China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A day after China Evergrande’s shares were suspended in Hong Kong, the beleaguered Chinese property firm revealed that its director and executive chairman is under scrutiny over suspected crimes.
The American Dream used to include a house with a white picket fence. And then, at some point, expectations grew larger and more grandiose (perhaps coinciding with Dallas, and Dynasty, two wildly popular prime time TV soap operas with the wealthy, sprawling settings). Some single-family homes rivaled hotels or B&Bs, and had four- and five-car
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Chinese worker fined $145K over VPN An unnamed individual in China was fined 1.06 million Yuan ($144,907) for using a virtual private network (VPN) to access restricted websites as part of a remote work routine for a foreign employer. According to
In this article JEF DUOL MU PTON KMX CSA-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Trimble logo is displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Trimble — The technology services provider jumped about 6.4% on Thursday on the
Municipals sold off Thursday, despite a stronger U.S. Treasury market, while mutual funds reported large outflows. Equities ended up. Muni triple-A yields rose nine to 12 basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell two to eight basis points. Municipal to UST ratios were higher again as a result. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio
In this article NVDA MSFT META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Founder & CEO, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in NYC on Sept. 28th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner is massively bullish on artificial intelligence, saying the power of the advanced technology could
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.
Blackstone, the biggest owner of commercial real estate in the world, is placing its bets on the student housing rental market as demand surges worldwide. “Student housing is, I think where the opportunity is most specifically generating a lot of strong cash for us and our investors,” as universities seek more accommodations to satisfy growing
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
Bitcoin (BTC) hit new weekly highs after the Sep. 28 Wall Street open as markets awaited fresh cues from the United States Federal Reserve. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin summons volatility ahead of Powell speech Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price strength staging a comeback on the day, having delivered what
Receive free OpenAI updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest OpenAI news every morning. OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son to launch a venture to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”, fuelled by more than $1bn in funding from
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
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
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
Banks are facing mounting uncertainty as the commercial real estate (CRE) sector continues to struggle. But, tailwinds in our financial names should help safeguard their bottom lines. Club names Wells Fargo (WFC) and Morgan Stanley (MS) have bright spots in their operations that can offset potential weakness from CRE exposure. We’re optimistic about green shoots
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
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, September 26, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A majority of Wall Street investors didn’t take solace in stocks’ 2023 gains, thinking the market could retreat further as risk for a recession creeps up, according to the new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor
Bitcoin (BTC) managed to stay above the $26,000 level even as the S&P 500 tumbled to a three-month low and the US dollar index (DXY) rose to a new year-to-date high. This is a mildly positive sign as it shows a lack of aggressive selling at lower levels. Bitcoin remains stuck inside a range and
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
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has claimed that it will fully quit Russia by selling its local business to a completely new exchange known as CommEx. While promising its customers a “smooth” migration, Binance hasn’t provided much information about its successor in Russia. At the time of the announcement, little is known about CommEx’s founders or background. The
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
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