Tile Council of North America

Haiti names transitional council to handle crisis

...Haiti has named the members of the transitional council expected to take over government of the Caribbean nation and try to deal with a deepening security and humanitarian crisis....

April 17, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Israel cancels US visit after UN resolution demands Gaza ceasefire

...“The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north [with Hizbollah].”...

March 25, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management North America

New models for the next age of fund management

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The only real chance to end the chaos in Haiti

...Tens of thousands of Haitians voted with their feet, emigrating to the US or elsewhere in Latin America. The country’s institutions largely ceased to function....

March 26, 2024

News updates from February 14: UK inflation holds steady, Uber debuts $7bn share buyback

What to watch in North America today

...Chicago Fed president Austan Goolsbee will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Council on Foreign Relations....

February 14, 2024

Haiti

Haiti prime minister to quit as gang violence rocks country

...“I will resign following the implementation of a transitional council.”...

March 12, 2024

FT Globetrotter

A tour of Vancouver’s Chinatown

...More than 50 craftsmen came from Suzhou, China, to construct the Ming Dynasty garden, bringing with them nan, camphor and ginkgo wood, handmade tiles and stone pebbles....

March 18, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards North America

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

News in-depthHaiti

Haiti nears transitional government in stand-off with gangs

...The poorest nation in the Americas, Haiti has suffered worsening violence and poverty since the assassination in 2021 of president Jovenel Moïse....

March 22, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Israel accuses US of hurting hostage talks

...These included a phased approach that would prioritise the evacuation of more than 1mn civilians and the arrival of humanitarian assistance....

March 26, 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

Jacky Lumarque

Haiti has good reason not to trust the international community

...It backs a formula that tinkers with the seven-member transitional presidential council (known as the Snake of Seven Heads)....

March 28, 2024

Investments

BofA’s elephant in the room

...Soak it in: Bank of America frequently updates this futile but oddly charming mosaic, showing the best-performing assets each year since the turn of the century....

February 2, 2024

Live news: EU court rules drug kingpin Pablo Escobar cannot be trademarked

What to watch in North America today

...G7: The foreign ministers of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK, US, as well as European Union officials, will begin their three-day meeting on the Italian island of Capri amid rising tensions in...

April 17, 2024

Europe Express

How Europe lost faith in the power of EU-US trade talks Premium

...Officials gather for the EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting in Leuven....

April 4, 2024

Special ReportManaging Climate Change

The Bermuda model: climate resilience born out of necessity

...Most roofs are now made from synthetic components and a mixture of cement and foam materials, which have replaced the original tiles, says Jonathan Gray, founder and president of roofers JW Gray, based near...

November 30, 2023

News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar

What to watch in North America on Monday

...Analysts expect slightly higher revenue compared with the year-ago quarter but thinner margins, in part because of an anticipated uptick in provisions for bad loans....

April 15, 2024

FT Live

Business of Football Summit

The global gathering of leaders in football and finance

Live news: Citadel agrees big expansion of London office space

What to watch in North America on Thursday

...Fedspeak: Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic will deliver remarks at the Prosperity Partnership of Fort Lauderdale....

April 18, 2024

Ecuador

Mexico demands UN expels Ecuador after raid on its embassy

...“The court, in accordance with the United Nations charter, should approve the expulsion, and there should be no veto [from the UN Security Council],” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at...

April 12, 2024

Trafigura

Trafigura bribery details laid out in $127mn guilty plea agreement

...In 2022, Glencore pleaded guilty to multiple counts of bribery in Africa and Latin America to access oil and received penalties of more than $1bn....

March 28, 2024

Palestine

US votes against move to give Palestinians UN membership

...Twelve of the 15 members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, China and France, voted in favour of the measure. The UK and Switzerland abstained and the US voted no....

April 18, 2024

Nato

Nato to develop $100bn Ukraine fund despite US concerns

...The Biden administration sees the effort to co-ordinate allies on Ukraine as an important example of America’s place in the world, he said....

April 3, 2024

Fifa

Fifa and promoter reach deal in legal fight banning big European matches in US

...However, the football governing body’s Council decided that “official league matches must be played within the territory of the respective member association”....

April 8, 2024

Global InsightMichael Stott

The simple idea behind LatAm’s star economy

...Nonetheless, Eric Farnsworth of the Council of the Americas in Washington says that under Abinader the DR “does seem to have turned a corner”....

March 18, 2024

UK local government finance

Council tax bills across England rise by maximum allowed

...“Council tax is regressive with respect to property values to the benefit of wealthier residents in places like London and at the cost of less well-off residents in places like the North East of England,...

March 21, 2024

Global Economy

The Jamaican exception

...the National Partnership Council, a social dialogue collaboration involving the government, parliamentary opposition, and social partners, culminated in the Partnership for Jamaica Agreement on consensus...

April 1, 2024

Ecuador

Ecuador sparks diplomatic crisis after police storm Mexican embassy

...“It’s the growing ideologisation of foreign policy across Latin America,” she said....

April 7, 2024

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