California condo defect liability bill on deck after recess

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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a circular ordering internet brokers and virtual asset trading platform operators (VATPs) in Hong Kong to abandon one-time passwords (OTPs) in favour of phishing-resistant authentication methods, as account takeover attacks targeting client credentials continue to rise. The regulator’s directive, published on 9 July 2026, requires firms to…

Even though less retail space is changing hands in Southern California, commercial real estate investment firms are still pouring a lot more into the asset class so far in 2026. Thanks to slow construction and improving sentiment, retail investment sales hit $3.52 billion during the first six months of the year in Los Angeles, Orange…

There is a lot of debate about whether the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out is a bubble. The amount of money being spent building out AI data centers is astronomical, with the four largest hyperscalers — Amazon (AMZN +2.97%), Microsoft (MSFT +2.70%), Alphabet (GOOGL +3.15%) (GOOG +3.57%), and Meta Platforms (META +3.06%) — alone set…

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