(Reuters) – Mastercard has told financial institutions to stop allowing marijuana transactions on its debit cards, dealing a blow to an industry already on the fringes of the financial system…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order aimed at expanding background checks for gun purchases to bring down mass shootings in the country. Biden…
Visa, MasterCard Pause Work On Code Aimed At Tracking Gun Purchases Bronson Winslow on March 9, 2023 Visa and MasterCard have paused efforts to implement a merchant code that would…
(Reuters) – Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc have decided to pause implementing a plan that would track transactions at firearms and ammunition stores, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc has resumed its purchases of Occidental Petroleum Corp shares after a five-month hiatus, increasing its stake in the oil company…
Discover Financial Will Begin Tracking Firearm Purchases In April Bronson Winslow on March 3, 2023 Discover Financial Services has joined a coalition of companies that intend to track firearm and…
Colorado Democrats Unveil New Proposal To Block Gun Purchases For Residents Under 21 Bronson Winslow on February 22, 2023 Colorado Democrats announced a new bill Tuesday that will block anyone…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -Discover Financial Services, a provider of credit cards, told Reuters it will allow its network to track purchases at gun retailers come April, making it the…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission aims for EU countries to start jointly buying gas “well before summer”, European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Monday, an attempt to help…
‘Nonnegotiable’: Florida Officials Unveil Bill That Would Ban Tracking Of Firearm And Ammunition Purchases Bronson Winslow on January 11, 2023 Florida officials introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit financial institutions…
By Sara Rossi, Alessia Pe and Valentina Consiglio MILAN (Reuters) – Enticing returns on government bonds and the fear of inflation should lure more Italian retail investors to the fixed…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday it will more than double its planned electric delivery vehicles purchases, officials said on Tuesday, tapping funding…
MIAMI — Valesky Barosy, 27, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has been convicted for fraudulent submission of COVID-19 relief loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Barosy submitted dozens of fraudulent…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), a new state-owned agency, is set to be the world’s biggest iron ore buyer as soon as next year, when it will start…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British shoppers used cash in only 15% of transactions in 2021, half the level of the year before and down from nearly 40% before…
PORTLAND, Maine: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to violate the federal firearms laws. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Malachi Martins, aka…
By Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese refiners are slowing down Russian crude purchases in December and paying lower premiums in the face of imminent European Union…
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is struggling to ramp up defence procurement or even just replace arms and munitions it has supplied to Kyiv, several sources told Reuters…
SILVER SPRING, MD – Police are investigating a robbery at a home in Silver Spring where the victim’s personal information and credit cards were stolen. Those cards were later used…
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Saturday that bond purchases by the central bank in the days after the government’s “mini-budget” fiscal plan last month…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England’s new programme of bond purchases aims to cure market dysfunction, not cap yields or offer cheaper credit to the government or…
‘The Next Step In Banning Guns’: Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck Break Down Credit Card Tracking Of Gun Purchases Harold Hutchison on September 22, 2022 Fox News host Tucker Carlson and…
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 or Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Giovanni “Gio” Tilotta, the proprietor of local…
Liberal Pension Leaders Petition Credit Card Companies To Track Firearm Purchases John Hugh DeMastri on August 30, 2022 Pension officials in New York City and California have petitioned Visa, Mastercard and American…
Democratic Attorney Generals Demand Postal Service End Gas Vehicle Purchases Jack McEvoy on August 16, 2022 A multistate coalition of 17 Democratic attorney generals (AG) spearheaded by AGs from California…