Massachusetts’ House of Representatives passed a hotly debated series of tax cuts this week. Following months of legislative back-and-forth on the package’s provisions, state representatives voted 55-1 Wednesday to pass a series of tax cuts expected to provide $561 billion in breaks across its first year. The bill has seen revision after revision since Gov.
Receive free Sovereign bonds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sovereign bonds news every morning. European government bond prices dropped sharply on Thursday as investors took fright at Italy’s larger than expected budget deficit and mounting concerns that central banks will keep interest rates high for an extended
Pull your sats out of Minecraft now Back in our July edition, we announced Satlantis, an independent Minecraft server run by the game’s fans, enabled players to earn Bitcoin by completing in-game quests using play-to-earn functionalities. We noted Minecraft developer Mojang’s previous NFT ban and concluded, “Time will show how this integration fairs against the
A recession is all but inevitable for the U.S. and investors should be playing defense in that kind of environment, according to the head of the TCW Group. “We are going to have a recession, because that’s the way the world works,” Katie Koch, CEO of the firm with $210 billion under management, said Thursday
Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is watching closely the “risky” U.S. fiscal situation. “We’re going to have a debt crisis in this country,” the founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates said in an interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen that aired on Thursday. The two were speaking at
What are the friendliest places in America? The self-storage company Neighbor.com has just released its fourth annual list of America’s 25 Most Neighborly Cities, in honor of National Neighbor Day. The 2023 study ranks U.S. cities based on factors like charitable donations, volunteering, crime rates and more. This year, Madison, Wisconsin has been named the
Shares of Evergrande have been suspended, Hong Kong’s exchange announced Thursday. The chairman of the embattled Chinese real estate developer has reportedly been placed under surveillance, according to Bloomberg News. Evergrande shares last closed at 32 Hong Kong cents on Wednesday. This is not the first time that Evergrande’s shares have been suspended. Trading was
Billions of dollars in tax incentives are under scrutiny in Georgia this legislative offseason. In the three months since the state legislature adjourned for 2023, the General Assembly’s Joint Tax Credit Review Panel has met three times in the city of Rome to evaluate the effectiveness of wide-ranging tax incentives that have helped fuel the
Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital has confirmed it mined an invalid Bitcoin (BTC) block during an “experiment” aimed at optimizing the firm’s operations. In a Sept. 27 post, Marathon said it utilizes a small percentage of the firm’s hashrate toward these experiments and stressed they weren’t trying to alter the network in any way: “In no
After selling off late last week and at the start of the week, the municipal market continued to weaken but with smaller cuts to AAA scales amid an active primary market. U.S. Treasury yields rose, and equities ended mixed. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 70%, the three-year was at 70%, the five-year at
Receive free US Treasury bonds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning. US stocks and government bonds are on course for their worst month of the year as investors respond to the US Federal Reserve’s message that interest rates are set to stay
SEC Chair Gary Gensler participates in a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., July 28, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | etty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is testifying before the House Financial Services Committee today. It will be very much like his testimony two weeks ago
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It’s been more than a decade since 850,000 BTC went missing from Mt. Gox, yet the collapse of the former exchange remains one of the most infamous black swan events of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. While creditors of the defunct exchange are edging closer to some form of restitution, Mt. Gox’s demise ended up playing an
All over the U.S., developers, architects, environmentalists, history buffs, employers, renters, homeowners and countless others are coming to one realization. Adaptive reuse holds the power to transform urban environs like few other projects. The benefits of converting age-old structures to new and different uses are compelling. Adaptive reuse represents a more sustainable means of creating
Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf financial, business and shopping district in London, UK. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — London’s office market is in a “rental recession,” according to financial services company Jeffries, who reported that vacancies in the capital’s business hub had hit a 30-year high. Jeffries analysts estimated there had been
Municipal bonds were weaker Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields rose out long and equities sold off. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 69%, the three-year was at 70%, the five-year at 71%, the 10-year at 73% and the 30-year at 90%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m., ET, read. ICE Data Services
The co-founder of AirBit Club — a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that swindled investors of over $100 million — has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a $100 million “pyramid scheme” that purported to be involved in crypto mining. The sentencing comes nearly seven months after Rodriguez — the co-founder of
Fitch Ratings revised to positive from stable the outlook on $32 million of refunding revenue bonds associated with the construction of Atlanta’s city courthouse as revenue streams continue a post-pandemic recovery. The outlook change applies to $32 million of tax-exempt certificates of participation issued by the Georgia Municipal Authority in 2016 to refund a 2002
Receive free Amazon.com updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Amazon.com news every morning. The US Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon, alleging the online retailer illegally uses monopoly power to overcharge consumers, hobble competitors and exploit sellers on its marketplace. The landmark lawsuit, filed on Tuesday,