Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Far East Organization—controlled by billionaire brothers Robert and Philip Ng—in partnership with Japan’s Sekisui House submitted the highest bid of S$320.8 million ($226 million) for a suburban residential site in the prime Upper Bukit Timah neighborhood in western Singapore. The duo’s offer was higher than the
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Mortgage application volume barely moved last week, falling 0.5% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Rates, meanwhile, dropped back a little bit last week, but they’re still near a 22-year high. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less)
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
Change is afoot at one of the nation’s largest municipal bond issuers, even if the head of the office wins reelection as expected. California State Treasurer Fiona Ma appears headed for a second term in the Nov. 8 election. Three of her top deputies are stepping down, including Tim Schaefer, deputy for public finance, so
The Bank of England has signalled that borrowing costs will not rise as much as markets expect in the future, even as it imposed the biggest rate rise for three decades to combat soaring inflation. The BoE’s 0.75 percentage point increase to 3 per cent took interest rates to their highest point since 2008. But
Powerball jackpot grows to $1.5 billion No one matched all of the numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing so the estimated jackpot has grown to $1.5 billion for Saturday’s drawing. NEW YORK – The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one matched all of the numbers in Wednesday night's drawing. But
LONDON – The Bank of England (BOE) raised interest rates by 75 basis points to 3 per cent on Thursday, its biggest rate rise since 1989, and said it thinks the British economy has already entered a recession that could last two years longer than during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. The pound slid briefly below
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WASHINGTON (AP) Warning that democracy itself is in peril, President Joe Biden called on Americans Wednesday night to use their ballots in next weeks midterm elections to stand up against lies, violence and dangerous ultra MAGA election disruptors who are trying to succeed where they failed in subverting the 2020 elections. This is no time
LAHORE – Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin on Thursday when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt. Several others in the convoy were wounded. One party member said there were reports one person
Gov. Phil Murphy, who led the ultimately successful fight for recreational cannabis in New Jersey, added his name to a new industry effort to encourage marijuana users to buy weed from legal businesses rather than on the street. He is the first elected official to join a national campaign launched Thursday by the U.S. Cannabis
Blake Masterss chances of toppling Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) got a boost this week when Libertarian candidate Marc Victor dropped out and threw his support behind the GOP nominee, handing Republicans a last-minute lifeline in a race that has narrowed. Kelly has been considered the favorite to win reelection since Masters emerged from the early
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Bob Pisani, CNBC Scott Mlyn | CNBC Thinking of writing a book? You might want to reconsider. On Monday, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that joining the two giant publishing houses would lessen competition for top-selling books. As an author, I agree
Bitcoin fell towards the $20,000 mark on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve once again moved to increase interest rates. The Fed hiked rates by 75 basis points (bps), as it chose to maintain its current hawkish policy. Ethereum, which initially surged on the news, was also lower in today’s session. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) dropped
In this article PTON UAA QSR-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Restaurant Brands (QSR) – The parent of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes saw its stock rally 4% in premarket trading after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Same-restaurant sales jumped 14%, well above
The price of Litecoin (LTC) could skyrocket by up to 200% by July 2023, coinciding with its halving event, reducing miner block rewards by 50%. Litecoin has bottomed out? Litecoin has undergone two halvings since its launch in October 2011. The first one occurred in August 2015, which reduced its block reward from 50 LTC to 25
From above, this mountain home resembles a four-pointed star poised atop a ridge line in the foothills of northwestern Boulder, Colorado. But sheltered by the vaulted turquoise roofs is an evolving architectural showplace. Originally built in 1993, the modern house has been reimagined three times under different owners by E.J. Meade of Arch11 with the