People hold signs during a rally in response to the killing of Christina Yuna Lee in the Chinatown … [+] section of New York on Feb. 14, 2022. Lee was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan...
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Biden Says He Isn’t Pushing For Regime Change In Russia
Topline President Joe Biden told reporters on Sunday he was not calling for a regime change in Russia when he said a day earlier that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” a surpr...
Purchase Oil From Canada, Not Venezuela
Gasoline prices are reaching record highs and Russian oil imports are ending. As the Biden Administration makes overtures to Venezuela to request more oil, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney asks why the Ad...
Buttigieg says DOT will dole out $2.9 billion in infrastructure grants
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to the news media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters Transportation Secretar...
Biden taps Dr. Ashish Jha as Covid response head, succeeds Jeff Zients
Dr. Ashish Jha is pictured in Providence, RI on Dec. 3, 2020. Jonathan Wiggs | Boston Globe | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday named Dr. Ashish Jha as his new Covid-19 response coordinator...
Democrats urge Biden to restart climate negotiations in stalled plan
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at Germanna Community College February 10, 2022 in Culpeper. Virginia. Win McNamee | Getty Images More than 80 House Democrats this week called on Presi...
Leaders of NATO countries discuss plans to meet in Brussels next week, officials say
A view of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Foreign Ministers gather at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, March 4, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Reuters The heads of state repr...
Bipartisan lawmakers push for IRS answers on problems facing taxpayers
Signage outside the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A group of bipartisan lawmakers is pressing the IRS for answers on lingering is...
Insiders debate how to secure America’s energy future at CERAWeek
Attendees during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The annual CERAWeek by S&P Global e...
20% of my portfolio is in crypto
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary told CNBC on Friday that one-fifth of his investment holdings are tied up in cryptocurrencies and companies operating in the nascent digital asset industry. R...
Why Biden’s Killing Of Keystone XL Was A Big Energy Blunder
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 03: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks to reporters during a news … [+] conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Photo by Chip So...
These Energy Stocks Are Surging As Oil And Gas Prices Keep Climbing With No Relief In Sight
Topline While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in oil prices that has roiled markets, energy stocks like Occidental Petroleum, Chevron and Exxon Mobil have widely outperformed the rest of ...
This is what happens after they’re seized
The seized Lady M superyacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, at the port in Imperia, Italy, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images European governments tha...
Here’s what’s in Biden’s executive order on crypto
US President Joe Biden, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaks during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Pres...
China watches as Ukraine war makes U.S., EU and Japan show unity
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting during the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit in Brasilia on November 14, 2019. Pavel Golo...
Here’s How Biden’s Historic Ban On Russian Oil Will Hit The Economy
Topline President Joe Biden announced an historic U.S. ban on Russian oil imports on Tuesday as the latest round of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, but as energy prices continue ...
Biz optimism on U.S.-China back to Trump era, AmCham survey says
BEIJING — American businesses in China no longer expect relations between the two countries to improve from the tensions of the Trump administration, according to a business association survey. After ...
Average national gasoline price surges to $3.83 a gallon, the highest since 2012
Fuel prices are displayed at gas stations on March 03, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Increasing demand and dwindling supplies coupled with global supply uncertainty driven by the war in Ukraine have driv...
Consumer Companies React To Russian Conflict In Ukraine
Getty Images Takeaways Major consumer companies are pulling products and services out of Russia The stances some companies are taking (or not taking) have the potential to rouse investors Investors sh...
Here are the Russian oligarch yachts being seized as sanctions sink in
A file photo dated September 10, 2018 shows mega yacht named “Dilbar” belonging to Uzbek-born Russian business-magnate Alisher Usmanov as it refuels by a tanker in Mugla, Turkiye. Germany ...
On SWIFT Sanctions, Biden And His Allies Walk A Tightrope Between Punishing Putin And Hurting Themselves
President Joe Biden and European allies are looking to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for … [+] his invasion of Ukraine through harsh economic sanctions. Getty Images The SWIFT sanction...
Bill Ackman says it’s time for U.S. troops to defend Ukraine and set a ‘real red line’
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investor Bill Ackman said Monday the U.S. should consider military intervention in defense of Ukraine as Russian...
Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry (Much) About The Ukraine Invasion
Ukranian tanks. (Photo by Sergey BOBOK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images War, for those embroiled in one, is mankind at its worst. While the carnage of Russia’s ...
Ukraine Receives $4 Million In Crypto Donations Within Hours—Including $1.9 Million Tied To Julian Assange NFT Auction
Topline More than $4 million worth of cryptocurrency donations poured in for Ukraine on Saturday hours after Ukrainian officials took to Twitter to plead for help in the fight against a Russian invasi...
Biden Said To Eye Cutting Moscow Off From SWIFT After Support Grows In Europe
Topline President Joe Biden is seriously considering kicking Russia out of the international financial-messaging system SWIFT, CNN reported Saturday, as more European countries said they backed the mo...
EVs Face Skeptics In Heartland, But That Region Will Make Most Of Them
Pre-production on the F-150 Lightning at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford It’s always been in the background of the nation’s ongoing transition to electric transportation, but now a significan...
US offshore wind auction in NY, NJ raises a record $4.37 billion
Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images The federal government on Friday announced a record $4.37 billion sale of six offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and New Jersey...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Stock Market Volatility Increases
AFP via Getty Images TL;DR: On Thursday, February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine OPEC+ will hold the next meeting on March 2, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and possible sanctions continue to disrupt supp...