Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (with microphone) speaks at a June 29 “taxpayer empowerment” campaign event in Canton, Texas, where he discussed his tax relief plan. Texans for Greg Abbott Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and legislative leaders on Wednesday outlined priorities for the legislature’s 2027 session and ordered state agencies to reduce their base appropriation requests […]
The six-month trend measure — a moving average used to smooth monthly volatility — declined 2.8% to 248,123 units, landing just above CMHC’s 2026 Housing Market Outlook baseline of 247,000 annual starts, published in February. Actual monthly housing starts in centres with a population of 10,000 or more came in at 20,265 units in June, […]
As the United States marks its 250th birthday this year, Americans are taking part in classic traditions like fireworks and barbecues. However, few traditions are as time-honored as going to the bar. There are more than 40,000 drinking places in the US, according to the 2023 Census. These bars come in all shapes and sizes, […]
The U.S. Treasury Department and HM Treasury have unveiled a joint blueprint for closer regulatory cooperation on digital assets. It features a series of measures designed to align the two countries’ approaches to stablecoins, tokenization and digital financial infrastructure while laying the groundwork for more seamless cross-border markets. The recommendations, developed by the Transatlantic Taskforce […]
Nickel markets improved at the end of 2025, and in Q2 2026 the nickel price surged to two-year highs of US$19,675 per metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. Several factors were driving the price, including reduced mining quotas announced by the Indonesian government in December and higher energy prices due to the war against […]
Sales at retailers rose in June as Americans bought more new cars and spent more online during Amazon’s annual summer sales event, signaling steady growth in the U.S. economy.
HLPartnership (HLP) has proposed leadership transition with Chris Tanner confirming his intention to step back from day-to-day executive leadership. Under Tanner’s leadership, HLP now supports nearly 600 member firms and 1,200 advisers, with annual lending volumes nearing £14 billion. He will remain involved at Josewin board level as a board adviser, continuing to support the business. […]
Recently, TipRanks debuted its first ETF: the DefianceKSM TipRanks Analyst ETF (RANK). Constructed in collaboration with both Defiance ETFs and VettaFi, RANK offers exposure to 50 large-cap companies that are both highly recommended by analysts and seeing significant price momentum. This is done through the use of the TipRanks US Momentum Analysts iNDEX, which leverages […]
Billing used to be where the customer relationship ended for the month. The service was delivered, the invoice went out, the payment came in, and the provider moved on. For years, insurers and other service providers treated billing and payments as administrative infrastructure. It was something important, yet expensive and largely invisible unless something went […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed Regulation E-Delivery, a new rule that would expand the ability of issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and others to use electronic delivery to satisfy information delivery requirements under the federal securities laws. Regulation E-Delivery would make information more readily accessible and useful for investors and others while preserving the ability […]