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‘Dangerous message’: Top Republican raises concerns over trading Americans for ‘actual Russian criminals’

A leading Republican warned Thursday that the Biden administration’s choice to swap Russian criminals for detained Americans — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine Corps veteran Paul Whelan — could send a “dangerous message” to Russian President Vladimir Putin. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) joined other lawmakers in celebrating the […]

Trading disrupted as outage hits banks and brokers – Financial Times

Stay up to date with free updates Just sign up Financial Services myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Global banks, brokerages and financial technology companies including JPMorgan Chase, UBS and Bloomberg were affected by a global IT outage on Friday, leaving some traders unable to access systems to process trades. JPMorgan’s trade execution […]

Energy Trading Hit by Worldwide IT Outage – OilPrice.com

A major global power outage affected energy trading in London and Singapore on Friday morning, with banks, airlines, airports and media organisations also affected. News serving platforms for the London Stock Exchange, airlines, banks and media organisations were down early on Friday morning, reportedly due to an outage in Microsoft 365 and Azure services. Microsoft […]

Trump Media shares leap in premarket trading after assassination attempt

See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Shares in former President Donald Trump’s media companies soared Monday morning after he was injured in an accident. Assassination attempt At a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Trump Media Technology Group shares rose 48% from the previous day’s high in premarket trading. The company debuts Late March. Stocks surged […]

Congressional stock trading is corrupt

It is corrupt that a representative or senator can use insider knowledge to make money on the stock market. It is corrupt that he or she may regularly buy or sell stocks in companies that will be directly affected by regulations, subsidies, taxes, and loopholes being created on Capitol Hill. The corruption is legal because […]

Bipartisan bill would ban members of Congress from trading stock

A bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement on new legislation Wednesday that would ban lawmakers from trading in stocks. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, along with Sens. Gary Peters of Michigan, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Jon Ossoff of Georgia, D-Calif., pushed the new bill after a series of failed attempts to block lawmakers from […]

Oil Trading Giants Are Buying Big Oil's Refineries – OilPrice.com

The oil trading giant, which has amassed huge profits over the past two years, is rushing to buy refineries that are being sold by the largest international oil and gas producers as part of a strategic portfolio restructuring. “Traders see an opportunity to finally get a plant that can process a range of crudes,” said […]