June 22, 2025
Operating Assets

China’s tech hub Shenzhen prime for property tax trial at ‘critical moment’: top adviser

China should consider expanding its property tax trial to Shenzhen and some low-tier cities, said a senior government adviser, a move that would pave the way for the much-delayed legislation and nationwide implementation and also bring a new source of revenue for debt-ridden local governments. Shenzhen, which is home to tech giants such as Huawei,

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Financial Assets

Stock futures inch up with all eyes on Powell’s key Jackson Hole speech: Live updates

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Thursday as traders await an all-important policy speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell for any guidance on future rate cuts. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 47 points. S&P 500

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Financial Assets

As CI Financial tops $500-billion in assets, investors’ worries ease

Open this photo in gallery: CI began its flurry of U.S. acquisitions at the end of 2019, when chief executive officer Kurt MacAlpine revealed a new strategy to build a U.S. wealth management company.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail After CI Financial Corp. CIX-T for the first time surpassed $500-billion in assets under management in its

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Financial Assets

Stocks are little changed as S&P 500 heads for big winning week

U.S. stocks hovered near the flatline Friday morning as investors looked toward the end of a week that has ushered in a recovery rally, with all three major indexes on pace to end the five-day stretch with gains. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.03%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.01%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Gold Investing

Gold ticks up, traders eye US retail sales data

Gold bullion bars are seen for sale at Manfra, Tordella and Brookes, Inc. January 9, 2003 in New York City. Mario Tama | Getty Images Gold prices inched up on Thursday after a 1% decline in the previous session following inflation data that dampened hopes for a larger September U.S. rate cut, while the focus

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Financial Assets

Iberdrola places 525 million dollars in 10-year green bonds in the United States with strong demand from investors

International confidence  Global leader in sustainable and green finance  New successful financing operation by Iberdrola. The electricity utility, through the US regulated grid business New York State Electric & Gas Company (NYSEG), a subsidiary of Avangrid, has successfully placed a 10-year green bond issue in the United States for 525 million dollars (490 million euros).

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Financial Assets

Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation data: Live updates

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE U.S. equity futures fell on Sunday evening as investors braced for key inflation data, after almost completely reversing its violent market rout last week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures dipped 0.08%

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Tangible Assets

Trump family doubling down on ‘crypto’ cash as rival Harris surges in polls

Donald Trump’s family appears to be preparing yet another money-raising ‘crypto’ project, even as memecoins associated with his name rug-pulled their customers. But first, on August 5, five U.S. senators and three members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The eight Democratic

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Intangible Assets

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents | Technology

China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, but it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action thanks to US export controls and longstanding struggles with its innovation culture at home. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed more than 38,000 generative AI

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Financial Assets

US Supreme Court refuses to halt Trump’s hush-money sentencing | US Election 2024 News

The decision came in response to a lawsuit by the state of Missouri claiming that the case infringed on voters’ rights. The US Supreme Court has declined to halt Donald Trump‘s upcoming sentencing for his conviction in state court in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to a porn star and a

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