Oil surges to session highs as U.S. conducts more military strikes against Iran

To nearly two dozen prospective New York renters, Juan Valoy appeared to be an honest real estate broker. But prosecutors say he was a fake who pocketed $105,000 of their money. The phony broker has pleaded guilty to two cases in Manhattan and in the Bronx for a scam that included taking fees, security deposits…

Rent-stabilized owners seeking the Article XI tax break are real estate’s version of Andy Dufresne. Who could forget the wrongly imprisoned character played by Tim Robbins in “The Shawshank Redemption”? Dufresne’s escape was an act of desperation requiring intricate planning, years of paperwork and a 500-yard crawl through raw sewage. But it was his only…

8:56 AM, 1st September 2026, 4 hours ago Landlords who have not signed up for Making Tax Digital (MTD) may soon find that HMRC has done it for them. The tax authority is beginning automatic registration from this month, in stages, for people it believes should already be using MTD for Income Tax. The rules…

Other times downgrades have outpaced upgrades include during and/or just after the Great Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 crisis, said Tom Kozlik, managing director and head of public policy and municipal strategy at HilltopSecurities.David DeBalko As pandemic aid wanes and certain municipal bond sectors and issuers face structural weakness, credit performance now hinges on idiosyncratic…

TAIPEI — A helicopter hot-refueling drill in Taiwan’s landmark military exercise shows how the island is preparing for drone threats when its choppers fly in and out of vulnerable forward positions, a danger repeatedly demonstrated in Ukraine. Counter-drone ground teams, crouching amid the grass and on a nearby road, watched the skies on the seventh…

Defiance ETFs has launched a new strategy today, bringing the Defiance KSM Israel 120 (ISRL) ETF to the broader ETF marketplace. The strategy adds to the single nation segment of the overall ETF landscape, a useful toolset for ex-U.S. diversification or for making single nation bets.   Key Takeaways: The new ISRL ETF launched today, tracking…