Warnings continue to pervade market and financial news this week, with Monica Crowley, former assistant secretary for public affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, indicating “catastrophic” consequences if the U.S. dollar loses its status as the world’s reserve currency. In related news, billionaire Bill Ackman warned that the U.S. economy is “heading for
Municipal bonds finished trading little changed Friday as the market rode out the end of the month and the first quarter on a calm note as Treasuries strengthened and stocks surged. While munis came into March like a lamb, they went out like a lioness, calm and proud. The two-year muni-Treasury ratio was at 58%,
Switzerland’s Federal Prosecutor has opened an investigation into the state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse by its larger rival UBS. The Bern-based prosecutor is looking into potential breaches of Swiss criminal law by government officials, regulators and executives at the two banks, which agreed an emergency merger last month over the course of a frantic weekend
People walk past a store of the sporting goods retailer Nike Inc at a shopping complex in Beijing, China March 25, 2021. Florence Lo | Reuters Investors seem to be caught amid the chaos caused by the recent banking crisis, persistent macro headwinds and a potential recession. Looking at stocks with appealing long-term potential could
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Top Stories This Week FTX EU launches withdrawal website to pay back European users The European arm of FTX has launched a website to allow customers in Europe to submit withdrawal requests. It comes nearly five months after the global trading platform collapsed and went bankrupt in early November. Meanwhile, in the United States, lawyers
In recent years, nothing has had a greater impact on office design trends than the pandemic. From turning just about any room of the home into an office to the evolution of the hybrid work model—offices have truly evolved to reflect personal style and work habits as they never have before. This is especially true
Scores of luxury homes are coming to major cities across the United States. Analysts at Yardi Matrix projected that more than 400,000 units were completed in 2022, and they expect another strong showing in 2023. Experts believe much of this new stock is built with upper-tier customers in mind. “You often see new housing branded as
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New Jersey’s wind energy industry is under fire following somemarine mammal deaths that the industry’s opponents blame on the development of offshore platforms along the state’s coastline. On Thursday, protests in Trenton calling for a moratorium on offshore platform development were followed by an announcement by Republican U.S. Representative Van Drew, whose district includes Atlantic
Contradicting the growing global Bitcoin (BTC) adoption rate, physical ATMs dedicated to fiat-crypto conversions are on the decline. In March alone, 3,627 crypto ATMs were removed from the network, bringing down the total ATMs to 33,727. In nearly a decade since the first Bitcoin ATM was launched on Oct. 29, 2013, the net change of
New York State lawmakers look likely to miss the deadline to have a new budget in place before the start of the state’s fiscal year on April 1. Last year the budget was approved a week late. “The governor and Legislature are discussing many important issues as they work to finalize the state budget, but
Donald Trump will turn himself in to New York prosecutors on Tuesday, his lawyer said, insisting the former president would “not be put in handcuffs”. Joe Tacopina added he expected the charges — the first criminal indictment in history of an ex-US president — to relate to payments to buy the silence of porn actress
A local court in South Korea denied the prosecutor’s request to issue an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs co-founder Shin Hyun-Seong, also known as Daniel Shin. This was the second attempt made by South Korean authorities to reign in Shin following the recent arrest of Do Kwon — Terra’s other co-founder. On March 23, Kwon
The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hangs on the wall at SEC headquarters in Washington. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Today is the final day for the trading industry and investors to submit comments on one of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler’s most controversial proposals: a partial overhaul of the U.S.
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Low inventory and rising interest rates will likely be a factor in the spring real estate market in North Central New Jersey. The recently released February 2023 market report from Turpin Realtors, which covers Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset and Union counties, is a predictor of the upcoming prime season. “February typically is when we begin
An ‘open house’ flag is displayed outside a single family home on September 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Allison Dinner | Getty Images Stress in the banking system turned out to be a boon for the U.S. mortgage market. As investors hid in the relative safety of the bond market, yields moved even lower
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