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U.S. commodities regulator taps former NY prosecutor to lead enforcement
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a former New York prosecutor with expertise in cryptocurrency and cyber crimes to lead its enforce...
Feb 28, 2023
National synchronized skating championships at Peoria Civic Center this week
PEORIA, Ill. – National skating champions will be crowned at the Peoria Civic Center this week. The U.S. Figure Skating Synchronized Skating Championships start Wednesday at the Civic Center, co...
Feb 28, 2023
FTX’s Singh agrees to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges
By Jody Godoy and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges, his lawy...
Feb 28, 2023
Ghislaine Maxwell to ask appeals court to throw out sex trafficking conviction
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell is expected on Tuesday to ask a U.S. appeals court to throw out her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, sayi...
Feb 28, 2023
Higher expenses weigh down U.S. bank profits in 2022 – FDIC
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. banks reported a 5.8% decline in profits in 2022 as firms spent more on noninterest items and provision expenses against future losses, the Federal Deposit...
Feb 28, 2023
Uniper CEO Maubach steps down shortly after nationalisation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Klaus-Dieter Maubach has stepped down as chief executive of Uniper, around two months after the German utility was nationalised as a result of Russian gas cuts from former main s...
Feb 28, 2023
U.S. house price inflation cools further in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices in December increased at their slowest pace since the summer of 2020, surveys showed on Tuesday, but tight supply could limit an anticipated decli...
Feb 28, 2023
U.S. consumer confidence ebbs in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence declined again in February, with the decrease concentrated among households making an annual income of $35,000 or more, though Americans grew more upbea...
Feb 28, 2023
Turkey’s quakes revive concern for northwestern industrial hub
By Birsen Altayli ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Earthquakes in southeastern Turkey that destroyed cities and killed 44,000 people have prompted authorities to look again at how the quake-prone nation might cop...
Feb 28, 2023
Oilfield services firm Atlas Energy aims for $2 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) -Oilfield services firm Atlas Energy Solutions Inc plans to get a valuation of around $2 billion in its initial public offering in the United States, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. T...
Feb 28, 2023
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