Morning Bid: Asia’s economic spotlight shines on giants China and Japan
A man wearing a protective mask, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past an electronic board displaying stock market data outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 25 of 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Sign up now for FREE, unlimited access to Reuters.com Sign up Aug 15 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Jamie McGeever Economic data from Asia’s two economic powerhouses kicks off the global trade day on Monday: a batch of July indicators from failed China and Japan’s second-quarter GDP report. We have the first look at how the COVID-19-hit…
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Let the wheels of American justice turn for Donald Trump
There has been some suggestion that the US judicial system should slow its investigations into Donald Trump or abandon them altogether. American social peace, they argue, is more precious than the blind pursuit of justice. If the price of stability is tolerance, so be it. Fortunately, Merrick Garland, the US Attorney General, swore an oath to the US constitution, not to the roulette wheel of political risk prediction. It is entirely plausible that the US Department of Justice’s investigations, which intensified last week with the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida residence, could lead to his indictment . The same…
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Crypto Community Responds To Tornado Cash Penalties, Privacy Advocates Say ‘There Are Many Legitimate Reasons To Seek Financial Anonymity’ – Privacy Bitcoin News
The US government banning the Ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash and the app that followed has the crypto community in an uproar over the event. A number of crypto and privacy advocates have spoken out against the government’s actions so far, with the non-profit advocacy group Fight for the Future calling the ban “a threat to the future of financial privacy”. Advocacy group Fight for the Future says US government threatens financial privacy: ‘There are many legitimate reasons to seek anonymity in financial transactions’ On August 8, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of…
Read More »Coleman EDC/CCC Board Approves Director’s Salary Increase, Hears Positive Economic News | news
The Coleman EDC Board of Directors, Type A and Type B, met on Thursday, August 11th at 6:00 pm at Coleman City Hall. The Board approved the financial reports of CEDC (Type A) and CCC (Type B) presented by Kim Little, Executive Director of EDC. The Board heard from several young people who recently participated in the Jr. Business Academy. Each gave information, and some gave examples, of the companies they are working on or are already producing. They all reported that they really enjoyed the Academy, learned a lot and had fun doing it. A separate article about this…
Read More »Live News: Afghanistan marks one year of Taliban control
Afghanistan has two birthdays coming up. Friday is Independence Day, which commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, in which Britain granted Afghanistan self-determination over its foreign affairs. However, most will be more concerned about Monday, which marks one year since the Taliban regained control. This week also begins with the 75th anniversary of Britain’s withdrawal from the Indian subcontinent, marking the partition of India and Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation from Delhi’s historic Red Fort, likely to focus on the problems of Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority state. For British schoolchildren,…
Read More »Stock futures fall slightly ahead of a week of big retail gains
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE US equity futures were slightly lower on Sunday evening after some positive inflation data helped lift all major indexes ahead of a week of big gains for retailers. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also fell 0.2%. Last week, the S&P 500 advanced 3.25% for its fourth consecutive positive week and longest winning streak since 2021. The Nasdaq Composite closed the week up 3.08%, also for the fourth consecutive week The Dow added 2.9%. The gains came after…
Read More »Lazard sees senior dealmaker hiring as bigger rivals scale back amid recession
Independent investment bank Lazard is poised to hire more senior bankers despite a downturn in the business boom that has seen bigger rivals cut costs. The bank aims to hire 10 to 15 CEOs over the course of this year, Peter Orszag, chief executive of Lazard’s advisory business, told Financial News. “We’ve been actively recruiting, and as the market changes, there are even more opportunities to find really talented people with compensation terms that we consider acceptable,” he said. “There are several priority areas for growth and we will invest throughout the cycle.” TO READ Lazard CEO Jacobs: Fierce battle…
Read More » US lawmakers draw battle lines over Trump’s house search
US lawmakers demanded more information about the potential national security threat posed by Donald Trump’s stockpile of classified documents, as the fallout from the unprecedented search of the former president’s home reverberated across Washington. The comments from Democrats and Republicans on Sunday were among the first reactions from Congress to the release on Friday of the search warrant filed by the FBI on the day of the Aug. 8 visit, which revealed that Trump was being investigated for serious violations of the law. related to national defense, mishandling of government material and obstruction of justice. They highlighted the stark partisan…
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