A Fond Farewell to T. Boone Pickens

A Fond Farewell to T. Boone Pickens

I used to tell people that I was in the room when the 1980s – the bull-market-greed-is-good '80s – began. It was June 1982, and the room was a luxe
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US and China Are Growing Hungry for a Trade Deal

Argentine soy crushers will finally be able to export soy meal to China after 20 years of talks, Bloomberg News reported this week. That could mean
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Real estate biz leaders join call for gun reform

Nearly 150 business leaders signed a letter that was sent to U.S. Senate, Thursday, calling on the governing body to pass a national background
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US Posts $1 Trillion Budget Gap, Full-Year May Be Lower

The U.S. budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year through August, according to data from the Treasury Department,
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US consumer prices up slight 0.1% in August but core higher

The cost of medical care, housing, recreation, used cars and airline tickets … But rent payments — unlike credit card, mortgage and loan payments
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Commercial Real Estate & Construction: Circle Centre

Commercial Real Estate & Construction: Circle Centre. September 12, 2019. Bill Ehret of Avison Young discusses the attempt to recast the Carson's
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Oracle Should Have Disclosed Hurd's Illness Sooner

A day after Bloomberg News contacted the company for an article about how Oracle had been grappling internally with Hurd's health for many months,
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First Trust Advisors LP Trims Position in Meritage Homes Corp (NYSE:MTH)

First Trust Advisors LP trimmed its stake in shares of Meritage Homes Corp … The company also offers luxury homes; and title insurance and
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Steinhoff Gets $3.6 Million Fine Following Accounts Scandal

South Africa's financial regulator fined Steinhoff International Holdings NV a record 53 million rand ($3.6 million) for failing to properly disclose
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Macao's new approved residential mortgage loans drop by 21 pct in July

MACAO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — The new approvals of both residential mortgage loans (RMLs) and commercial real estate loans (CRELs) fell in July, the
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UK Earnings Would Still Rise in a No-Deal Brexit, Citi Says

U.K. corporate earnings would still rise 5% next year even in the event that the nation leaves the European Union without a deal, because British
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These are the worst tippers in America, and mortgage rates have jumped this week — but could …

Happy Thursday, MarketWatchers. Don't miss these top stories: Personal Finance. Teen romance is overrated, and single teenagers may be better off
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Thomas Piketty Jumps the Shark

In Piketty's view, parties of the left could have prevented it — but had lost their way. Instead of representing workers and the middle class, they came to
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Mortgage Rates Inch Up

While the average rate for a 30-year mortgage inched up 7 basis points over the past week to 3.56 percent, it remains within 15 basis points of a
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Pied-à-terre tax on pricey New York real estate could be revived

The pied-à-terre tax may not be dead after all. Though the bill to impose an additional tax on pricey second homes in NYC was shut down in the New
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Reining In Vaping Won't Be Easy

Michael R. Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP, has campaigned and given money in support of a
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About paranoia, anxiety and real estate.

How old are you? I am 21, and I am already obsessed with the idea of owning land. My colleague says that it's a good thing that I have started
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Chinese real estate scion's California murder trial delayed

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The trial of a Chinese American real estate heiress who posted $35 million bail after being charged with the 2016 murder of
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ECB Cuts Rates, Revives QE to Lift Growth as Draghi Era Ends

After initially rallying on the news, European government bonds' … “The overall ambition of the package is broadly in line with the Bloomberg
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Patch Homes locks in $5M Series A to give homeowners financial freedom without debt

Home ownership has long been touted as the American dream. But rising rates of mortgage debt and student loan debt are making the pursuit of
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