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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Narendra Modi is poised to return for a third five-year term as India’s prime minister, according to exit polls published on Saturday that projected a clear victory for his Bharatiya Janata party and its smaller allies.Polls conducted by six Indian TV stations and agencies all showed the Modi-led National Democratic Alliance winning a comfortable majority of between 353 and 401 seats in India’s 543-seat Lok Sabha, or lower house. That leaves Modi with a strong mandate to form the next government, taking him…
Former President Donald Trump was convicted this week of 34 counts of felony business fraud in connection with hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Trump will be sentenced on July 11 and has pledged to appeal the conviction. The guilty verdict, while a major political moment, does not prevent Trump from continuing his presidential campaign nor from serving should he win the White House. Here’s how we got here and what’s next: Trump was indicted in March 2023 by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, on 34 charges tied to the…
As folks approach retirement, they often start mentioning their “bucket list” more frequently. The bucket list is generally an itemized agenda of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to accomplish during their lifetime before they “kick the bucket” or die. This concept brings to mind the 2007 film “The Bucket List”. In the movie, fate lands complete strangers Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in the same hospital room. They decide to complete a list of things they want to see and do before they die. They go skydiving, drive luxury cars, fly over the North Pole, visit the Taj…
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Millions of American young adults are graduating from college this season and beginning the next chapters of their lives. The ceremonial celebrations of graduations often come with receiving gifts of congratulations from family and friends. Many gifts are money.New grads may be tempted to spend their gift money — but is there a better strategy to invest or bank this money for future use? HATE JOB INTERVIEWS? NEW BOOK PROMISES LIGHTER, BRIGHTER CAREER PROCESS FOR ‘VERY BEST STUFF’ Three money experts shared wisdom, insights and guidance about whether college grads should save or spend their gift money — and the…
VanEck CEO Jan van Eck sees a major sentiment shift underway in the cryptocurrency market linked to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of a rule change allowing for Ethereum exchange-traded funds.”This is really one of the most amazing things that I’ve seen in my career with respect to securities regulation,” van Eck told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. VanEck was the first to apply to the SEC for permission to list its proposed Ethereum ETF. With that first hurdle cleared, VanEck can begin the process of bringing the product to market, though the exact timeline is unclear.”There was a…
Boeing’s first Starliner flight with astronauts on board was called off in the final minutes on Saturday. The company was targeting a launch on June 1 at 12:25 p.m. ET of its capsule, which is carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in a final major test of the system.The launch’s hold was automatically issued for an unspecified reason, NASA said on its broadcast, with under four minutes remaining in the countdown. Holds in a rocket launch countdown – as well as “scrubs,” indicating a launch delay – are a common occurrence in the industry. The…
June 1 marks the official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, and meteorologists predict it will be “extremely active,” with the potential for seven major hurricanes – the most destructive categories. And as insurance companies struggle to stay afloat, battered by elevated inflation and the growing frequency of catastrophic storms made worse by climate change, it’s become even tougher for homeowners to find affordable insurance options. Just last year, rates jumped 11.3% nationwide, according to S&P Global, and experts don’t expect a reprieve this year. And while there are ways to try and save money on insurance costs, moving to…
Introduction It’s time to go back to 2022. Back then, I wrote my most recent article covering the copper giant Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE:SCCO) in an article titled “I’m A Copper Bull, Here’s Why Southern Copper Could Double.” In that article, I discussed the strong secular tailwinds of copper, especially regarding its role in the energy transition, which could push annual copper demand to almost 40 million metric tons by 2040. Bloomberg At the same time, the global copper supply is weakening, as shown by the steep decline in copper ore grades, which are expected to fall to 0.5% by…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US inflation held at 2.7 per cent in the year to April, according to the metric the Federal Reserve uses to set its target for price pressures.Friday’s data on personal consumption expenditures index was in line with economists’ expectations that inflation would remain the same as in March.The Fed’s target for headline PCE index is 2 per cent.Core PCE, which ignores changes in food and fuel prices, was 2.8 per cent, also in line with expectations. The monthly headline figure was 0.3…
