Your Federal Reserve update based on Chair Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, including pushing back against concerns that the “economy is on the cusp of running too hot” ...more
2/24/2021
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Audits ,
Bitcoin ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
Corruption ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Ether ,
Federal Reserve ,
GameStop ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
McDonalds ,
PricewaterhouseCoopers ,
Retaliation ,
Square ,
Stock Prices ,
Whistleblowers
NY AG Letitia James is suing Amazon, accusing the online retail giant “of not doing enough to protect workers in the state from the coronavirus” and calling its response to the pandemic “deficient.” ...more
2/17/2021
/ Accounting Fraud ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Big Tech ,
Bitcoin ,
Bonds ,
Business Interruption ,
Capital Markets ,
Citibank ,
CMBS ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disney ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Newspapers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Severe Weather ,
USAA ,
Wells Fargo ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud ,
Workplace Safety
May saw a huge jump in consumer activity to the tune of +17.7%, as Americans unleashed their pent-up demand. It was welcome news for markets and beyond, but “the underlying data presents a more complicated picture and shows...more
6/18/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
AT&T ,
Capital Markets ,
Commerzbank ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Culture ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disney ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
HSBC ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Layoffs ,
McDonalds ,
Morgan Stanley ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Nuisance ,
Race Relations ,
Recovery Plans ,
Retail Market ,
Retail Sales ,
Social Media ,
Trump Administration ,
Unemployment ,
Workplace Safety
As Americans [way-too] slowly come to the realization that COVID-19 is a very real and very present threat, the business world is changing around them at a staggering pace. Stocks nosedived again on Monday, with the three...more
3/17/2020
/ Abuse of Power ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Airlines ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Apple ,
Aviation Industry ,
Business Interruption ,
Capital Markets ,
CEOs ,
Chapter 11 ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Distance Learning ,
E-Commerce ,
Economic Downturn ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Aid ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
IRS ,
Lockheed Martin ,
Net Operating Losses ,
OCC ,
PG&E ,
Public Health ,
Recessions ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Stock Prices ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Deductions ,
Telecommuting ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wells Fargo
As it kicked off its 50th annual gathering today, the World Economic Forum in Davos is facing some hard questions—both about the state of the ideals it has long espoused (“open borders, liberal democracy and free borders,” to...more
1/21/2020
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Aviation Industry ,
Banks ,
BlackRock ,
Boeing ,
Canada ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Citibank ,
Climate Change ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
Extradition ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Fraud ,
Global Economy ,
Huawei ,
IMF ,
India ,
Insider Trading ,
International Relations ,
Investment ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Social Media ,
Telecommunications ,
Tesla ,
Transparency ,
World Economic Forum
Some U.S. tech firms are finding ways to get around the White House’s Huawei no fly zone, with Micron, Qualcomm, and Intel leading the way...more
6/26/2019
/ AbbVie ,
Allergan Inc ,
Aviation Industry ,
BuzzFeed ,
Capital Markets ,
CFTC ,
China ,
Commodities ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fashion Industry ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
G20 ,
Huawei ,
Insider Trading ,
Merrill Lynch ,
Mitsubishi ,
National Security ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Rare Earth Metals ,
Spoofing ,
Stock Prices ,
Supply Chain ,
Telecommunications ,
UBS
China’s latest response to the White House’s aluminum and steel tariff plans came in the form of a no-joke April 1 announcement of its own tariffs of roughly $3 billion in 128 U.S.-made products ranging from pork to wine and...more
4/3/2018
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Barclays ,
Broadcasting ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Data Breach ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Disney ,
Government Bonds ,
Imports ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Mark Zuckerberg ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Price-Fixing ,
Retailers ,
RMBS ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Viacom
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation—a nonprofit that represents execs from many of the US’s largest banks—will release a paper today arguing that the Fed illegally sidestepped the APA by adopting “central parts of its...more
9/15/2016
/ Agribusiness ,
Algorithmic Trading ,
Bank Accounts ,
Banks ,
Bayer ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
Dark Pool ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Financial Institutions ,
General Motors ,
Mergers ,
Monsanto ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stress Tests ,
Transparency ,
Wells Fargo
All of us are entitled to a change of heart. But when you’re one of the world’s most famous activist investors and the change involves a decent-sized stake in a drug maker (Allergan) that just 5 months ago was mixed up with a...more
6/1/2016
/ Activist Hedge Funds ,
Allergan Inc ,
Anbang ,
Bank of America ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
Community Banks ,
Merger Agreements ,
Pfizer ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Takeover Bids ,
Valeant
John Thain’s golden parachute got knocked down a few karats this week, with CIT Group cutting 30% off of his farewell bonus for failing to “successfully integrate OneWest, the California bank CIT bought last year for $3.4...more
3/23/2016
/ Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Corporate Bonuses ,
Credit Suisse ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Financial Markets ,
On-Demand Services ,
Payment Systems ,
UK Brexit ,
Valeant