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Wall Street Heads West to Milken Confab Looking for Deals Revival

The movie-star haven of Beverly Hills is giving way to the luminaries of finance.

Saudi Arabia Posts Budget Deficit as Capex Spending Climbs

Saudi Arabia recorded a sixth straight quarterly budget deficit as increased spending on capital expenditure and other areas outpaced growth in revenue.

Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Selling Prices for All Grades to Asia

Saudi Arabia raised the price of its flagship crude to Asia for a third consecutive month, as the kingdom tries to tighten the oil market to prevent a global surplus.

Pakistan’s Largest Cable Maker Plans Share Sale This Month

Pakistan’s Fast Cables Ltd. is planning one of the nation’s largest share listings this month, taking advantage of a rally in the local stock market to a record high.

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, it continues to fund a costly war and to prop up President Vladimir Putin.

Yellen Counsels Caution on Currency Intervention After Yen Surge

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged sharp moves in the value of the yen this week, even as she declined to say whether Japan had intervened to support the currency.

Saudi Arabia Posts Budget Deficit as Capex Spending Climbs

Saudi Arabia recorded a sixth straight quarterly budget deficit as increased spending on capital expenditure and other areas outpaced growth in revenue.

Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Selling Prices for All Grades to Asia

Saudi Arabia raised the price of its flagship crude to Asia for a third consecutive month, as the kingdom tries to tighten the oil market to prevent a global surplus.

Pakistan’s Largest Cable Maker Plans Share Sale This Month

Pakistan’s Fast Cables Ltd. is planning one of the nation’s largest share listings this month, taking advantage of a rally in the local stock market to a record high.

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, it continues to fund a costly war and to prop up President Vladimir Putin.

Yellen Counsels Caution on Currency Intervention After Yen Surge

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged sharp moves in the value of the yen this week, even as she declined to say whether Japan had intervened to support the currency.

Everton FC Buyer Accused of Fraud, Double-Pledging Assets in Lawsuit

Lenders to 777 Partners accused it of fraud, claiming that the Miami-based investment firm borrowed against $350 million of assets that it didn’t own, didn’t exist or were already promised to someone else.

A Post-Buffett Berkshire Is Omaha Focus After Munger’s Passing

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual meeting on Saturday gave shareholders a glimpse of how the conglomerate will operate without Charlie Munger, who died last year at 99. Then came the questions: How will it operate without Warren Buffett?

ISS Recommends Boeing Investors Vote Against CEO Pay Package

Institutional Shareholder Services urged Boeing Co. investors to vote against a $32.8 million pay package for its chief executive officer, citing concerns over a special equity award and a “sizable increase” in his long-term incentive grant.

Worsening Weather Is Igniting a $25 Billion Market

What Is ESG Investing and What Financial Risks Does It Highlight?

About the ‘T+1’ Rule Making US Stock Trades Settle in a Day

Even in an age of instant communication and live financial data, investors still have to wait days to take ownership of the stocks they purchase or to receive payment for the stocks they sell. That’s about to change. Starting on May 28, US trades will “settle” (complete the exchange of dollars for stock) in one day rather than two. US banks, brokers and investors have been forced to review all of their post-trade technologies and procedures to ensure they are ready for the new pace of stock trad

Why Activist Short Sellers Stir Up Controversy

Activist short sellers such as Daniel Yu of Gotham City Research, Nathan Anderson of Hindenburg Research and Carson Block of Muddy Waters Capital are getting more attention, as they increasingly use social media to push well-timed claims of weak fundamentals, improper accounting or outright fraud at publicly traded companies. These short sellers often present their findings as research, but they’re also interested parties that stand to gain if the target company’s stock drops. While some accusat

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Russian National Pleads Guilty in US Over Crypto Laundering

A Russian national pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy related to his role in operating one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges from 2011 to 2017, US prosecutors said.

