Expand Your Horizons with FIRST Canada at the 2024 IBAA Convention

TORONTO, ON, APRIL 9, 2024/insPRESS/ – Expand your horizons with innovative payment solutions from FIRST Insurance Funding of Canada (FIRST Canada). Enhance your offering with flexible payment options, elevate your client experience, and enhance your value proposition. FIRST Canada is…The post Expand Your Horizons with FIRST Canada at the 2024 IBAA Convention appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Jacobs Flat on Miami-Dade Water Contract

Jacobs (NYSE: J) found its stock shares stuck at Monday’s closing price. The company was selected by the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department (WASD) to design upgrades for the county’s three wastewater treatment plants benefitting nearly 2.4 million residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.Under the six-year professional services agreement, Jacobs will support upgrades aimed at modernizing aging infrastructure, improving operational performance, mitigating climate change impacts and addressing the system’s resilience across the department’s wastewater treatments…

Tuesday’s US/China Trade War Update

At around eight years and starting during the Trump presidency era, the U.S. and China trade war showed no signs of changing. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited China last week, which did not help.Yellen warned China on Monday that Washington would not accept new industries being decimated by Chinese imports. Reuters reported that President Biden did not want the China shock of 2000 to repeat. In that era, the U.S. manufacturing industry lost 2 million jobs.The U.S. is among the Western countries that are pivoting its manufacturing out of China. When the country locked down the borders and…

Today’s Active Stocks: Vale, Intel, Uber, and More

In the last year, Vale (VALE) trended lower. Yesterday’s 5.93% break out is an unusual pattern. Expect traders to potentially take profits on higher volume today. Last month, FT reported that Value may have a £3 legal suit to defend, related to the Mariana dam disaster.After peaking at over $50, Intel (INTC) broke below $38 on Monday. Bears have enough momentum to send the chip giant down to $30. The firm relied too heavily on outsourcing chip production to Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM). Furthermore, it started work on the $100 billion U.S. factory investments. Risks are so high that the…