Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has unveiled a highly contentious “emergency” bill that deems Rwanda a “safe” country in law in an effort to revive his policy of sending migrants to the east African nation. The bill states
Bitcoin (BTC) has gained almost 170% since the European Central Bank (ECB) warned of its impending “irrelevance.” As noted by crypto proponent Eric Wall and others on Dec. 4, BTC price action has done the complete opposite of economists’ predictions. ECB Bitcoin myopia: “What else are they wrong about?” Bitcoin traded at just $16,400 when
The city of Chicago and its Sales Tax Securitization Corporation won The Bond Buyer’s 22nd annual Deal of the Year award for its $1.7 billion financing that addressed initiatives related to affordable housing, homelessness support services, environmental justice, and community development. The issuance, which was the Deal of the Year in the Midwest category, included
A new feature from Coinbase Wallet allows for the transfer of crypto through a link that can be sent through some of the most popular social media sites and messaging apps as the crypto exchange looks to make its service accessible to a wider market. “Users can now send money on any platform that they
Municipals improved amid a large new-issue slate pricing in the primary while U.S. Treasuries were back in the black and equities were mixed throughout the day. Triple-A yields fell three to four basis points, depending on the scale, while USTs saw the largest gains out long. The primary market is robust this week, with several
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its decision on whether to approve or disapprove of a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, or ETF, offering from asset manager Grayscale. In a Dec. 5 notice, the SEC said it would designate a longer period on whether to approve or disapprove of a proposed rule
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Brussels has proposed delaying the introduction of tariffs on electric vehicle sales between the UK and EU by three years, agreeing to a request from London backed by the automotive industry. The European Commission will
itsskin | Getty High interest rates have pushed many would-be home sellers and buyers to the sidelines in 2023. Yet there are signs both sides may be more willing to take on a high-rate mortgage if other key factors aligned. More than half — 54% — of homeowners said they would move if they found
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, received $100,000 in seed funding from an unknown investor for its spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in October 2023, according to its latest United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The SEC filing revealed that the investor agreed to purchase 4,000 shares for $100,000 on Oct. 27, 2023,
If you know what you want, ask for it. That’s the lesson to be learned from the recent sale of a preconstruction home on Providenciales, an island in the Atlantic Ocean’s tropical Turks and Caicos archipelago. Originally marketed for $7.75 million as a five-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom villa with close to 8,000 square feet of living space,
Two years into a public-private partnership to rebuild and take over the New York State Thruway Authority’s service areas, the project is 225 days behind schedule, a delay that has led to a technical default and prompted Fitch Ratings to revise its outlook to negative from stable. AECOM Tishman, the design-build contractor who is responsible
Municipals were little changed Monday, while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended down. November was a “positive month” for munis as triple-A yields fell on an average of 89 basis points, bringing month-to-date returns of 6.35% and pushing year-to-date returns to 3.98% through the end of the month, Jason Wong, vice president of municipals
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Home secretary James Cleverly is set to unveil measures to reduce migration to the UK after official figures showed net legal migration soared to 745,000 last year. Changes expected to be announced on Monday include
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) surged above their respective overhead resistance levels on Dec. 4, indicating that the bulls are in no mood to slow down. The higher the price goes without a meaningful correction, the greater the feeling of missing out among traders. When traders chase prices higher, it could lead to a blow-off
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the first week of December looking better than it has since early 2022 — at over $40,000. BTC price action is delighting bulls already as the month begins, with the weekly close providing the first trip above the $40,000 mark since April last year. Shorts are getting wiped and liquidity taken as
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU leaders risk leaving Ukraine empty-handed at a perilous moment in its war against Russia as divisions over finances threaten a €50bn lifeline for Kyiv and Hungary vows to thwart its EU membership talks.
Bitcoin (BTC) finally broke above the formidable resistance of $38,000 in the past week and marched closer to $40,000. This move shows that Bitcoin’s trajectory remains up. The bulls will try to maintain the momentum and achieve a strong close to the year, while the bears will try to pull the price down. The major
In this article WMT HD VICI SUN ET Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Home Depot location in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters With the late 2023 rally underway, investors can bolster their portfolios by adding a select group of dividend payers into the mix. Dividend-paying stocks give investors a combination of potential
Top Stories This Week Bitcoin ETF race gets 13th entrant, BlackRock revises ETF model Asset manager Pando Asset has become an unexpected late entrant into the spot Bitcoin ETF race in the United States. On Nov. 29, Pando submitted a Form S-1 — used to register securities with the agency — to the U.S. Securities
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has warned Israel that it risks “strategic defeat” unless it protects Palestinian civilians in Gaza. In a sign of growing tensions between the close allies as Israel resumes its military
In this article PSX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A vehicle refuels at a Phillips 66 gas station in Rockford, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, July 29, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Phillips 66 (PSX) Business: Phillips 66 is an energy manufacturing and logistics company. It operates through the following segments:
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