California State Controller Malia Cohen has agreed to chair a task force to establish audit criteria and best practices to detect and curtail charter school fraud following a case that cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars. Cohen said she stepped forward when she learned of the prosecution of the San Diego charter school
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Receive free Markets updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Markets news every morning. Wall Street stocks recovered on Friday after a week in which equities have been buffeted by rising oil prices and growing expectations that interest rates will stay higher for longer. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500
A paper published by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) concluded that Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to be a catalyst for a global energy transition. IRM Energy and Renewables Group members Dylan Campbell and Alexander Larsen published a report titled “Bitcoin and the Energy Transition: From Risk to Opportunity.” The paper argued that while
A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office in San Jose, California, on June 3, 2021. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Cisco Systems, Splunk — Shares of Cisco fell 4.2% Thursday after the company said it is acquiring cybersecurity software
A “For Sale” sign is displayed in front of a home in Arlington, Virginia, on August 22, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes fell 0.7% in August from July to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.04 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were
The team behind Balancer, an Ethereum-based automated market maker, believes a social engineering attack on its DNS service provider was what led to its website’s front end being compromised on Sept. 19, leading to an estimated $238,000 in crypto stolen. “After investigation, it is clear that this was a social engineering attack on EuroDNS, the
As high-speed rail project sponsors across the country compete for federal infrastructure funds, Republican lawmakers Wednesday urged U.S. transportation chief Pete Buttigieg to reject California’s request for its long-struggling project. “We should work together, you and I, to conduct a full audit of the project before any high-speed grant decisions are made,” Rep. Troy Nehls,
Receive free UK interest rates updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK interest rates news every morning. UK mortgage rates are expected to fall further after the Bank of England held interest rates at 5.25 per cent after almost two years of rising borrowing costs. Mortgage prices have
Cryptocurrency payment gateway Alchemy Pay is expanding its global presence after securing a major payment license in the United States. Alchemy Pay has obtained a Money Transmitter License in the state of Arkansas, the firm announced to Cointelegraph on Sept. 20. Granted by the Arkansas Securities Department, the license officially enables Alchemy Pay to operate
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Instacart — Instacart shares fell more than 5% one day after going public on the Nasdaq. The grocery deliver company’s stock debuted at $42 on Tuesday, 40% above its $30 offering price. Steelcase — The furniture stock soared more than 26%
Voters will determine if Polk County, Iowa will issue up to $350 million of general obligation bonds to help fund a terminal project at the Des Moines International Airport. The county board of supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved placing a bond referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot. The Des Moines Airport Authority, which can issue
Receive free US interest rates updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US interest rates news every morning. The Federal Reserve is set to maintain its benchmark interest rate at a 22-year high on Wednesday but signal that it remains willing to tighten monetary policy further as it debates
Bitcoin (BTC) held $27,000 into Sep. 20 as the key macroeconomic date of the cryptocurrency trading week arrived. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Market “set to accommodate” BTC price volatility Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the BTC price focus shifting upward compared to the week prior. Crypto markets showed conviction into the
An Iowa state law adopted this year means local governments and school districts will face a new hurdle in issuing municipal bonds. House File 718, which Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law in May, decreased the options for municipalities and school districts to hold bond elections. Until now, cities and school districts in Iowa had
An empty parking lot is pictured in front of a Planet Fitness gym and fitness club in Alhambra, California, on May 12, 2020, after stay-at-home orders in Los Angeles County were extended until July amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.
The lawyer responsible for laundering $400 million from the OneCoin fraud has been denied a motion seeking a new trial, despite a prosecution witness having perjured themselves in the trial against him in 2019. According to a Sept. 18 report from Bloomberg, 54-year-old lawyer Mark Scott argued that he didn’t know OneCoin was a fraudulent
California’s revenues for August came in $1.3 billion above projections putting the state $75 million above the $21.9 billion expected for the first two months of the fiscal year, according to the Department of Finance. The revenues of $1.3 billion were 11.1% above the forecast of $12.16 billion, as receipts from nearly all revenue sources
Receive free War in Ukraine updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest War in Ukraine news every morning. US president Joe Biden called on world leaders to oppose early peace talks that would lead to the break-up of Ukraine, arguing that standing firm against Russia’s goal of winning a
Bitcoin (BTC) could see fresh upside volatility as BTC price strength revisits key levels, a classic metric suggests. In an X post on Sep. 18, John Bollinger, creator of the Bollinger Bands volatility indicator, said that Bitcoin was positioned for a breakout decision. Bitcoin Bollinger Bands eye start of “walk up” After hitting new September
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a pair of big climate-change related announcements this weekend as Climate Week NYC kicked off in New York City. During a Sunday interview at the event, Newsom said he plans to sign into law two bills approved by state lawmakers intended to force major corporations to be more transparent about
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