Hawks Lorie Logan and Beth Hammack run the Fed for now 

Another massive industrial REIT merger is on the table, two logistics heavyweights have announced. French industrial landlord Argan and Belgian firm Warehouses De Pauw are planning to band together, creating a mammoth, pan-European logistics firm worth €13B ($14.8B), the companies announced Thursday. “For more than 25 years, each of us has built a market-leading platform,” Argan founder Jean-Claude Le…

Taylor Farms bagged salad mixes for sale at a grocery store in Hercules, California, US, on Friday, July 17, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taylor Farms is voluntarily recalling iceberg lettuce in 27 states because the greens potentially could be contaminated with cyclosporiasis. The fruit and vegetable producer announced the move…

As time passes, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the macroeconomic elephant in the room. The U.S., the world’s most dominant economy, has $39 trillion in federal debt. This figure, which doesn’t include the $120 trillion in unfunded liabilities (related mainly to Social Security and Medicare) that the Congressional Budget Office estimates the U.S. will have…

The partnership gives Slovenian businesses a route to Temu’s EU-wide customer base, cross-border delivery, and guidance on selling across the region. MARIBOR, Slovenia, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Slovenian entrepreneurs will be able to reach shoppers across the EU more easily under a new partnership between global e-commerce platform Temu and Start:up Slovenia, the national…

The big news over the weekend was that the U.S. and Iran paused hostilities–something that led to 2 solid days of gains in the bond market. But in the overnight session, the pause ended as multiple attacks were reported on both sides. Oil rose predictably and bond yields did the same. One “pause” that’s less…

Cubica Capital has secured £6.8 million from Secure Trust Bank Real Estate Finance to refinance a converted office building in Sidcup, south-east London. The five-year facility covers Roxby House, a five-storey building originally designed by post-war architect Owen Luder. The property was converted into 34 one- and two-bedroom residential units, with refurbishment completing in June…