Islamic Assembly of North America

May 2, 2024

FT North America Innovative Lawyers 2024 open for submissions

...The 2024 FT Innovative Lawyers North America report, in which we explore the key developments in the legal sector, is open for submissions....

May 3, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management North America

New models for the next age of fund management

News in-depthIran

Iran’s young ‘super-revolutionaries’ lay claim to legacy of Islamic revolt

...A group of younger ultraconservatives dubbed the “super-revolutionaries” has risen to prominence in Iran’s power structure, laying claim to the legacy of the country’s Islamic revolution despite coming of...

March 22, 2024

Gideon Rachman

Ukraine is the front line of a much larger conflict

...and North Korea....

April 21, 2024

Panama

Last-minute stand-in wins Panama presidency

...As of Sunday evening, just 6.5 per cent of votes for the legislative assembly had been counted, but analysts said it was likely to be split between different parties....

May 6, 2024

ExplainerMiddle East conflict

Who pulls the strings of power in Iran?

...But most of them have little influence in day-to-day decisions. The Assembly of Experts, comprising 88 clerics, is responsible for appointing the next leader upon Khamenei’s death....

April 21, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards North America

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

News in-depthIran

Iran to vote in elections as Supreme Leader’s succession looms

...There was even a rare sign of official tolerance towards women voters choosing not to wear the Islamic headscarf....

February 29, 2024

Iran

Iran election turnout slumps as hardliners prevail

...The rate of participation is a setback for Iranian authorities, who have traditionally pointed to high voter turnout as proof of the Islamic republic’s legitimacy....

March 3, 2024

Iran

Iran’s leading moderate banned from body that picks supreme leader

...Iran has only had two supreme leaders since the Islamic Revolution of 1979....

January 24, 2024

News in-depthPanama

The tycoon driving Panama’s politics from an embassy storeroom

...The presidential election consists of just one round and analysts expect congressional elections at the same time to deliver a divided assembly....

May 2, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Police raid UCLA protest camp as clashes over Gaza spread across US

...UCLA officials declared the encampment an “unlawful assembly”, and by midnight dozens of police officers in riot gear had gathered nearby....

May 2, 2024

News in-depthIran

The waning influence of Iran’s leading moderate Hassan Rouhani

...Raisi has not commented on the fate of his rival, but his deputy for political affairs, Mohammad Hosseini, noted how Rouhani had sought to distance himself from the policies of the Islamic republic since...

February 4, 2024

News updates from May 2: Apple’s revenue hit by falling China sales; Gazprom plunges to $7bn loss

What to watch in North America

...Apple: The smartphone maker is expected to report earnings of $1.50 per share on $90bn in revenue, which would mark declines on the top and bottom lines as demand for its products slow....

May 2, 2024

News updates from May 3: US adds 175,000 jobs in April; Trump Media auditor barred

What to watch in North America

...unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged at 3.8 per cent.ISM services index: Activity in the US services sector is expected to have remained in expansion territory in April, ticking up to a reading of...

May 3, 2024

Live news: Russia open to dialogue with west, says Putin

What to watch in North America today

...Other earnings: Boeing supplier Spirit Aerosystems, a former unit of the aircraft maker that is also the subject of a takeover by its one-time parent company, is set to report results this morning....

May 7, 2024

FT Live

The Impact Of Gen AI On The Legal Sector

How are law firms leveraging technology to transform services and operations?

Live news: UK minister slams FCA ‘name and shame’ proposals

What to watch in North America today

...Boston Fed president Susan Collins will participate in a fireside chat hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management....

May 8, 2024

ReviewFT Books Essay

Will the hijab protests finally bring change to Iran?

...It’s no surprise that Iran’s parliamentary and Assembly of Expert elections in March received the lowest turnout in the history of the Islamic Republic: 41 per cent....

March 20, 2024

News updates from January 24: Joe Lewis to plead guilty in insider trading case, Microsoft passes $3tn market cap

Iran’s Rouhani rejected by electoral council in blow to centrists

...The US withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and imposed a swinging package of economic sanctions on the Islamic republic....

January 24, 2024

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

Standout examples of in-house lawyers’ work

...“Winner” indicates that the organisation won an FT Innovative Lawyers North America award for 2023. The full list of award winners is available here....

December 5, 2023

Sovereign bonds

The looming New York sovereign debt bills debacle

...Here’s what’s going on: Last year, three groups of senators and assembly members proposed competing laws to favour sovereign debtors over their creditors....

April 22, 2024

Space industry

Are investors prepared for *checks notes* nuclear war in space?

...And the actor, naturally, was the United States of America....

February 23, 2024

Palestine

US votes against move to give Palestinians UN membership

...The General Assembly granted the Palestinians non-member observer status in 2012 but the Security Council and at least two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve full UN membership....

April 18, 2024

World

Why New York law doesn’t actually matter

...We’re on Brickell Bay, and maybe in 50 years it will be Brickell Bay North, how we refer to New York in finance....

May 6, 2024

US politics & policy

Robert Kennedy Jr taps nostalgia in bid to upset Trump and Biden

...After his speech, Kennedy stayed behind to service an assembly line of selfie-seekers numbering in the hundreds....

April 30, 2024

News in-depthIsrael

Israel’s consulate assault raises stakes in shadow war with Iran

...“The developing conflict between Israel and Iran . . . is increasingly moving out of the shadows towards direct confrontation,” said Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and north Africa programme...

April 2, 2024

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