Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sony Music completed more than $2.5bn in song deals last year, buying up vast catalogues by artists from Queen to Pink Floyd in the face of rising competition from private equity-backed music investment firms. The
Investors’ condo purchasing has dropped to one of its lowest levels in the past 10 years — in a shift driven largely by their retreat from Florida, a new study shows. The analysis, conducted by real estate brokerage firm Redfin, examined county-level home purchase records across 39 of the most populous U.S. metropolitan areas dating
Cisco has been busy genning up product releases, news stories, and hype this at its annual conference, Cisco Live, hosted this week in San Diego. But this is only part of a bigger thing has been happening: Investors have been bidding up shares in Cisco over the past few months in the hope that a
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Artem Milinchuk, Founder and Head of Strategy of FarmTogether. getty In the wake of recently enacted tariff escalations—most notably on imports from China and Mexico—the spotlight has returned to the global trade policies shaping U.S. agriculture. While the long-term impact remains uncertain, early signals suggest these policy shifts could affect production inputs and export competitiveness.
Foreign investors flocked to Japanese stocks and bonds last week, driven by hopes of a U.S.-China trade deal, a strong demand at a 10-year note auction and a softening yen following a sharp rally that had threatened exporters’ earnings. The Ministry of Finance’s data showed a 10-week streak of foreign investments in Japanese stocks, with
Hopes of a corporate governance reform drive in South Korea have pushed the main stock index to a three-and-a-half-year high, as investors bet a new leftwing government can lift the country’s persistently low valuations. President Lee Jae-myung made corporate governance reform and boosting the stock market pillars of his campaign, promising South Korea’s army of
NICHOLAS COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Central Kentucky homebuyers are continuing to grapple with unexpected challenges in the housing market, as private companies are limiting affordable housing supply and pricing. Jeffrey Hornbeck, a recent homebuyer, along with his fiancée, finally found a home in the rolling hills of Nicholas County, though it wasn’t easy. “I
How quickly the financial landscape can change in just one year! After 24 months of blissfully easy profits in the “Magnificent 7” tech stocks, 2025 is a year of financial limbo where many investors are still dazed and confused from the beating they took during April’s panic, then failed to profit from the market’s rebound