Democrats are fight Trump and his ‘Bond’ villain Re letter “Democrats are like my whiny second-grader,” Feb. 8: Dennis Coyne’s letter regarding DOGE is condescending and clueless. It betrays a complete lack of understanding of the basic framework of constitutional government in the United States. Article 1 of the United States Constitution grants Congress, not the […]
The Eccles Building, location of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Open Market Committee. Brooks Kraft | Getty Images A sell-off in global bond markets is accelerating, fueling concerns over government finances and raising the specter of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses around the world. Bond yields […]
We love bonds, but we hate it when they make the front page. Let’s face it, while they are intellectually fascinating, there are no good news stories about bond markets. It’s always “someone’s defaulted”, “someone’s crashing the economy”, or some other such awfulness. Readers would have found it hard to miss the excellent coverage that […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Capital markets myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors poured record amounts into global bond funds this year as they bet on a shift towards easier monetary policy by major central banks. Bond funds attracted more than $600bn in inflows so far this […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Capital markets myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The gap between the US and China’s borrowing costs has grown to its widest level in more than a decade, in a sign of the sharp divergence in the bond market’s expectations for the world’s […]
Lawyers for Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk had their first major chance to attack his murder-for-hire charges and ongoing detention Thursday, arguing in a federal courtroom in Downtown Los Angeles that the artist wasn’t try to flee the country before his October arrest in Miami. They said the “All My Life” rapper “contests” the claim he […]
Former Bond girl actress Gemma Arterton isn’t sure the spy franchise is ready for a female protagonist. “Isn’t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man?” the actor told The Times. “They talk about it, but I think people would find it too outrageous. Sometimes you just have to respect the […]
“Quantum of Solace” star Gemma Arterton has weighed in on the prospect of a female James Bond, suggesting that such a change might not align with the franchise’s tradition. “Isn’t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man?” the actor told The Times. “They talk about it, but I think people […]
Daniel Craig said in a recent interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times that he couldn’t have played his character in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” while working on James Bond movies. In the film “Queer,” based on the 1985 semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, Craig plays William Lee, an American expat who […]
2011 Land Rover Defender ‘Spectre’ Collecting Cars From December 1 to December 8, Collecting Cars will be auctioning more than 45 Land Rover models with varying provenance. The Land Rover auction will see cars from around the world go under the hammer attracting James Bond, classic Land Rover and special edition fans alike. As well […]
