Month: September 2023

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Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has confirmed its user interface is currently “under an attack.” The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users to not interact with Balancer’s protocol until further notice. The balancer frontend is under an attack. The issue is currently under investigation. Please do NOT
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Municipals were weaker Tuesday as triple-A yields rose in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries. Equities ended the session down ahead of the close of the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting Wednesday. Triple-A yields were cut two to seven basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose four to six basis points, pushing the two-,
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Receive free UK politics updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK politics news every morning. Rishi Sunak was on Tuesday accused of presiding over a “slow motion car crash” as the prime minister prepared to delay crucial measures intended to turn the UK into a net zero carbon
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Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Token 2049, one of the largest crypto conferences of the year, attracted a record 10,000 attendees, 300 speakers and 5,000 companies during the two-day event in Singapore. From Sept. 13–14, attendees entering the majestic Marina Bay Sands Convention Expo and Center
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Jena Watson, formerly of HomeStreet Bank, has joined ArentFox Schiff as a partner. Watson, who is based in the San Francisco office, will work in the firm’s Real Estate and Municipal Bond practices. She has nearly 30 years of experience managing project and municipal finance and commercial real estate transactions, including 10 years in senior
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In this article CTLT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rows of glass vials in a biologics laboratory in Sweden. Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images Company: Catalent (CTLT) Business: Catalent develops and manufactures solutions for drugs, protein-based biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products worldwide. The
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JLL released its Construction Trends and Mid-Year Outlook several days ago, updating its 2023 Construction Outlook published in March. The new report, with its updated set of projections, highlights several hurdles the industry faces during a time of enormous economic uncertainty. Specifically, the report examines general construction industry health, along with the state of the
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U.S. homebuilders are feeling pessimistic about their business for the first time in seven months, thanks to stubbornly high mortgage rates. Builder confidence in the single-family housing market fell 5 points in September to 45 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The decrease follows a 6-point drop in August. Anything
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This week, Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall takes podcast listeners back to school — Bitcoin (BTC) school.  On the latest episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, listeners can indulge in interview snippets, soundbites and pearls of wisdom from the likes of Blockstream CEO Adam Back and Tether chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino, as well as professionals in cybersecurity and from Chainalysis.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended his state’s gasoline tax for one month as prices at the pump continue to increase. Kemp cited high fuel costs and persistent inflation when he declared a legal state of emergency last week and signed an executive order suspending Georgia’s 31.2 cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 35-cents-per-gallon tax on
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Receive free Canada updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Canada news every morning. Canada’s prime minister has said there are “credible allegations” that India’s government was involved in the fatal shooting of a prominent Sikh leader in British Columbia, citing intelligence from national security services. Justin Trudeau on
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Canadian fintech corporation WonderFi, a firm backed by billionaire Kevin O’Leary, recently announced a strategic partnership between Bitbuy and cryptocurrency ATM provider Localcoin ATM. The partnership, announced on Sept. 18, will shore up Localcoin’s crypto ATM offerings throughout Canada with Bitbuy’s exchange platform and the “deep liquidity” that comes with it, according to a press
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The Texas Water Development Board is planning a $1 billion bond sale next week to finance water-related projects for local governments as the drought-prone state awaits a November vote on a constitutional amendment to further support water supply infrastructure. The State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas revenue bonds are scheduled to price Sept. 27
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When you think of building a solidly constructed home, you most likely do not think about foam as being part of it. There are builders using it though, for good reason. When it is used in home construction—maybe as a marketing tactic—it’s not typically referred to as foam in the specification process, but rather as
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For a market anchored by self-regulation and tax-exemption, creeping regulation and political crossfire are nothing new, but also show no sign of abating — look no further than the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “regulation by enforcement” and the hyper-politicization of environmental, social and governance investing factors. That’s the message from a group of municipal market
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Western companies that have continued to operate in Russia since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine have generated billions of dollars in profits, but the Kremlin has blocked them from accessing the cash in an effort to turn the screw on “unfriendly” nations. Groups from such countries accounted for $18bn of the $20bn in Russian profits
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As the appropriations tug of war goes back and forth in Congress, municipalities are concerned about a wide range of federally-supported infrastructure projects which might end up on the chopping block. The National Association of Counties is already ringing a warning bell via a letter addressed to both chambers of Congress imploring the need  to “prioritize federal
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General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 10, 2019. Bryan Woolston | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. KeyCorp — The Cleveland-based regional bank rose almost 2% premarket after Piper Sandler said the shares