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...and inconclusive evidence” that enough cash had been set aside to ensure the former president’s chosen surety would not default on the bond....

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April 19, 2024

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NY attorney-general rejects Trump’s pleas for leniency over $464mn bond

...A surety bond serves as a letter of credit to ensure that a defendant will pay a judgment if they lose the case on appeal....

March 20, 2024

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...The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has invested $105mn into TechMet, a $1bn critical minerals fund, which has pledged $50mn of equity for Rainbow Rare Earths, the company behind the...

April 21, 2024

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Trump claims he may need ‘fire sale’ to pay $464mn fraud judgment

...Trump’s legal team said on Monday that the Trump Organization had approached 30 surety companies — including Allianz, Axa, Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich — via four separate brokers...

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March 25, 2024

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...This is the sixth annual ranking of 500 high-growth Asia-Pacific companies, compiled by the Financial Times and Statista, the data company....

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Ithaca Energy agrees £750mn deal for most of Eni’s UK oil and gasfields

...Ithaca Energy has agreed a deal to acquire almost all of Eni’s UK oil and gasfields in a transaction worth about £750mn that will turn the London-listed company into one of the North Sea’s largest producers...

April 23, 2024

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Why buying company shares has gone out of fashion

...These investors, however, have very little say in the running of the companies contained in their funds, unlike direct shareholders....

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...It was a busy, buzzy Friday night at Notting Hill’s Coronet Theatre, where the 30-artist, 16-day Taiwan Festival was entering its second week with Taipei’s Hung Dance company....

April 22, 2024

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Ski-home buyers follow the snow in the face of climate change

...Going by altitude alone is not the safest predictor of snow-surety, though. Climatic conditions can have a sizeable impact....

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...They have common border and that’s another reason why even sitting in the Indo-Pacific you may have more of your eyes on China, but in some ways this is all part of the same picture....

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...But the Trump Organization is a private company, and it is almost impossible to verify his claims....

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...In the past, some of Hankey’s companies have been accused of not being fully honest with customers....

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...A servicing company placed the loan on watch for possible default — although the Trumps have remained current on their payments....

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South Korean virtual reality fishing game reels in 1mn users

...The global popularity of the VR game has taken DUG to 43rd in this year’s FT ranking of high-growth companies in the Asia-Pacific region....

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...The bursting of Chabaidao’s bubble will now set the tone for the Hong Kong IPO market in the coming months....

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...Letitia James’s office suggested that the Los Angeles-based Knight Insurance Group, which had underwritten the bond, might not be authorised to provide a surety in New York state....

April 4, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

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