Euro steadies as oil retreats, but set for fifth straight weekly drop

A Kansas Turnpike Authority toll plaza in Lawrence, Kansas. Financing plans for the authority’s nearly $500 long-term investment plan includes up to $250 million of revenue bonds.Adobe Stock The Kansas Turnpike Authority intends to use revenue bonds to finance a portion of its recently announced, nearly $500 million long-term investment plan, a spokesperson for the…

FINRA said this week that it has censured and fined tastytrade, Inc. $850,000 after finding the online brokerage failed to properly review whether its customers received the best possible execution on equities orders over a three-year period. According to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent released by FINRA, tastytrade routed all customer equity orders…

Investors were feeling deeply bearish about European stocks earlier this year, with warnings that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz would unleash the continent’s second energy crisis in a decade. That danger has not passed, but markets got carried away. Unusually strong second-quarter earnings have allayed fears of stagflation. The Stoxx Europe 600, a…

In This Article Name Flo Jacques Location North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham area) Occupation Full-time real estate broker and investor (former college admissions counselor) Assets Four properties, including a primary residence, a single-family rental, a duplex, and a flip in progress Investment strategy BRRRR, midterm/Airbnb rentals, flipping, off-market and MLS package deals Financing 100% hard money financing…

Specialist property finance brokerage Word On The Street arranged more than £108m in property finance in 2025-26, a record for the firm. This was a 62% annual growth in the value of business over 239 cases, a 130% year-on-year increase in the number of cases facilitated by the firm.  Word On The Street also posted a 75% jump in…