Cash is king as investors draw new battle lines in AI spending boom

Microsoft says JLL should be on the hook after a forklift accident during the build-out of the tech giant’s Flatiron offices in 2023 allegedly left a construction worker with serious injuries. Microsoft moved in as 122 Fifth Ave.’s anchor tenant in 2023. Microsoft filed suit against the brokerage Friday in New York County Supreme Court,…

Foreign exchange rationing, digital dollar access and regulatory observability: evidence from Bolivia – Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content Bolivia’s June 2024 authorization opened supervised payment rails for virtual assets. Observed USDT purchases rose from about US$7.5 million to US$31.7 million per month. Client…

Zillow reported that while the fall can give home buyers more room to negotiate, a surge in Treasury yields is threatening to eat into those savings. The online brokerage said that borrowing costs may climb just as shoppers make their last moves before the holiday slowdown. According to Zillow, turmoil in the U.S. Treasury bond…

“The Fed needs to make sure that everyone understands that they maintain their dual mandate, and that inflation is more important right now than unemployment, because we’ve seen solid jobs numbers,” she said. “They need to put a lid on inflation and raise rates.” The August jobs report, which showed 162,000 payroll gains with the…

Key Takeaways USD investment-grade bond issuance has topped $1.5 trillion in 2026, with 20 jumbo deals worth $384 billion driving much of the pace. Technology companies have accounted for roughly 60% of jumbo issuance since 2025, concentrating credit exposure at longer average maturities of 14.2 years.The WisdomTree U.S. Corporate Bond Fund (QIG) maintains an underweight to Technology,…