Bitcoin’s Wild Price Swings Point to the Rising Influence of ETF Buyers

Bitcoin appears to be conforming more to the conventional viewpoints of traditional investors who have recently entered the digital asset world through the introduction of US exchange-traded funds.

Coinbase CFO Says Bitcoin Retreat Is ‘Just Another Day in Crypto’

Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas defended the crypto exchange’s rising expenses and the volatility of the digital asset industry after the company’s stock fell despite reporting better-than-expected first quarter results.

Kraken Unit Quietly Claims Pivotal Position in Bitcoin ETF Boom

A unit of crypto exchange Kraken is emerging as a key beneficiary of this year’s boom in spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which debuted in the US in January and rolled out in Hong Kong this week.

Jamie Dimon Is Right to Be Optimistic

Markets Were Confused and Misled. The Fed Wasn’t

Economists Aren’t the Best at Predicting the Economy

How Crazy Would It Be If Warren Buffett Bought Boeing?

Saudi Arabia Posts Budget Deficit as Capex Spending Climbs

Saudi Arabia recorded a sixth straight quarterly budget deficit as increased spending on capital expenditure and other areas outpaced growth in revenue.

Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Selling Prices for All Grades to Asia

Saudi Arabia raised the price of its flagship crude to Asia for a third consecutive month, as the kingdom tries to tighten the oil market to prevent a global surplus.

Pakistan’s Largest Cable Maker Plans Share Sale This Month

Pakistan’s Fast Cables Ltd. is planning one of the nation’s largest share listings this month, taking advantage of a rally in the local stock market to a record high.

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, it continues to fund a costly war and to prop up President Vladimir Putin.

Yellen Counsels Caution on Currency Intervention After Yen Surge

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged sharp moves in the value of the yen this week, even as she declined to say whether Japan had intervened to support the currency.

A Post-Buffett Berkshire Is Omaha Focus After Munger’s Passing

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual meeting on Saturday gave shareholders a glimpse of how the conglomerate will operate without Charlie Munger, who died last year at 99. Then came the questions: How will it operate without Warren Buffett?

ISS Recommends Boeing Investors Vote Against CEO Pay Package

Institutional Shareholder Services urged Boeing Co. investors to vote against a $32.8 million pay package for its chief executive officer, citing concerns over a special equity award and a “sizable increase” in his long-term incentive grant.

Worsening Weather Is Igniting a $25 Billion Market

Souring Profit Outlooks Threaten S&P 500’s 20% Rally

Strong earnings beats from Corporate America may no longer be enough to keep the stock rally going. Profit outlooks are becoming more important.

Everton FC Buyer Accused of Fraud, Double-Pledging Assets in Lawsuit

Lenders to 777 Partners accused it of fraud, claiming that the Miami-based investment firm borrowed against $350 million of assets that it didn’t own, didn’t exist or were already promised to someone else.

Citi Says European Authorities Are Scrutinizing 2022 Flash Crash

Two years after a Citigroup Inc. trader’s fat-finger error briefly sent European stocks swooning, the bank said authorities are investigating what happened.

‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Have Unfair Advantage, CFPB Chief Says

The US banking landscape needs to be more of a level playing field, as fewer financial choices means worse outcomes for Americans, according to US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra.

Geely’s EV Maker Zeekr Seeks Up to $368 Million in US IPO

Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd., the high-end electric car brand under Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is seeking to raise as much as $367.5 million in a US initial public offering.

Banker Bonus Clawbacks Are Poised for Vote, With Outcome Murky

Regulators will try again as soon as next week to impose rules that would force banks to claw back pay from executives who take too much risk, despite opposition that doomed reforms twice before.

Guyana Takes Exxon to Court Over Misstated Value of Equipment

Guyana’s tax agency is taking Exxon Mobil Corp. to court after one of the company’s suppliers said it mistakenly inflated the value of oil-well equipment by 200 times to about $12 billion.

