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Users of online trading platforms report outages

Several major online trading platforms went down on Monday as Wall Street was hit by a major financial crisis, according to downdetector.com, a crash-tracking website. Affected companies include Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments and TD Ameritrade, according to the site. Fidelity users reported outages. Christopher Sadowski Users at another brokerage, Vanguard, reported being unable to log […]

GOP Rep. Perry knocks prisoner swap: 'Like trading a rifle for a spoon'

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) criticized the recent prisoner exchange with Russia in an interview on Friday. “We are pleased that these prisoners are coming home. They should never have been taken prisoner in the first place,” Perry said. Said Fox Business’ “Mornings With Maria.” “But let’s not forget that there’s another side to this equation,” […]

‘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 […]