Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New White House bank regulation plan impacts short list of banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's plan to strengthen the U.S. banking system announced on Thursday makes new demands on a small group of midsized banks. The plan asks regulators to demand banks...
Mar 30, 2023
US court sanctions Google in privacy case, company’s second legal setback in days
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A U.S. court has sanctioned Google LLC for a second time in recent days, after a judge in a decision unsealed on Wednesday said the Alphabet Inc unit took too long to com...
Mar 30, 2023
Russia bid to ‘weaponize energy’ on Blinken agenda at NATO meet
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push back on Russia's attempts to "weaponize energy" and rally support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive when he meets ...
Mar 30, 2023
Fed lending to banks ticks slightly lower in latest week
By Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve emergency lending to banks ebbed slightly in the latest week, causing the size of the central bank balance sheet to move down modestly. As of...
Mar 30, 2023
NHL-From Biden cabinet, Walsh hits the ice as head of NHLPA
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Marty Walsh, new executive director of the NHL Players Association (NHLPA), got a taste of the challenges ahead on Thursday as he stick-handled around LGBTQ+ issue...
Mar 30, 2023
Jared Kushner’s PE firm was backed by Emirates, Qatar – NYT
(Reuters) - Wealth funds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar have invested hundreds of millions of dollars with former U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's private equity f...
Mar 30, 2023
RBNZ to downshift to 25 bps increase in April as tightening nears an end- Reuters Poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will scale back its tightening pace to a quarter-point rate hike on Wednesday as inflation runs hot even as the economy slows,...
Mar 30, 2023
Exclusive-Massachusetts regulator probes First Republic insiders’ stock sales
NEW YORK(Reuters) - Massachusetts regulators have opened an investigation into sales of company stock by top executives at First Republic Bank in the weeks leading up to the recent banking turmoil. Ma...
Mar 30, 2023
Airline, banking and rail oversight top U.S. progressives’ wish list for Biden
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Democrats in the U.S. Congress called on President Joe Biden on Thursday to take executive action to crack down on misconduct in the banking, airline ...
Mar 30, 2023
White House urges Russia to act professionally during UN Security Council presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday urged Russia to conduct itself professionally when it assumes its scheduled UN Security Council presidency next month, saying there was no means to b...
Mar 30, 2023
