New UK finance minister to outline fiscal ‘mess’, raising chance of tax rises
* Reeves to outline 20 billion pound fiscal hole on Monday* New PM Starmer says crisis more severe than thought*...
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Inside the sophisticated sales operation funneling billions from US state and local governments to Israel
In August 2023, an executive at Israel Bonds — an organization that sells bonds to fund that nation’s government and...
ESMA Recommends Enhancements to EU Sustainable Finance Framework to Combat Greenwashing and Improve Investment Clarity
ESMA advocates for the EU Taxonomy to be the sole reference for sustainability. Proposes enhanced disclosure and categorization for financial...
Back-to-school costs are too much, parents say in WalletHub survey
Families are feeling the back-to-school financial crunch.More than 3 in 4 parents, or 70%, believe that schools ask them to...
From Center Ice To The Bottom Line
Kelly Mahncke has served as the CFO and Assistant Executive Director of Finance and Administration ... at USA Hockey for...
Will US companies keep faith in the ‘Texas miracle’?
The Texas drawl rang out across the airwaves from San Diego to Sacramento: “I hear building a business in California is next to impossible. This is Texas Governor Rick Perry and I have a message for California businesses: come check out Texas.”Broadcast in February 2013, the radio advert was Perry’s boldest stunt in a campaign to lure companies from the west coast to Texas. Although it was dismissed as “barely a fart” by Jerry Brown, Perry’s Californian counterpart, the following year carmaker Toyota announced it would move its US headquarters...
JD Vance and Kamala Harris scramble US dealmakers’ election strategies
Wall Street grew so frustrated with US President Joe Biden’s antitrust policies over the past three and a half years that many long-standing Democratic dealmakers considered switching their support to Donald Trump in the 2024 elections or even boycotting the ballot altogether.But two events have dramatically changed that stance in the past fortnight: Trump named JD Vance as his running mate and Biden dropped his re-election bid, endorsing his vice-president Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. Mergers and acquisitions practitioners are now reconsidering their electoral strategies. They consider Harris to...
UK Labour Appoints First Female To Powerful Finance Post
On July 4, after 14 years of Tory rule, Britons handed the Labour Party a landslide election victory. The new...
FCA mandates UK banks to assess local cash needs before shutting down branches
The City watchdog has announced new rules today, requiring banks and building societies to consider whether residents can access cash...
Chinese officials warn of risks from higher US tariffs, urge US business leaders to help mend ties
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese officials warned a delegation of top U.S. executives visiting Beijing this week that higher tariffs on...
