Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cut the transit of gas and goods through Belarus to Europe if the EU imposes further sanctions on his regime over the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border. The Belarus president was responding to an announcement by Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, on Wednesday that the bloc would
New York is in love with the new. During week after week in the fall of 2021, buyers at the upper end of the real estate market have been choosing with their dollars. What they choose, time and again, is newly constructed (or not even yet constructed) condominiums. While fewer billionaires are actually purchasing units
Only 28% of Manhattan office workers are back at their desks and fewer than half will return by January, according to a new survey. Employers expect that 49% of office workers will return on an average weekday by January, according to a survey of 188 big employers in Manhattan by the Partnership for New York
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that crypto assets are providing another means of payment for people who want to conduct criminal activity. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey Sees Crypto Helping Criminal Activities The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, said during an online question-and-answer session organized by the British
Robin Prunty, chief analytical officer, U.S. Public Finance at S&P Global Ratings, and Arlesa Wood, director of bond administration for Miami-Dade County, Florida, have been named the private and public sector winners of 2021’s Freda Johnson Award for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance. Along with Prunty and Wood, the Northeast Women in Public Finance have
Bitcoin price hit another all-time high at $69,000 as Ether continued its long slog toward $5,000 after reaching a new high at $4,868 earlier today. Shortly after hitting this fresh milestone, however, traders began taking profit, leading to a nearly-$7000 drop. Interstingly, the breakout initiated right as a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor
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The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts stand on the transporter in front of the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 stack inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s space company is set to launch the Crew-3 mission for NASA on Wednesday evening, in the fifth SpaceX crewed
Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission has until Nov. 14 to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the VanEck Bitcoin ETF, the first exchange-traded fund in a long line of “spot” bitcoin ETFs that have applications in front of the regulator. The SEC has delayed a
In this article TSLA WEN FUBO POSH A woman walks past a Westpac bank advertisement in central Sydney, Australia. Daniel Munoz | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Poshmark — The online marketplace’s shares tumbled nearly 30% Wednesday after reporting quarterly results late Tuesday. Poshmark reported a loss of 9 cents
The jockeying has begun among Illinois political leaders, labor and planning organizations as they stake out their priorities for the state’s more than $17 billion share of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that awaits President Biden’s signature. State Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, both Democrats, put their support behind the
US consumer prices are expected to have surged in October at their fastest pace in three decades, as bottlenecks and other supply-chain disruptions intensify and inflationary pressures broaden. Consensus forecasts compiled by Bloomberg indicate that the consumer price index to be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday rose 5.9 per cent in
Thursday, November 11 is Veteran’s Day in the United States, when we honor those who have served in our nation’s armed services. According to the Veteran’s Administration, more than 185,000 of the vets who have received care in one of their facilities have been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and between 11% and
skynesher | E+ | Getty Images It’s no secret that there is a gender pay gap in the U.S. Women earned just 84% of what men made in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Consequently, it would take female workers an extra 42 days to make the same income men did that year. Now,
It was a good day to be an issuer in the municipal primary market. With U.S. Treasuries rallying, municipals followed with triple-A benchmark yields falling as much as five basis points out long and more than $6 billion of new issues were digested in both competitive and negotiated markets, some deals seeing large repricings to
Altseason rumors are on the rise on Nov. 9 as altcoins capitalize on Bitcoin’s move to a new all-time high and the ensuing consolidation that tends to occur after (BTC) pulls back to retest underlying support levels. As is often the case when Bitcoin has pullbacks during a bull market, some of the outflows find their
In this article MAXR A close look at the primary mirror of a Worldview Legion satellite during assembly and inspection. Maxar Maxar Technologies‘ stock jumped on Thursday after reporting third-quarter results, with Wall Street analysts welcoming the space company’s progress toward the launch of key satellites next year. The company reported an adjusted EBITDA profit
In this article AMC RBLX HOOD GE Traders work beneath a monitor displaying General Electric Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Electric — Shares of General Electric popped more than 3% after announcing
Connecticut Treasury has selected State Street Bank & Trust as the master custodian bank for the $61 billion Connecticut Retirement Plan and Trust Funds and the internally managed funds, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden announced. Boston-based State Street will also be an investment account manager for Connecticut’s $12.5 billion Short-Term Investment Fund, or STIF. Wooden’s office
US industrial group General Electric is to split itself into three public companies from 2023, a big step in chief executive Larry Culp’s plan to streamline the sprawling conglomerate. The companies will focus on healthcare, energy and aviation. GE Healthcare will be spun off in 2023, with GE retaining a 19.9 per cent stake in