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3.2KFinancial, Regular Firms Want Banks To Work With Pot Companies
Financial firms, fertilizer, beverage, and other mainstream companies are calling on Congress to enable pot companies to have access to banks. According...
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3.3KQ1 GDP Growth To Be Impacted By Gov’t Shutdown
With the partial U.S. government shutdown as a result of the standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats now in its fourth...
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2.8KDespite Gov’t Shutdown, Tax Refunds Will Be Paid
While the U.S. government shutdown continues, a Trump official has promised that tax refunds will go out on schedule. “Tax refunds will...
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4.8KWarren Bashes Wells, Equifax In Iowa Speeches
Senator Elizabeth Warren didn’t hold back during her first trip to Iowa, going after Washington for being “corrupt” and “beholden to giant...
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5.0KGab Goes Offline After PayPal, GoDaddy, Others Pull Support
Gab, the social network that had a big following among the far right, has been taken offline after GoDaddy, the domain provider, gave it...
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1.6KTech Titans To Face Lawmakers During Hearings This Week
The technology sector will be on display this week as lawmakers begin holding hearings to look into concerns about antitrust issues. It...
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1.9KBank CEO Accused Of Accelerating Manafort Loan Approvals
Federal Savings Bank‘s chief executive Steve Calk is being accused of helping Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, secure loans in...
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890Fed Chairman Has Had Meetings With Lawmakers, White House, Bankers
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is taking a different approach to meetings, spending more time with lawmakers, White House Advisors, and banks...
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3.6KBanks, Credit Card Companies In Talks To Monitor Gun Sales
Banks and credit card companies are looking at ways to pinpoint gun purchases via their payment systems in what could be the...
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3.6KAlibaba CEO Warns Trade War Will Harm Everyone
Alibaba’s Chief Executive Jack Ma warned in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (April 11) that a trade war between...
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2.7KTrade War May Dwindle Amid Blinking
The trade war may be downsized to a skirmish that maybe won’t even be waged. Or, you could say the other side...
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3.1KHouse Financial Services Committee Chairman Won’t Seek Re-election
Another member of the GOP has announced he won’t seek re-election in 2018. This time it’s Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who will retire...
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1.7KCurtains For Operation Choke Point
Operation Choke Point has been choked off. According to various sources (including Fox News), the Trump administration’s Justice Department has decided to shut...
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3.8KRussia And US May Form Cybersecurity Team
In the midst of tense Senate Intelligence Committee testimonials about Russia’s involvement with the U.S. election, there are talks circulating of the...
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3.5KQuarles To Be Appointed As New Fed Bank Regulator By Trump
In a move that partially remakes the Federal Reserve — or at least its purview over regulations that affect the financial industry — President...
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2.8KDems Want Details On Russian Money Laundering
Deutsche Bank received a letter from a group of Democrat senators Thursday (May 24) requesting information on two internal reviews the financial services...
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1.9KPresident Trump’s New Executive Order Aimed At Modernizing White House IT
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday (May 1) in which a new technology council will be created to modernize the...
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4.3KThe President May Replace Top Banking Regulator
As the Trump administration moves to rewrite banking regulations, it looks like a big change to the top of the regulatory structure...
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1.5KLedger Shows Manafort’s Firm Received $1.2M From Pro-Russian Political Party
Financial records obtained by The Associated Press have confirmed that Paul Manafort’s consulting firm received at least $1.2 million in payments from...
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2.0KCrowdfunding May Help Bring Rapists To Justice In Texas
Due to untested evidence, Texas is dealing with a backlog of rape kits that need to be processed for thousands of rape...
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1.4KCompanies Lobby For Google Critic To Head FTC
A handful of companies that have had runs in with Google are doing some behind-the-scenes lobbying with members of the White House...
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4.0KRumor: Trump Said To Eye Ex-OneWest Employee For CFPB
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a former OneWest Bank employee for a spot in his administration, said The Wall Street Journal. Trump...
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3.0KCompanies Prepare For Trump’s Twitter Backlash
Most Americans are well-aware of President Donald Trump’s love affair with Twitter, where he often uses the site to criticize or even...
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4.9KElon Musk Staying On White House Advisory Council
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, announced that, despite mounting pressure, he will stay on President Donald Trump’s White House advisory...
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3.2KTrump Advisers Want JPMorgan’s Dimon As Treasury Secretary
So much for being anti-establishment. Just a day after Donald Trump won an historic and unexpected victory to become the nation’s 45th...
