Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but he may influence who does, say experts

A New York appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit over the rollout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, ruling that the homeowners who sued had not adequately shown they were harmed. The Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a Sept. 29 judgment by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi that had granted the…

Investors step in to close Africa’s critical $80B infrastructure financing gap. Gulf investors are rapidly reshaping Africa’s investment landscape, committing billions of dollars to ports, transport corridors, logistics, renewable energy, and critical minerals as governments across the continent seek new sources of long-term development finance. The shift gathered momentum in June, when sovereign wealth funds…

More cities are walking away from collaborations with Flock. Tempe, Arizona, said on Wednesday that it shut down its network of Flock Safety license plate readers and plans to terminate its contract with the surveillance company, citing privacy risks and cases of alleged misuse reported by other cities. The city said that it would not…

Turns out, nobody has it all figured out.

Almost every firm owner I talk to tells me two things in the same conversation. The first is that they want to build an advisory practice. The second is that they cannot find the people to do it. In my years in tax, I have rarely heard anyone connect those two statements to a group…