Blackstone Sells Stake In Three Virginia Data Centers Amid Grassroot Outrage

A flurry of bad news has drawn fresh scrutiny to the roughly $2 tln private credit market, as investors question the health of loan portfolios.

Trump's Jones Act Waiver Helped Avert Fuel Shortages Across These Key US Regions The Department of Homeland Security has issued the broadest Jones Act waiver since at least the 1950s, just weeks after the US-Iran conflict erupted. The measure has allowed foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel, crude oil, fertilizer, and other essential goods between US ports, bypassing domestic shipping restrictions to mitigate supply chain disruptions across various U.S. regions. The Jones Act, a century-old law requiring goods transported between U.S. ports to be carried aboard U.S.-Built, US-owned, and US-crewed vessels, was...

The Digital Euro's New Chapter Authored by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), For years, the digital euro was presented by the European Central Bank (ECB) merely as a modern and practical alternative to banknotes and coins. It has now been openly acknowledged that the project is intended to respond to the dominance of American payment companies. Visa and Mastercard process 61 percent of card payments in the euro area, according to the ECB’s own data, and it is this dependence that Brussels intends to break. On June 23, the European...