The interior of a new New York City Subway car in 2023. This week the MTA board approved buying 435 new cars.Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority had a turbulent 2024. Now, although some uncertainties about its funding remain, the agency is readying its finances for 2025. The state agency that
admin
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A top Russian general has died after a bomb went off at the entrance to his home in Moscow early on Tuesday, investigators said, killing him and his assistant. Russia’s Investigative Committee, a major crimes
Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Drone stocks rallied Monday as retail interest ramped up in the sector following a Palantir partnership with Red Cat Holdings and amid a flurry of mysterious New Jersey sightings that Wall Street believes could boost funding for the industry. Red Cat shares rallied more than 25% on news
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20820063/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady but with a slightly weaker tone Monday as U.S. Treasuries and equities closed the session mixed. Triple-A yields were cut up to two basis points, depending on the scale, while USTs were weaker on the short end and slightly better out long. The two-year municipal to
In this article 9984.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank Group Corp. founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speak to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower on December 6, 2016 in New York. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | AFP | Getty Images Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son will announce
Mark Baldassare, survey director at the Public Policy Institute of California.PPIC California’s certified election results show the state logged a record election in terms of the number of local measures and amounts approved, according to a report . Voters approved 205 school bond measures, authorizing $45 billion of funding for elementary, high school and community
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves’ increase in business taxes is taking a toll on the UK economy as companies cut back hiring, adding to warnings that the chancellor’s October Budget has sapped corporate confidence heading into the new
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia shares slumped more than 2% on Monday, putting the AI chip darling officially in correction territory. The chipmaker and de facto artificial intelligence trade has rallied 165% this year amid ongoing excitement for the buzzy technology trend.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Federal Reserve is set to take a more cautious approach to interest rate cuts on fears that the Trump administration’s policies will stoke higher inflation, according to academic economists polled by the Financial Times.
Bashar al-Assad’s central bank airlifted around $250mn in cash to Moscow in a two-year period when the then Syrian dictator was indebted to the Kremlin for military support and his relatives were secretly buying assets in Russia. The Financial Times has uncovered records showing that Assad’s regime, while desperately short of foreign currency, flew banknotes
Financial planning. Budgeting. Expense tracking. Profit and loss analysis. Data analysis. Spreadsheet software. Productivity. Efficiency. Financial literacy. Personal finance. Business finance. Natalia Gdovskaia | Moment | Getty Images As Adinah Caro-Greene maps out her financial future, there’s a variable that may have held less weight for previous generations: her child. The employee benefits broker said
In this article GTLB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amid concerns over elevated valuations in the U.S. stock market, there are several stocks that continue to look attractive based on the future growth potential they promise. To pick such stocks, investors can track the recommendations of Wall
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The London Stock Exchange is on course for its worst year for departures since the financial crisis, as fears mount that more FTSE 100 businesses will quit the UK in favour of New York. A
In this article MSFT AMZN GOOGL XOM CVX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron are jumping into the race to power artificial intelligence data centers, as the two oil majors bet tech companies will ultimately turn to natural gas to meet their tremendous energy
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 has been impeached by the National Assembly following his failed attempt to impose martial law last week. Opposition parties, which command a majority in the legislature, only needed the
Every New Year’s Day, Emma Bisley starts asking herself the same question: who is going to win Christmas this year? Since 2023, the cherubic 34-year-old has been head of campaigns for Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain. She thinks about winning Christmas the same way the Grinch thinks about stealing it, which is to say nearly
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20783578/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals faced more selling pressure Friday but outperformed U.S. Treasuries ahead of a much lighter supply picture, which should buoy the asset class in the final weeks of the year. This week’s accumulated losses have pushed returns into the red for the month, but municipals are still faring better
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has spent the past two weeks speaking about her administration’s achievements in her two years in office.Bloomberg News Los Angeles city leaders have some work ahead to close a $296.14 million deficit, according to a report City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo delivered to the City Council’s Budget, Finance and Innovation
With costs escalating for a 15-year expansion program, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority board approved a toll hike ahead of a $1 billion bond sale slated for early 2025. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Ahead of a $1 billion bond sale early next year for an expansion program with rising costs, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority hiked toll rates
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20781708/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> The municipal market grew in the third quarter of 2024 amid the surge in supply while mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and foreign buyers increased their ownership of the asset class in the third quarter, Fed data shows. However, “muni holdings of all institutional investors, lead by banks, is still
“The Committee will hit the ground running in 2025,” said current and future Chairman Sam Graves, R- Mo. ”Our work will include working with President Trump to advance his infrastructure priorities, developing the next long-term surface transportation reauthorization, and reprioritizing policies that are consistent with the core purpose of infrastructure .U.S. House of Representatives The future of