Bitcoin price drops 2% as falling inflation boosts US trade war fears – TradingView
Bitcoin btcusd I shrugged at the Wall Street Open on March 13th as US inflation markers continued to fall. Is good news bad news? Bitcoin is below stocks Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView data showed btcusd $81,500, a 2.3% drop on the day. The February printing of the Producer Price Index (PPI) appeared below the […]
Boston mayor drops $650,000 preparing for sanctuary city hearing: ‘Stakes are high’
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (d) has granted the legal fees of $650,000 to be spent in preparation for last week's Congressional Oversight Interviews on Sanctuary Urban Policy. During the six-hour committee hearing on March 5, lawmakers burned Wu, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), and New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) […]
Canada Drops 25% Electricity Tariff Following Trump’s Retaliation Threats
Ontario Premier Dougford will speak at a press conference held at Queen's Park in Toronto, Canada on March 10, 2025. Ford announced that the state government has applied a 25% extra charge to the US for all electricity exports as part of its retaliation tariff measures (Photo: Katherine KY Chen/Getty Images) OAN Staff Brook Mallory5:58pm […]
Dow drops again — falling nearly 600 points as Trump ramps up Canada trade war
Wall Street continues its slide amid growing chances of a recession from President Trump's trade war with Canada, Citigroup warned that U.S. stocks appear to be poised to fall below overseas markets. The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday fell nearly 600 points before unlocking some of the losses at the start of trading Tuesday. […]
Utah set to ban fluoride from drinking water as nation begins protecting kids from IQ drops
Utah Senate approved law Friday bans addition of fluoride to public water systems. Criticized by the American Dental Association and a handful of supposed medical professionals, the bill is now heading to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox, who showed him to sign the law. The beehive state is currently set to be the first […]
South Korean fighter jet accidentally drops bombs during training exercise
South Korean fighters accidentally dropped bombs in civilian areas during training exercises on Thursday, causing multiple people to injure. The MK-82 bomb released by the KF-16 fighter jet fell out of range of fire, causing unspecified civilian damage, the Air Force said. The passenger seat fires at the airport of Korea. All 176 people on […]
CFPB drops lawsuit against JPMorgan, BofA, Wells Fargo alleging fraud on Zelle
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency told federal court on Tuesday it was withdrawing a lawsuit filed against three banks in December over processing payment services Zelle. The agency, which was effectively shut down by President Trump last month, has accused JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo of failing to protect consumers from hundreds […]
BlackRock drops DEI goals, citing US policy shift
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, announced in a memo on Friday that it had removed diversity, equity and comprehensive targets. Shifting policy Under President Donald Trump. Companywide emails from senior executives (CEO Larry Fink, President Robert Capito, and Head of Human Resources Caroline Heller) said “significant changes to the US legal and policy environment […]
ADL report card flunks The New School, drops grade for Barnard College in fighting antisemitism
New schools, Bernard University and Columbia University, have done a poor job of standing up against anti-Semitism on campus, according to a stinging report issued Monday by Jewish civil rights groups. The new school is one of 13 schools that have failed F grades, and Bernard College's rating dropped from C to D on the […]
‘Fearless Girl’ statue sponsor State Street drops boardroom diversity targets
According to new proxy voting guidance, the State Street Asset Management Force on Friday removed the target for the number of women and minority directors to serve on the Corporate Committee. Posted on that website. The changes coincided with changes in other major asset managers under political pressure, shifting the shift where meeting rooms are […]