Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. commodities regulator taps former NY prosecutor to lead enforcement
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a former New York prosecutor with expertise in cryptocurrency and cyber crimes to lead its enforce...
Feb 28, 2023
FTX’s Singh agrees to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges
By Jody Godoy and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges, his lawy...
Feb 28, 2023
80 Afghan citizens dead in Italian shipwreck – Taliban foreign ministry
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy. Rescuers have ...
Feb 28, 2023
Andrew Tate seeks to recruit right-wing politicians to his cause, wiretaps show
By Luiza Ilie, Octav Ganea and Andrew R.C. Marshall BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Andrew Tate has sought to fight rape and trafficking allegations while in police custody, directing associates to recruit two ...
Feb 28, 2023
Ghislaine Maxwell to ask appeals court to throw out sex trafficking conviction
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell is expected on Tuesday to ask a U.S. appeals court to throw out her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, sayi...
Feb 28, 2023
Higher expenses weigh down U.S. bank profits in 2022 – FDIC
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. banks reported a 5.8% decline in profits in 2022 as firms spent more on noninterest items and provision expenses against future losses, the Federal Deposit...
Feb 28, 2023
Mexican president rebukes U.S. State Department over protest comments
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday criticized comments by U.S. State Department officials about recent protests in Mexico, accusing the department of medd...
Feb 28, 2023
Oilfield services firm Atlas Energy aims for $2 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) -Oilfield services firm Atlas Energy Solutions Inc plans to get a valuation of around $2 billion in its initial public offering in the United States, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. T...
Feb 28, 2023
Migrant relatives mourn victims of deadly Italian shipwreck
By Angelo Amante CROTONE, Italy (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a migrant boat that broke up in stormy seas off Italy arrived in the southern city of Crotone on Tuesday to mourn the dead, who lay ...
Feb 28, 2023
Factbox-Fed rate watch: Wall Street banks see longer hike cycle, higher rates
(Reuters) - As the U.S. economy holds up better than expected in the face of aggressive interest rate hikes, markets have started pricing in a higher peak rate as the Federal Reserve battles sticky in...
Feb 28, 2023
