Roosevelt & Cross CEO Charles Stavitski and President Elaine BrennanRoosevelt & Cross Charles Stavitski and Elaine Brennan have been promoted to new leadership positions at Roosevelt & Cross. The pair, who were already members of the firm’s board of directors, have taken on more leadership duties in the past year, with new titles now formalizing
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Russia’s armed forces have recruited hundreds of Yemeni men to fight in Ukraine, brought by a shadowy trafficking operation that highlights the growing links between Moscow and the Houthi rebel group. Yemeni recruits who travelled to Russia told the Financial Times they were promised high salaried employment and even Russian citizenship. When they arrived with
In this article HSIC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Company: Henry Schein (HSIC) Business: Henry Schein is a solutions company for health care. It operates through two segments: health care distribution, and technology and value-added services. The health care distribution segment distributes an array
Pew senior officer Fatima Yousofi found states are considering diverse funding and financing tools to manage climate threats to their infrastructure.Pew As the municipal bond market expects issuance to swell over the next decade to accommodate climate-related infrastructure needs, states are also eying cap-and-invest and superfund programs to augment what is expected to be substantial
The dramatic rise and fall of Northvolt, Europe’s one-time battery champion, has many of the elements of a Nordic noir thriller. A desire for global domination, intense hubris and disagreements, vast amounts of cash and several unexplained deaths: the Swedish start-up has had it all on its journey to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on
Longtime investment banker George Joseph McLiney, Jr., passed away unexpectedly at age 87 Saturday. The founder of McLiney and Company, which was acquired by SAMCO Capital Markets in 2019, McLiney was also a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, an avid golfer and a successful Kansas cattleman. George McLiney, Jr. “He loved life, and that
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Funds managed by Goldman Sachs will write off almost $900mn after Swedish battery maker Northvolt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Goldman’s private equity funds have at least $896mn in exposure to Northvolt, making
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Sunday, July 28, 2024. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The power needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing are growing so large that individual data center campuses could soon use more electricity than some cities, and even entire U.S. states, according to
The village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is facing legal action over its transportation utility fee, which the Wisconsin Court of Appeals struck down in March.Adobe Stock The village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, has become the target of lawsuits from the state’s combined chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association over its transportation utility fee, which was struck down
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has picked Scott Bessent to be his US Treasury secretary, nominating one of his biggest financial backers as the top economic official of his second administration, according to five people familiar
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20436998/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> The municipal market was lightly traded and little changed Friday ahead of the Thanksgiving-shortened week, with strong market technicals leading to more muni outperformance to U.S. Treasuries and corporates. Triple-A yields barely budged for the ninth consecutive trading session while USTs saw small losses on the short end and
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Northvolt’s chief executive has resigned a day after Europe’s big battery hope filed for bankruptcy in the US. Peter Carlsson took responsibility for the dramatic collapse during a town-hall meeting with employees on Friday morning,
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, speaks during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, February 27, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Cathie Wood is defending her underperforming ARK Innovation exchange traded fund following a rocky stretch. “We have a volatile fund,” she told
A home with a “Sold” sign from a real estate company in North Patchogue, New York. Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty Images A sharp drop in mortgage rates brought homebuyers off the fence in October after a slow summer. Sales of previously owned homes last month rose 3.4% from September to a seasonally adjusted,
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20420283/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> As yearend approaches, investors have traditionally turned to tax-loss harvesting to use some of their losses to offset gains. However, this year may see less of the tactic than in previous years due to the strength of the muni market. Investors use tax-loss harvesting to sell investments at a
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi for attorney-general just hours after Matt Gaetz, his initial pick, withdrew from consideration for the role. The unexpected move injected fresh drama into Trump’s selection
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20420841/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal were little changed Thursday as inflows into muni mutual funds topped $1 billion. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities closed the session up. Municipal bond mutual funds saw $1.288 billion of inflows for the week ending Wednesday, according to LSEG Lipper. That compares to $303.2 million of inflows
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant “for crimes against humanity and war crimes”. The move is a dramatic escalation of legal
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images The board of Acurx Pharmaceuticals approved Wednesday the purchase of up to $1 million in bitcoin to hold as a treasury reserve asset. Shares of the the company were last lower by more than 6% after spiking about
We’re selling 165 shares of Best Buy at roughly $86 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 600 shares of BBY, decreasing its weighting to about 1.5% from 1.9%. Best Buy shares have been on a steady decline since October on concerns about electronic retail sales and the potential for higher tariffs
The John Hancock building, left, and Trump Tower, right, stand in the cityscape as seen from the Willis Tower in Chicago. Bloomberg News S&P Global Ratings placed Chicago’s general obligation bond rating on watch negative Tuesday, warning the city against heavy reliance on one-time budget solutions, as reports suggest Mayor Brandon Johnson has slashed his
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York over an alleged years-long scheme to bribe Indian officials in exchange for billions of dollars’ worth of solar power contracts and concealing
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20399114/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal secondary trading did little to move triple-A yield curves, outperforming a weaker U.S. Treasury market again, as the primary market took focus. Triple-A yield curves barely budged while USTs saw losses of three to four basis points across the curve. The day’s moves pushed ratios lower still. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ford plans to cut about 4,000 jobs in Europe, as the carmaker grapples with slowing demand for electric vehicles and fierce competition with Chinese rivals. The US company said on Wednesday the cuts would be
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Company: Meta Platforms (META) Business: Meta Platforms builds technologies that help people find communities and grow businesses. The company’s products enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets,
Single-family homes in a residential neighborhood in San Marcos, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images After flatlining the week before, mortgage demand rose last week, despite mortgage rates increasing for the fourth straight week. Total application volume climbed 1.7% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
A sign outside the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority office. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined New York-based Drexel Hamilton $300,000 in addition to charging four of its registered representatives for submitting retail orders and zip codes for new issue municipal bonds without any basis for such designation. Without admitting or denying the findings, the
Companies registered in the British Overseas Territories exported $134mn worth of goods to Russia in 2024 in an apparent breach of UK sanctions, according to FT analysis of Russian filings. The UK’s Russia sanctions legislation, which has been extended to the territories, bars companies and individuals from enabling Russia to obtain military, dual-use or luxury
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20381307/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals improved Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended mixed. Triple-A muni yields were bumped one to six basis points, depending on the curve, while USTs saw small gains across the curve with the best performance out long. The secondary took a backseat to the primary market
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine has struck a military target inside Russia using US-made long-range Atacms missiles for the first time since Joe Biden’s administration lifted restrictions on their use, according to people familiar with the matter. Army
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