Brazil Seeks to Boost Gas Supply With Petrobras

Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras should increase its efforts to boost natural gas supplies and lower prices to help revive the nation’s industry, said mines and energy minister Alexandre Silveira.

Hedge Funds Hiked Bearish Bets on Crude as Prices Plunge

Hedge funds piled into bearish bets in US crude as prices plummeted toward the lowest in more than seven weeks.

Fed-Obsessed Traders Need the Economy to Get Its Story Straight

Another week of conflicting economic signals — and another painful lesson for Wall Street traders trying to front run the data-dependent Federal Reserve.

IQera Bondholders Pick Houlihan, Gibson Dunn for Debt Talks

A group of French debt collector iQera Group SAS’s bondholders have selected legal and financial advisers to engage with the company in balance sheet restructuring talks, according to people familiar with the matter.

TCW Investment Chief Whalen Warns of a Credit Market ‘Reckoning’

Bryan Whalen, whose fixed income team at TCW Group oversees more than $170 billion, warns that credit markets will probably face a correction after investors have stampeded into corporate debt.

A Third of Office Mortgages Packed Into Bonds Are at Risk of Default

About $52 billion, or 31%, of all office loans in commercial mortgage bonds were in trouble in March, according to KBRA Analytics.

Tiny Telehealth Stock Sinks 85% as Wild IPO Rally Collapses

The Singaporean telehealth provider Mobile-Health Network Solutions, once the top-performing US IPO this year, tumbled below its IPO price for the first time since its April public listing.

Trump Media Earnings Delay Expected After Auditor Barred by SEC

Investors waiting for an update of how Donald Trump’s media startup is faring will have to wait a bit longer — months by some accounts — before getting a look at financial results.

Ex-Merrill Lynch Banker Named in Hong Kong Insider-Dealing Case

Tony Psarianos, a former banker at Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch division, was named in an insider-dealing case in Hong Kong that’s ensnared Simon Sadler, founder of hedge fund Segantii Capital Management, and former trader Daniel La Rocca, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

LVMH-Backed L Catterton Taps Barclays, UniCredit for Kiko Deal

Banks including Barclays Plc and UniCredit SpA are lining up €500 million ($538 million) in debt financing to back L Catterton’s purchase of a majority stake in Italian beauty brand Kiko, according to people familiar with the matter.

TGI Fridays Pays Back Bonds With Kraft Heinz Licensing Deal

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays Inc. has paid back about half of its existing asset backed bonds after selling a licensing business to Kraft Heinz Co., according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.

Summers Says Currency Interventions Fail Even at Japan’s Scale

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that currency interventions are ineffective at shifting exchange rates, even at the large magnitude that Japan has been thought to have deployed recently.

Brazil Wants Next Vale CEO to Be Closer to Government

Brazil expects the next chief executive officer for Vale SA, the world’s second-largest iron ore producer, to have closer relations with officials and regulators even after public scrutiny over government influence on the company’s succession plan roiled a leadership search earlier this year.

Abu Dhabi Hub Carrier Etihad Adds Banks to $1 Billion IPO

Abu Dhabi hub carrier Etihad Airways PJSC has added banks to its planned initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Traders Spooked by Intervention Risk Trim Record Yen Shorts

Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japanese officials to support their currency.

About the ‘T+1’ Rule Making US Stock Trades Settle in a Day

Even in an age of instant communication and live financial data, investors still have to wait days to take ownership of the stocks they purchase or to receive payment for the stocks they sell. That’s about to change. Starting on May 28, US trades will “settle” (complete the exchange of dollars for stock) in one day rather than two. US banks, brokers and investors have been forced to review all of their post-trade technologies and procedures to ensure they are ready for the new pace of stock trad

Junk Bonds Are Trading Like Blue-Chip in Record Share, BofA Says

A record amount of junk bonds are trading at levels typically seen in high-grade debt, as traders see little evidence of economic weakness ahead, according to Bank of America Corp.