Failure of the U.S. Congress to raise the rum cover rate has a Virgin Islands senator concerned about its finances and its retirement fund. The Virgin Islands government refinanced matching fund bonds in March, planning to use some of the savings to prop up the faltering retirement system, which would have otherwise run out of
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Municipals were little changed Friday as the market shifts its focus to next week’s midterm elections and a larger new-issue calendar. U.S. Treasuries were weaker out long and equities ended up as markets digested a better-than-expected October jobs report that may validate the Fed’s more hawkish tone on rate hikes this week. Muni to UST
What’s old is new again at Faircourt, a Tuscan-inspired villa built for a wealthy industrialist in the late 1800s in the borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey. Set on about 13 acres, the mansion in the Somerset Hills was reconfigured in 1916 to include such details as ornate woodwork, gilded ceilings and marble floors. ADVERTISEMENT In
The Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Exempt & Government Entities Division is making clear there will be a beefier IRS presence in the coming year, which may be both a boon and a hindrance to issuers and their attorneys. The TE/GE 2023 Program Letter wasreleased online Friday and lists the division’s priorities for the fiscal year.
Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Susan Collins said monetary policy is entering a new phase that could require smaller rate increases while officials figure out how high rates need to go to crush inflation, but she did not rule out another 75 basis-point increase. “With rates now in restrictive territory, I believe it is time
Cradled by two wildlife corridors edged with creeks, this distinctive Carpinteria estate sports a zinc roof patterned after canoes built by native Chumash that once inhabited the Carpinteria Valley, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. Set in the foothills two miles from the ocean, the four-bedroom home sits on 11-plus acres designated as an agricultural
The writer is international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center Elon Musk has owned Twitter for one long week now. He has tweeted jokes and provocations, pitched ideas and sent out dog whistles. Musk is making the remarkable power that US tech executives hold over our lives, from geopolitics to the health of
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Elon Musk is beginning lay-offs at Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce, according to a company-wide email, in a dramatic cost-cutting cull that comes a week after the billionaire closed his $44bn buyout of the social media company. Twitter employees will be notified of their employment status by 9am Pacific time on Friday, according to an email seen
Municipals were weaker in secondary trading Thursday as a $1 billion-plus deal from the City and County of Denver took focus in the primary and mutual fund outflows grew by another $2.4 billion. U.S. Treasury yields rose, with the two-year seeing the greatest losses, and equities ended in the red as markets continue to digest
Miami-Dade County has ditched plans to build a monorail connecting Miami to Miami Beach and instead will expand the existing Metromover to create a transit corridor, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday. The plan for Baylink will make Miami-Dade transit more efficient and accessible, eliminate the need for riders to transfer and save the city
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Receding trade worries and new growth opportunities have sent semiconductor stocks higher IShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SOXX/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Invesco Dynamic Semiconductors ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/PSI/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/XSD/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SMH/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID NVIDIA: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/NVDA?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID AMD: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/AMD?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Taiwan Semiconductor: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TSM?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Applied Materials: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/AMAT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on
The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point for the fourth time in a row on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented pace of rate hikes. The U.S. central bank has raised the benchmark short-term borrowing rate a total of six times this year, including 75 basis point increases in June, July and
The Federal Reserve has decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75% – 4%, continuing its aggressive campaign against persistent inflation. Policymakers suggested that there was more to come, but also outlined a possible rationale for slowing rate increases soon. That’s the sixth consecutive rate hike this year, pushing rates
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board said it has lined up an impaired class to support a potential Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority restructuring deal, as legally required, but some were skeptical. One impaired class must vote for a PREPA plan of adjustment under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act for U.S. District
Jay Powell warned US interest rates would peak at a higher level than expected even as he held out the possibility of the Federal Reserve slowing the pace of its campaign to tighten monetary policy. Speaking after the central bank increased its main interest rate by 0.75 percentage points for the fourth time in a
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis unveiled an initial fiscal 2024 budget that he said maintains record reserves to cushion the blow of a potential economic downturn or natural disaster. The $42.7 billion all-funds spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 includes a $16.7 billion general fund with a $2.174 billion reserve. “We need
I want to cover the concept of fear as well as greed. These to forces really oppose one another. When the market is in fear, the market is usually tanking and going down. When the market is in greed state the market is skyrocketing or going up. So these two forces are always going back
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The Connecticut Green Bank’s most recent issuance of its retail investor friendly Liberty Green Notes brought in $250,000 for green upgrades to small business energy infrastructure statewide, the bank said. The end of the sales period last week marked the fourth successful issuance by the state-affiliated bank of the pioneering credits, giving investors access to