Topline The Biden administration and Western allies committed Saturday to a series of tough new sanctions on Russia to choke its financial system, including cutting off “selected” Russian banks from t...
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U.S. Goalkeeper Emily Dolan Promotes Her Smaller Glove Label And The Big Clásico
Dolan plays for Sporting Huelva in the women’s top flight in Spain. David Torres Emily Dolan, a 27-year-old U.S. goalkeeper, testing her skills at the top level in Spain, is many things. On a pr...
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 ...
Germany Reportedly Approves Weapons Transfer To Ukraine In Reversal Of Longtime Stance On Lethal Military Aid
Topline Germany approved a transfer of lethal weapons to Ukraine on Saturday to aid the country’s embattled military against the Russian invasion, Reuters and Politico report, marking a significant sh...
How Ukraine Can Win The Information War Against Russia
MOSCOW, RUSSIA A man holding a placard reading “No occupation of Ukraine” and depicting an image of … [+] Hitler stroking Putin’s face during a protest at Pushkinskaya Square o...
Ukraine Crisis Dilemma — A Total Blockade Of Russia’s Banks Would Hurt Europe
A column of Russian armoured vehicles drives in the direction of Gori on the Gori-Tbilisi road on … [+] August 19, 2008. Georgia’s Interior Ministry dismissed a pullback of Russian militar...
Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Makes Poland The Linchpin Of U.S. Military Plans In Europe
In the years since U.S. military strategy shifted to focus on great power rivalries, Taiwan has come to be regarded as pivotal to the future of Pacific security. If China were to invade and occupy the...
The Russia Ukraine War Could Have Dire Impacts On Global Supply Chains
KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 22: Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train on a … [+] Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Across Ukraine thousands of...
80% Of Russian Troops Ready To Invade Ukraine Imminently, U.S. Says
Topline Russia has placed 80% of its troops encircling Ukraine in forward positions, giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the ability to launch a full-scale attack on the country at any moment, a s...
Merck’s Anti-Covid Pill Shows Better Effectiveness In Indian Study
Topline Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ Covid-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization by over 65% in a clinical trial conducted by their Indian partner Hetero, the comp...
U.S. Blames Russia For Cyberattacks Against Ukrainian Banks
Topline The United States believes the Russian government was behind cyberattacks that knocked out the websites of Ukraine’s two largest banks earlier this week, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor ...
First Director Of New National Crypto Enforcement Team Argued 2016 Appeals Case Of Ross Ulbricht
In a press release today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the appointment of Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). Choi, a sea...
Walmart Sets Its Sights On More Than Just Selling Stuff
Walmart’s full-year revenue was up 2.4% from the prior year reaching $572.8 billion. The company … [+] discussed how a more diversified business model will help drive future growth and provide a...
The Risk To The Stock Market From An Inverted Yield Curve
A trader reacts as he works on the floor during the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange on … [+] March 9, 2020 in New York. – Trading on Wall Street was temporarily halted early Ma...
U.S. Says Russia Moved 7,000 New Troops Near Ukraine—Despite Claims Of De-Escalation
Topline Russia’s recent claim that its military forces have started pulling back from the Ukrainian border appears to be false, a senior Biden Administration official alleged Wednesday, as Russia has ...
These Were The Best-Performing Hedge Funds Reporting To One Platform In January
Global hedge funds, as represented by the HFM Global Composite Index, declined 1.2% month over month and year over year, according to data from With Intelligence. However, they did better than the U.S...
ESG And The Dangerous Structural Increase In The Price Of Oil
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) Andrew Ross Sorkin, Kenneth I. Chenault and Larry Fink speak … [+] onstage at The New York Times 2017 DealBook Conference at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Nov...
Stablecoin Are Critical To Increased U.S. Banking Competitiveness
Despite the criticism that stablecoins and stablecoin issuers have recently faced, including from the highest levels of the U.S. government, there is an opportunity embedded in the continued growth of...
U.S., U.K. Pull Military Trainers Out Of Ukraine With Russian Attack Possible ‘Any Day Now’
Topline The United States and United Kingdom ordered troops to withdraw from Ukraine on Saturday who were stationed there to train Ukrainian forces, with a Russian invasion appearing increasingly immi...
Holdouts Still Blocking Key Bridge Connecting Canada And U.S. After Police Clear Away Most Protesters
Topline Most demonstrators drove away peacefully Saturday morning from the Ambassador Bridge, but Canadian police were facing off with a handful who continued to block the critical border crossing lin...
Growing Distrust Of Federal Reserve Heightens Concerns Of Incompetence
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brooks … [+] Kraft/ Getty Images) Getty Images Negativity about the Federal Reserve reached new, ser...
U.S. Urges Americans To Leave Ukraine Within 48 Hours—But Insists Still Unclear Whether Russia Will Invade
Topline American officials said Friday that Russia could launch a devastating bombardment and ground invasion of Ukraine at any time, and advised U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine within the next two day...
Most Black Americans Learn History From Family And Friends, Not School, Poll Finds
Topline Only 23% of Black adults in the U.S. who are familiar with Black history in the U.S. said K-12 school was where they learned some or all of this information, according to a poll from Pew Resea...
The Yield Curve Could Invert In 2022, Here’s Why That Spooks Markets
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 09: Yield curve inversion markets to markets and could happen in 2022 on … [+] the bond market’s current trajectory (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) G...
Contractors Poised To Cash In On China Threat Inflation
While the crisis over Russia and Ukraine has dominated recent discussions of U.S. foreign and military policies, it’s important to remember that the driving force behind the push for ever more Pentago...
U.S. Inflation Spikes Higher For January, As Markets See Fed Action In 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 24: January’s inflation data is unlikely to make make happy reading for … [+] Fed Chair Powell who is already planning to raise rates (Photo by Drew Angere...
Yum! Brands Sets Industry Development Record, Doubles Digital Sales In Two Years
A member of staff hands an order to a customer at a KFC drive-thru in Leicester as the fast food … [+] chain reopened hundreds of its restaurants as drive-thru and pick-up locations after the in...
Automation Won’t Eliminate Truckers
Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers are worried that new automated vehicle technology will take awa...
Feds Seize $3.6 Billion In Stolen Bitcoin, Arrest Couple Five Years After Massive Crypto Exchange Hack
Topline U.S. authorities arrested a New York City couple Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of bitcoin stolen during a hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, $3....
Can Whistleblowing On Meatpackers Curb Retail Prices? Stay Tuned
Today, meat production has consolidated to fewer players. Just four major meatpackers – Tyson, … [+] Cargill, JBS S.A. and Marfrig Global Foods S.A. (through National Beef Packing Co.) – control...
VW Says Premature To Comment On Report Electric Cars Started Atlantic Transporter Fire
Smoke billows from the burning Felicity Ace car transport ship as seen from the Portuguese Navy NPR … [+] Setubal ship southeast of the mid-Atlantic Portuguese Azores Islands. The ship’s c...