Cuban dissident artist arrives in US after five years in prison, Rubio says

A Victorian builder has been hit with a $30,000 fine after using non-compliant framing and prematurely taking payment from a town house owner in Melbourne’s east. A builder has been fined $30,000 by the Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC) over non-compliant and incomplete construction work at a double-storey town house and carport in Ferntree Gully….

Verification, CRA Tracking, State-Level Tax and MGIC Webinars, Non-Agency Product Developments I am no numerologist, but Freddie Mac’s announcement yesterday, that 30-year mortgage rates are averaging 6.66, caught my attention. Unlike rumors, like the one going around about a Texas IMB buying California IMB, hard, provable numbers are hard to argue with… Like…

Webull EU, the European arm of Nasdaq-listed Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), has been granted MiCAR (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) approval, clearing the way for the platform to offer crypto assets to clients in the European Union. The approval was issued by the AFM, the Dutch financial regulator, making Webull one of the first dual-regulated investment…

Brookfield Properties, one of the world’s largest real estate owners, has changed its name to BGRE as part of its global expansion efforts.  Brookfield Place in New York City The rebrand, which takes place effective immediately, “enables the platform to define its market-facing approach,” according to a press release. It won’t impact the business’s operations or…

Bond platforms are currently advertising double-digit returns of up to 14 per cent on high-yield bonds. The headline yield can tempt investors, but they need to understand the credit and liquidity risks in these instruments before committing their money.  What counts as high yield?  There is no regulator-provided definition of high-yield bonds. “Bonds offering double-digit…

Short-term rental giant Airbnb has shelled out a whopping $81.5 million for an infamous New York City building that gained widespread attention when scammer Anna Delvey tried to lease it as the headquarters for her so-called social club. The San Francisco–based company has revealed itself as the buyer of the historic property at 281 Park…