A federal judge in New York split with another judge who earlier this month ruled that a Ripple Labs token was not a security when sold to the public on secondary markets, adding to uncertainty over cryptocurrency regulation.
Nigeria’s central bank exempted mortgage banks and certain microfinance lenders from cash withdrawal limits and penalties as it aims to boost credit for poorer borrowers.
Mexico’s peso posted its seventh-straight month of gains, the longest such streak in 15 years, with the currency’s carry trade appeal unshaken by warnings the rally has left it overpriced.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heaped some of the blame for skyrocketing housing costs on high interest rates and inaction by other levels of government, signaling a more defensive tone on an issue where his main political rival has hit him hard.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the market operator and parent of the New York Stock Exchange, said it has relaunched a system that aims to help broker-dealers transact, boosting liquidity in the credit market.
A large, flashing “X” sign on San Francisco’s Market Street marked the end of Twitter and its bird branding. It also represented a struggle by Mayor London Breed to get the social network’s owner, Elon Musk, to follow city laws.
Stocks finished higher in the final day of July as the S&P 500 notched its longest streak of monthly gains since August 2021, defying worries about an overheated market.
Officials of a Japanese entertainment company in a merger fight over a Manila casino resort sought to improperly influence a prominent Filipino legislator to regain control of the property, a special purpose acquisition company suing Universal Entertainment Corp. alleged.
Nigel Farage says he is in discussions with Coutts about keeping his bank account open and is seeking legal costs from the unit of NatWest Group Plc.
AT&T Inc.’s human resources chief, Angela Santone, will leave the company at the end of September, just as the telecommunications giant is eliminating thousands of jobs as part of a newly expanded $8 billion cost-reduction program.
