Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC The mystery over Warren Buffett’s surprisingly defensive stance deepened over the weekend. The 94-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway sold more stocks in the latest quarter and grew
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump is considering tariffs on countries that levy digital services taxes against American companies and tightening rules on Chinese investment in the US as he widens the scope of his global trade
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday.Bloomberg News For municipal bond investors – and investors overall – an executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump could erode confidence that the Securities and Exchange Commission will be willing to take action against “politically favored fraudsters.” “One thing I would worry about if
A “For Sale” sign on a house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Joe Lamberti | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. housing market continues to weaken, as potential buyers face stubbornly high mortgage rates, elevated prices and limited supply of listings. Sales of previously owned homes fell 4.9% in January from
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple is withdrawing its most secure cloud storage service from the UK, escalating a confrontation over a secret government demand to access customer data. The company said on Friday that it “can no longer offer”
Vacant office space is advertised in San Francisco. The city wants to make it easier to convert offices into apartments.Bloomberg News Office market turmoil since the COVID-19 pandemic amid a housing shortage has driven calls for office-to-residential conversions in San Francisco and Los Angeles. While the concept sounds simple, so far such conversions have been
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks in Washington, D.C., in January. The governor devoted a healthy chunk of his budget address to warnings about and defiance of the Trump administration.Bloomberg News Washington’s threats to state and local government funding took center stage when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday delivered his seventh budget address to a joint
President Donald Trump said his administration is going to audit the U.S. gold reserves kept at Fort Knox in Kentucky. “We’re going to go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, to make sure the gold is there,” Trump said Wednesday on Air Force One. A drive to audit Fort Knox has gained steam from
monkeybusinessimages | Getty There are signs that the housing market is swinging to favor buyers. However, renewed worries about the economy are holding some buyers back. On the upside for homebuyers, home price growth has slowed and mortgage rates have retreated from recent peaks. The median sale price for homes was $375,475 in the four
White Lake Township, Michigan, is facing legal action on two fronts, one of which is related to the cyberattack that sabotaged its bond sale last year.White Lake Township White Lake Township, Michigan, faces a legal threat from the lead underwriter of a bond sale that was compromised by an online hack. Attorneys for Baird, leader
It’s still too soon to fully calculate the cost of the Los Angeles wildfires, but one thing is clear: The cost of insurance will go up, and that will affect not just the value of LA real estate but of real estate across the nation. The losses from those wildfires may seem unimaginable now, but
Marion, Illinois, plans to sell $115 million of STAR bonds to finance the redevelopment of a mall and surrounding parcels of land. City of Marion In a first for the Midwest, a city in southern Illinois plans to use sales tax and revenue bond proceeds to fund a mall redevelopment. Next Wednesday, Stifel will price
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Show video info Donald Trump has signalled there should be elections in Ukraine, in his first public remarks after the US held high-level talks with Moscow in Riyadh. Russia and the US on
“The status quo allows the governor to manufacture budget numbers that support his policy agenda, rather than a consensus approach that would reflect legislative input,” Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said.Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office Oklahoma’s fiscal 2026 general revenue fund collections are expected to dip below fiscal 2025 projections as the state considers an income
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Russia and the US have agreed to “lay the groundwork for future co-operation” on bolstering ties and ending the Ukraine war, after holding the first high-level talks on the conflict since the early
The panel on climate resilience financing at The Bond Buyer National Outlook Conference.Donna Alberico Climate change and preparing for its impact will have costs, according to a panel at The Bond Buyer’s National Outlook Conference, which addressed infrastructure challenges resulting from climate disasters and what role the market will play in creating resilience. The country
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Honda is willing to resume takeover talks to create the world’s fourth-biggest car producer if Nissan’s chief executive Makoto Uchida steps down, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations. The 58-year-old had been one
A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. Tom Little | Reuters President Donald Trump promised to unleash U.S. energy dominance, but his sweeping executive order targeting wind power puts a pipeline of projects at risk that would generate enough electricity for millions of American homes. The
“This budget resolution provides the fiscal framework for what will be one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in modern history and the principal legislative vehicle for delivering on President Trump’s America First agenda,” House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said.Allison Robbert/Bloomberg The House Budget Committee late Thursday passed a partisan budget resolution that clears
“A key credit risk for airports is financial exposure from litigation, which is generally mitigated by insurance,” said Kurt Forsgren, US Public Finance Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings. ”While safety concerns could weaken an airport’s desirability and demand over the long term, this hasn’t been observed for major US airports.”S&P Global Ratings A history of close
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