US shutdown: How the federal government closure is impacting millions

On Saturday, the partial federal government shutdown entered its 22nd day, making it the longest such shutdown in US history. Donald Trump has argued that the shutdown is necessary to win funding for a wall to address what he says is a crisis on the Mexico border. But 69% of Americans say a border wall […]

Erdogan’s $2b reason to thank the Saudis

Istanbul There are opportunistic financing deals, and then there’s Turkey. A $2 billion 10-year bond sale appeared out of nowhere for the country on Wednesday, with no roadshow and no prior announcement. But there was one big helping hand. Saudi Arabia had just launched $7.5 billion of new 10- and 30-year notes and had elected […]