18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (36+ words) Musk's secretive backer builds major SPACEX stake... (First column, 1st story, link) Elon Musk’s secretive backer builds $40bn SpaceX stake Follow the topics in this article Commenting is only available to readers with an FT subscription...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (166+ words) You know about the missing trillions, right? You know, the $2.3 trillion missing from the Pentagon’s coffers that was announced to the public on September 10, 2001, and then never mentioned again? …Of course, if that IS your understanding of the missing trillions…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (692+ words) Hawaii’s four counties offer property tax relief programs for residents who live in the home they own. But many homeowners do not know these programs exist or forget to file for them. Each county provides its application forms online. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (447+ words) Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 are leaving private-equity ownership and beginning what their new owners promise will be a long-term rebuilding effort centered on American manufacturing, product availability, and renewed support for customers and dealers. In an announcement…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (615+ words) The Bank for International Settlements is warning that near-record public debt and the growing role of hedge funds and other nonbank financial institutions have created what it calls a “fiscal-financial stability nexus.” That is sanitized bureaucratic language for a system…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (897+ words) Apple builds and sells iPhones. I happen to own one of the older models, for the same reason I own a last-legs older model car. What if Apple could skip the build part and sell only the phone? The money…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (271+ words) —– Writes Bill Madden: These two articles, see here and here, are worth reading. While saving money for retirement is a great idea, having the government manage the fund is a bad idea. A forced, government-managed retirement plan is straight from…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (532+ words) War and sovereign debt are merging into a vicious spiral that will determine which nations survive the coming monetary crisis. Governments entered the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, along with the escalating confrontation between the United States and China, already…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) —– Writes Nick Giambruno: Weekends and holidays are the perfect time to catch people off guard… Like a street thug committing a mugging, capital controls blindside most people—otherwise, they wouldn’t be effective. The government declares a surprise bank holiday and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (741+ words) What matters is seeing the fuse burning and realizing it’s going to blow up, and planning accordingly. Perhaps the greatest irony of the inevitability of the stagflationary, bubble-popping recession we’re entering is that the “solution” to the 2008-09 financial crisis–near-zero…...