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Bull statues are placed in font of screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Asian stocks backed away from 2-1/2-month highs on Wednesday and the dollar found support as investors'…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Technology sectormyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.China has launched an investigation into Apple iPhone maker Foxconn over tax and land use, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.The Global Times, citing anonymous sources, said tax authorities inspected Foxconn’s sites in the…

New York’s financial watchdog has started to take a more active role in supervising token listing and delisting on exchanges as it seeks to bolster oversight of crypto firms. The New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday published guidance on the listing of cryptocurrencies — rules that take effect immediately. Crypto firms…

As competitive as our housing market was in 2021, it sure didn't deter legions of would-be home-buyers from seeking that elusive combination of price, location, and perfect (or good enough) property. And seek Seattleites did—on the clock apparently. According to a recent report from brokerage firm and real estate listings site Orchard,…

Morningstar has said some of the biggest real estate stocks are available at discounts. REITs offer a way to get exposure to real estate assets while still having high liquidity.…

U.S. stocks trending lower after Fed chief’s speech FridaySymbolPriceChange%ChangeI:DJI $32,283.40-1,008.38-3.03SP500$4,057.66-,141.46-3.37I:COMP$12,141.71-,497.56-3.94U.S. stocks were lower overnight following remarks Friday by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell signaling higher interest rates for a longer period of time to try and tamp down inflation…

A California real-estate firm and tech startup has added a mortgage brokerage division, making it the latest in a growing list of initiatives connecting the two industries. San Francisco-based Radius, a real-estate brokerage and provider of tech-based services to real estate agents, recently began offering mortgage options to its home-state…

The major stock market indexes are strengthening Wednesday in the noon hour, and are near the highs of the day. Investors remain cautious with another potential big interest-rate hike in store this month. X The Nasdaq gained 1.1% and is trying to snap a seven-day losing streak. The S&P 500 added 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…

Nearly 900 years ago, China’s Song dynasty government, at the time the most advanced civilization in the world, issued the world’s first centralized paper currency. When Marco Polo encountered money made from the “bark of trees” circulating universally within the Mongol empire during the Yuan Dynasty, one hundred years later, he…

Last week, Democrats unveiled climate and health care legislation called the “Inflation Reduction Act,” and there’s a lot of debate over the name of the proposed public policy measures. After the legislation was revealed, 230 economists sent a letter to the country’s House and Senate leaders warning that the proposed policies will…