Providence St. Joseph Health’s revenue bonds were downgraded to A2 from A1 by Moody’s Investors Service, marking the third downgrade from a rating agency within the past three weeks. Moody’s on Monday also revised its rating outlook to negative on the $8.2 billion in debt it rates for the multi-state 52-hospital system headquartered in Renton,
Municipals were firmer in secondary trading Tuesday following U.S. Treasuries after weaker jobs data sent signals of a slowing economy. Triple-A yields fell two to six basis points while USTs rallied up to 15 basis points on the short end following fewer-than-expected job openings data, according to Roberto Roffo, managing director and portfolio manager at
The arraignment of former president Donald Trump, in the presence of a secret service detail and with the world’s media camped outside, will be unlike any other in the Manhattan criminal courthouse’s colourful 82-year history. Once the TV crews have left, however, the case known as People vs Trump will proceed in a more pedestrian
Donald Trump has arrived at a Manhattan courthouse to be formally charged in connection with payments made to buy the silence of a porn actress ahead of his 2016 campaign for the White House. The arraignment of Trump marks the first criminal case against a former or sitting US president and will fire the starting
The total amount of funds bridged to zkSync reached $115 million within 10 days of the public mainnet launch as users rush to farm the airdrop of the Ethereum rollup’s expected native token, per L2BEAT data. The zkSync era mainnet was launched one day after the March 24 Arbitrum airdrop. The median airdrop for eligible
After Saudi Arabia and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the world by announcing cuts to oil production, a spokesperson for U.S. president Biden’s National Security Council stated that reducing production is not advisable. According to a recent report, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has told associates that
PFM acquired the not-for-profit healthcare specialty advisory firm Melio & Company in a move that deepens its advisory and consulting benches. PFM’s acquisition of Melio & Co. — launched in 2009 by public finance investment banker Mark Melio — closed Friday and all nine employees of the Illinois-headquartered firm, who provide municipal and healthcare advisory
Bitcoin (BTC) might have shown strength after successfully defending the $28,000 support amid unfounded rumors regarding Binance, but an interesting development to note is BTC is becoming less correlated to traditional markets after the U.S. Federal Reserve elected to provide emergency liquidity to banks. This change in attitude from the central bank has caused a
The recently elected mayor of Providence, Rhode Island hailed the city’s second rating upgrade in recent months. Moody’s Investors Service on March 13upgraded Providence’s issuer default rating and unlimited tax bonds to A3 from Baa1. “Today’s bond rating upgrade is another sign that we are on the right path,” Mayor Brett Smiley said in a
Puerto Rico’s preliminary economic activity index in February was down 0.2% from a year earlier but most other economic statistics were positive. According to the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank’ preliminary estimate, the index value was down 0.6% in January from a year earlier. However, on a month-to-month basis, January’s index was up 0.5% from
A new report by data analytics provider CoreLogic reveals in many ways a tale of two very different housing markets. At one extreme, the West is slowing, and at the other extreme, the East is rising. Even as home prices grew for the 133rd straight month in February, the 4.4% increase still was nothing to
After the Twitter logo was changed from the original blue bird to a cartoon image of the famous Shiba Inu Doge, the cryptocurrency dogecoin rose significantly in value and is now up 27% more than 12 hours later. However, a number of bitcoin proponents expressed distaste for the logo change, and a few insisted that
In this article CAT K-CA NEM ETSY AMC VORB NOW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, with a rocket under the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner, takes off for a key drop test of its high-altitude launch system for satellites from Mojave, California, July 10, 2019. Mike Blake |
The Bank of England’s chief economist hinted at a further interest rate rise in May when he said the central bank needed to “see the job through” in its battle to eradicate high inflation. Huw Pill, however, stressed that the Monetary Policy Committee faced a tight decision on whether to raise interest rates again from
We are living in a dividing world. These divisions have many ramifications. But not the least important of these are for global commerce. The slowdown in world trade, the shift towards economic nationalism and the growing demands in the west, and especially in the US, for decoupling from China are reshaping the global economy. It
Arbitrum suffered a big blow during the April 1 to April 2 weekend due to a conflict between the ARB token holders and the Arbitrum Foundation on the allocation of $750 million ARB tokens worth around $900 million. Data from on-chain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence shows that the transfer of $50.5 million out of the
Cross-chain messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs has raised another $120 million, according to an Apr. 4 announcement. The company plans to use the capital to increase its headcount and expand its reach into the Asia-Pacific region. The company had previously raised $135 million in March 2022. pic.twitter.com/mhJgoovYis — LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) April 4, 2023 LayerZero
Some capacity was restored to a nearly depleted Texas school bond guarantee program last month after state officials took action, but even more demand for the cost-saving enhancement is expected in the wake of upcoming bond elections. The latest data for the Permanent School Fund (PSF) program showed projected available capacity of $5.4 billion on
Continuing its expansion into the municipal space, Siebert Williams Shank & Co. has hired Edward Tishelman as senior managing director and head of muni sales and trading. Tishelman is a 40-year veteran of the municipal finance industry and comes to Siebert from UBS Financial Services, where he was managing director and head of issuance strategies
Harvey, Illinois’ long-planned exchange offer for its defaulted general obligation bonds could get underway later this month with receipt of an overdue audit the last hurdle to overcome, city officials told a Cook County judge. The Chicago suburb’s city council has cleared the path for the exchange offer to proceed and is expected to approve
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