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  • Warren Buffett leads Berkshire Hathaway to new heights at age 94

    In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett turned 94 on Friday and his sprawling, one-of-a-kind conglomerate has never been worth more than it is today.…

  • You can buy mansions in these Mediterranean countries for the price of a studio in New York

    The median price per square foot in Manhattan, NY is $1,500, according to My Dolce Casa. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Manhattan, New York is infamous for being expensive. The city consistently ranks as one of the world’s most costly places to live in. Purchasing a 500-square-foot condo in New York City can…

  • Telegram’s financial future in doubt as chief faces criminal inquiry

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  • Munis little changed; mutual funds see another $1 billion-plus inflows

    Municipals were little changed while U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended mixed. Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows as investors added $1.047 billion to funds after $512.9 million of inflows the week prior, according to LSEG Lipper. This marks nine straight weeks of inflows. <img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/19228117/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> High-yield continued to show…

  • JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll Trump campaign

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  • Constitutional challenge to Texas anti-ESG law filed in federal court

    A business group filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 Texas law that punishes banks and other financial firms for “boycotting” the fossil fuel industry. The case, brought by the American Sustainable Business Council against Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court in Austin, claims the law…

  • Home prices hit record high in June on S&P Case-Shiller Index

    A recent CreditNews Research study ranked the slowest-selling metro areas in the U.S. The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images Even as mortgage interest rates were rising, home prices reached the highest level ever on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. On a three-month running average ended in June, prices nationally…

  • Nvidia shares fall even as revenue more than doubles

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  • Nebraska property tax relief includes local government spending caps

    Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen last week signed into law a package of bills that includes caps on spending authority for local cities and counties. Their signing follows a concerted push by Pillen to pass property tax reform by calling a special session of the legislature on July 25.  The governor’s plan originally was to secure…

  • EU investigating Telegram over user numbers

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  • Chicago airport, San Antonio electric and gas, Utah transit price amid steady market

    Municipals were mostly steady Wednesday as the largest deals of the week priced and the Investment Company Institute reported more than $1 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries were little changed throughout most of the curve and equities ended down near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 63%,…

  • Weekly mortgage demand stalls, even though rates drop to lowest since April 2023

    Mortgage rates fell last week for the fourth straight week, but neither current homeowners nor homebuyers seemed particularly impressed. Total mortgage application volume rose just 0.5% last week compared to the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances…

  • China bond bulls warned over bumper debt supply

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  • Lawsuit aims to cut off property tax funding for Austin light-rail project

    A class-action lawsuit filed Monday by Austin, Texas, property taxpayers against the city seeks the elimination of $187 million in property tax revenue allocated in the 2024 tax year for a light-rail project. The litigation is the latest salvo in a legal battle over the ability of the Austin Transit Partnership, a nonprofit corporation created…

  • Starmer warns autumn Budget is going to be ‘painful’

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  • Financial woes spur rating downgrades for Texas pediatric hospital

    The nation’s largest children’s hospital has hit a rough financial patch, leading to two bond rating downgrades and plans to cut nearly 1,000 jobs, while it eyes a return to the municipal bond market. Ratings for Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital were cut one notch to AA-minus by Fitch Ratings in July and Aug. 19 by…

  • 5 top money moves to consider before the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut since 2020

    Last week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell all but confirmed that an interest rate cut is coming soon. “The time has come for policy to adjust,” the central bank leader said in his keynote address at the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For Americans struggling to keep up with sky-high interest charges, a likely…

  • China export curbs on semiconductor materials stoke chip output fears

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  • Munis steady, $2.6B California GOs price for retail

    Municipals were steady Monday as U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities ended mixed. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 62%, the three-year at 65%, the five-year at 66%, the 10-year at 71% and the 30-year at 87%, according to Refinitiv Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m. EST read. ICE Data Services had the two-year…

  • Tech companies want nuclear power. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks

    A cooling tower at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, US, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.  Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean energy to power artificial intelligence, sparking resistance from…

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