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China’s trade with Russia won’t offset sanctions, U.S. says
Russia’s Deputy Prime Ministers Yuri Trutnev, Tatyana Golikova, Andrei Belousov, Alexander Novak and Dmitry Chernyshenkosign joint documents following a video conference call between Prime Minis...
EU Approves ‘Massive’ Sanctions On Russian Banks And Imports Following Ukraine Invasion
Topline The European Union agreed early Friday morning to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s banks and energy industry, the latest Western sanctions levied on Russia following its invasion of Ukrai...
U.S. is top safe haven amid Russia-Ukraine war: Blackstone’s Joe Zidle
The world’s leading private equity firm suggests the U.S. the ultimate safe haven play. According to Blackstone’s Joseph Zidle, it’s largely insulated from the Russia-Ukraine war fal...
Stock futures fall after a stunning comeback as investors assess geopolitical tensions
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 24, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures fell in overnight trading Thursday following a sharp reversal on Wall Street as investors continued to assess the risks stem...
These Conservatives Are Defending Russia In Ukraine Crisis—And Trump Leads The Way
Topline As President Joe Biden and Western leaders seek to defuse a potentially catastrophic war in Eastern Europe, a handful of primarily right-wing American political figures are slamming the Wester...
Biden Targets Russian Banks In ‘First Tranche’ Of U.S. Sanctions
Topline President Joe Biden announced an expansive sanctions package against Russian banks and elites Tuesday, as the West responds to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two separatist ...
Energy Dominates The Geopolitical Equation In Russia/Ukraine Dispute
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 07: German Social Democratic party SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf … [+] Scholz looks on during a two-day party meeting on February 07, 2021 in Berlin, Germany...
Russian Aggression In Ukraine: Possible Scenarios
A Ukrainian soldier trains during military drills close to Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10, … [+] 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Marienko ASSOCIATED PRESS Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, and the...
Biden Has Agreed ‘In Principle’ To Meeting With Putin Over Ukraine Crisis
Topline U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “in principle,” the White House confirmed on Monday night, in a French government-brokered move that comes amid rat...
Time To Acknowledge Ukrainian Airspace Is As Dangerous As 1961 Berlin
A tourist looks at a poster showing the standoff of Soviet and American tanks at the former Allies’ … [+] checkpoint at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. AFP via Getty Images The tools are dif...
Olaf Scholz says West must keep Russia guessing on sanctions
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday rejected calls from Ukraine’s president to sanction Russia now, saying that Moscow should not be sure “exactly” how the West will respond to...
Putin Conducts Nuclear Drills As U.S. Defense Secretary Says Russia ‘Poised To Strike’ Ukraine
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the test launches of ballistic and cruise missiles Saturday amid intensifying Russian military activity near Ukraine’s border, a day after President Jo...
Fed will hike rates regardless if Biden’s nominees are confirmed, economists say
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves a meeting in the office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in Hart Building on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images ...
Texas led the country in new renewable energy projects last year
Transmission towers are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% of the power in Texas, has requested Texas residen...
Senate Passes Last-Minute Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown
Topline The Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday evening to extend the federal government’s funding through March 11, narrowly averting a government shutdown set to begin Friday and giving legislator...
Biden administration has close eye on private equity, other ‘alternative’ investments
SEC chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 14, 2021 in Washington. Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images The Biden administration i...
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, February 14
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Futures steady after comments from Russia’s top diplomat Traders on the floor of the NYSE...
Stock futures are slightly lower as Wall Street weighs Russia-Ukraine tensions, potential Fed rate hikes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, January 18, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures dipped slightly Sunday evening as investors continued to mo...
Biden Tells Putin U.S. Will Impose ‘Swift And Severe Costs’ If Russia Invades Ukraine
Topline President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Saturday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would lead to “swift and severe costs” for Russia, along with “widespread ...
Dow Plunges Over 400 Points, Oil Prices Surge Amid Fears That Russia Will Soon Invade Ukraine
Topline Markets plunged Friday after the White House said Russia could invade Ukraine “any day now,” including during this month’s Winter Olympics, a prospect which led panicked investors to dump stoc...
Biden Says He Won’t Send Troops To Help Americans Evacuate Ukraine
Topline President Joe Biden confirmed in an NBC interview Thursday the United States will not send troops to Ukraine to help evacuate Americans if Russia invades, warning a U.S. presence could spark “...
Biden touts wage growth, slower inflation forecasts after another surge in prices
US President Joe Biden, speaks about rebuilding manufacturing on February 8, 2022, from the South Court Auditorium in Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialow...
Struggling small businesses hope more Covid relief is on the way
andresr | E+ | Getty Images Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, many small businesses are still struggling. While financial assistance for those impacted by the crisis has ended, some of the ...
Appeals Court Won’t Immediately Reverse Block Of Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
Topline An appeals court left in place a national block on President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees Wednesday, declining to overrule a lower court ruling that halted a key ...
Elon Musk’s Tesla helped make EVs ‘possible in America’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday recognized Tesla as a pioneer of electric vehicle manufacturing in the U.S. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, i...
Seized Russian Dark Web Sites—Trump’s Dumps, Ferum Shop—Raked In $263 Million In Bitcoin, Ether And Litecoin Sales From Stolen Credit Cards
Topline Amid a growing wave of cryptocurrency seizures and government cybercrime crackdowns, Russian authorities have taken down massive swaths of the illicit credit card market as the nation looks to...
Biden Vows Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will Be Canceled If Russia Invades Ukraine
Topline If Russian troops enter Ukraine, the United States will “bring an end to” Nord Stream 2, the $11 billion underwater natural gas pipeline connecting Russia to Germany, President Joe Biden annou...
USDA to spend $1 billion on agriculture projects tackling climate change
A wind farm shares space with corn fields in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $1 billion on projects for farmers, ranchers, and forest landown...