The banking industry ramped up lobbying during the second quarter of this year as a financial contagion infected four institutions and increased the threat of additional regulation from Washington.
Excessive heat warnings and advisories are on Bloomberg Green’s radar today.
Tony Bennett, the New York singer who made I Left My Heart in San Francisco his signature number in a career that spanned seven decades and was built on American popular songs, jazz standards and show tunes, has died. He was 96.
Russia raised interest rates for the first time since emergency measures taken after the invasion of Ukraine almost 17 months ago, delivering a bigger increase than forecast by economists and signaling borrowing costs may rise higher still.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Poland that he would treat any “aggression” toward ally Belarus as an attack on his own country, following Warsaw’s decision to send troops to reinforce its eastern border in response to the presence of Wagner mercenary forces in its neighbor.
A trader accused of insider dealing lost a court bid to prevent his extradition to face US criminal charges after London judges rejected his appeal.
Unions have called off a week of strikes on the London Underground that had been scheduled to start on Sunday.
The nickel market is at a “turning point” with a wave of supply of the battery metal about to hit the London Metal Exchange and push down prices, according to strategists at Macquarie Group Ltd.
Travelers are flooding Argentina by air, land and sea from its neighboring countries to take advantage of a currency crisis making everything from ski trips to steak lunches a massive bargain compared to prices at home.
Companies should be refinancing more leveraged loans now, because some of the biggest investors will soon be less able to buy, according to Lauren Basmadjian, co-head of liquid credit and head of US loans and structured credit at Carlyle Group.
