A county judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s extension plan at the same time the OTA asked the state supreme court to validate bonds for the project. The ruling was the first in either of two lawsuits seeking to block OTA from building certain extensions as part of its bond-financed
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Turkey has shocked markets with a 100 basis point interest rate cut despite inflation of nearly 80 per cent, as the central bank loosens policy further to spur growth ahead of a general election next year. The bank had been expected to keep the rate at 14 per cent, which has already pushed real Turkish
A sign bearing the logo for communications and security tech giant Cisco Systems Inc is seen outside one of its offices in San Jose, California, August 11, 2022. Paresh Dave | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading: Cisco — Shares of the networking company advanced more than 3% following Cisco’s
Patricks Island is its own slice of tropical bliss – a canal-filled residential community on Grand Cayman. The tax-free haven, the largest of the Western Caribbean’s Cayman Islands, is known for its beaches, resorts, snorkeling and scuba diving sites. The lifestyle is laid-back, the scenery stunning and buying property provides a route to residency. Quality
Analysts generally expect state-owned enterprises will perform better than non-state-owned developers in the latest real estate slump. Pictured here in Guangxi, China, on Aug. 15, 2022, is a real estate complex developed by state-owned conglomerate Poly Group. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese property developers’ cash flows — a sign
Bitcoin (BTC) shifted higher on Aug. 18 as the latest data confirmed the European Union’s highest ever inflation. Support and resistance close in on BTC spot price Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD passing $23,500 at the time of writing, having preserved $23,000 as support overnight. Concerns over a deeper risk asset
This video is aimed at anyone new to trading the commodity markets. We look at which commodities you can trade with Trading 212, and take a generalised look at the futures markets and how they help commodity producers to hedge their exposure. Test and practice your investment strategies in real market conditions with virtual money.
Municipals sold off Wednesday with the largest losses up front, pushing the one-year triple-A yield well above 2%, the first time since March 2020. U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended down. U.S. Treasuries started the day with large losses after higher inflation numbers out of Europe led to volatility early on but they pared
Fitch Ratings said it has hired six analysts to join its U.S. Public Finance group. The analysts will be based throughout the country and cover various municipal subsectors. Joining Fitch’s San Francisco office are senior directors Pascal St. Gerard, who will serve as Fitch’s Western regional manager, and Karen Fitzgerald, who becomes Fitch’s sector head
The UK’s rate of inflation jumped to 10.1 per cent in July, the first time it has registered a double-digit annual increase in more than four decades. Consumer price inflation, driven by higher food prices, rose from 9.4 per cent in June to its highest level since February 1982. The double-digit rate exceeded economists’ expectations
High-profile security incidents continue to be a theme in 2022 as the Acala Network joined a long list of stricken platforms to fall prey to exploits. Acala’s aUSD token, which acts as the native stablecoin for the Polkadot and Kusama blockchains, saw its value plummet 99% after a misconfiguration of the iBTC/aUSD liquidity pool was
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People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in New York City, June 10, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Consumers are expected to have spent just slightly more in July, but they may have boosted what they spent online in a big way. U.S. retail sales will be reported Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Larry Ellison is parting with one of his oceanfront Palm Beach homes. After purchasing this 6.5-acre property in April 2021 for $80 million, he is now listing it for a whopping $145 million. The property is located in the ultra-exclusive enclave of Seminole Landing, a high-security gated community of 65 sprawling homes
Rising costs and falling confidence in the U.S. economy are fast becoming a toxic cocktail for the housing market. As a result, a growing number of buyers are backing out of deals they’ve made with homebuilders and sellers of existing homes. Homebuilder cancellation rates have more than doubled since April, according to surveys by John
sponsored Singapore — August 17th – Lido Finance, a giant in the Ethereum staking world, will be enhancing liquidity on Polygon with KyberSwap Elastic. Lido Finance is the largest platform for liquid staking services on Ethereum. Powering DeFi and CeFi applications alike with their technology, Lido Finance empowers stakers to put their staked assets to
Municipals were weaker Tuesday as short-end munis continued to sell off, U.S. Treasuries were weaker 10 years and in and equities were mixed. Triple-A muni yields rose nine to 12 basis points in one-year, further inverting the curve on the short end. Heavy secondary trading on the short end moved one-year triple-A yields as much
Ether (ETH) rejected the $2,000 resistance on Aug. 14, but the solid 82.8% gain since the rising wedge formation started on July 13 certainly seems like a victory for the bull market. Undoubtedly, the “ultrasound money” dream gets closer as the network expects the Merge transaction to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus network on Sept. 16.
Lisa Gorab, president and managing director of New Jersey’s Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer law firm, passed away on June 4 at 61. The Clifton, New Jersey, native became the first woman to hold the position of president at the century-old firm when elected in 2021, the crowning achievement of a thirty-year career in public finance law. “She
Real levels of UK wages fell at the fastest rate for at least 20 years in the second quarter of this year, but the labour market remains too tight for the Bank of England to feel comfortable about inflationary pressures. Data from the Office for National Statistics showed that in the three months to June