of Europe’s largest economy feeding into widespread voter discontent with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition.
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Cryptocurrencies representing a euthanised grey squirrel, a Thai pygmy hippopotamus and a cartoon dog have exploded in value since last month’s US presidential election, as Donald Trump’s victory triggers a surge in speculation in so-called memecoins. The market for tokens representing online viral moments has expanded rapidly since early November as traders bet that Trump’s
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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. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faced mounting calls for his impeachment on Wednesday after his failed attempt to impose martial law triggered the country’s worst constitutional crisis in decades. Opposition lawmakers called on him
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Brightline won The Bond Buyer’s 23rd annual Deal of the Year award for its $3.2 billion recapitalization that represents a transformative moment in U.S. infrastructure financing.  As the largest private-activity bond issuance and first investment-grade debt for American high-speed rail, this transaction, which also won Deal of the Year in the Innovative Financing category, restructured
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