Biden-Harris Administration Faces Scrutiny Over Opening Floodgates on Taxpayer-Funded Gender Transition Services
The Biden-Harris administration has facilitated a significant expansion in taxpayer-funded gender transition services, including surgeries for minors, according to data obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. From 2018 to 2023, over…
U.S. SEC heightening scrutiny of auditors’ crypto work – WSJ
(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is heightening the scrutiny of the work audit firms do for cryptocurrency companies, a senior official of the regulator told the Wall Street…
ECB to raise scrutiny of banks’ credit risk, funding in 2023 as recession looms
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will increase scrutiny over how banks manage credit risk and diversify funding, it said on Monday while outlining its 2023 priorities as the euro zone…
Keystone spill prompts scrutiny of permit allowing pipeline to run faster
(Adds editing credit) By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams WINNIPEG/CALGARY (Reuters) – The largest oil spill in the 12-year history of TC Energy Corp’s Keystone pipeline, discovered late Wednesday, raises questions about…
Supreme Court considers limiting judicial scrutiny in U.S. elections
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just eight days before the 2020 presidential election, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in an opinion involving a Wisconsin voting dispute that “state…
Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators ramp up Microsoft scrutiny, probe likely – sources
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft is likely to face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators intensify their scrutiny into its practices in a case triggered by Salesforce.com’s workspace messaging…
Wells Fargo starts small-dollar loans amid overdraft scrutiny
By Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co introduced small-dollar loans to customers online, the bank said Wednesday, as overdraft fees draw greater scrutiny in the United States. The…
Exclusive-Energy firms’ multi-trillion derivative bets under ECB scrutiny -sources
By John O’Donnell and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is examining the use of derivatives by energy companies to make huge bets on future power and fuel prices, to…
Credit Suisse under investor scrutiny ahead of business overhaul
By Vincent Flasseur and Davide Barbuscia (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG is set to announce a major strategic overhaul on Thursday after a string of losses and risk management failures have…
Top FBI Official In Russiagate Probe Under Scrutiny For Alleged Russian Ties: REPORT
Top FBI Official In Russiagate Probe Under Scrutiny For Alleged Russian Ties: REPORT Trevor Schakohl on September 15, 2022 Federal prosecutors started scrutinizing a former FBI field office counterintelligence chief for ties…
Analysis-China debt restructuring policy under scrutiny as more countries demand relief
By Rachel Savage, Martin Quin Pollard and Yew Lun Tian LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – In August, China’s ambassador to Zambia took to the stage at a new conference centre in the capital Lusaka,…
Greece’s exit from enhanced EU scrutiny ends 12 years of pain – PM
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s exit on Saturday from the European Union’s so-called enhanced surveillance framework for its economy ends 12 years of pain and allows the country greater freedom in policy making,…
Tencent stops sales on its NFT platform Huanhe a year after launch as scrutiny mounts
By Josh Ye HONG KONG – Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings’ non-fungible token (NFT) platform Huanhe will no longer release digital collectibles to the public, it said on Tuesday, as regulatory scrutiny…
LGBT Activist’s Study About Transgender ‘Social Contagion’ Falls Apart Under Scrutiny
LGBT Activist’s Study About Transgender ‘Social Contagion’ Falls Apart Under Scrutiny LGBT Activist’s Study About Transgender ‘Social Contagion’ Falls Apart Under Scrutiny Laurel Duggan on August 5, 2022 Media outlets touted a…
S.Korea’s Yoon tightens scrutiny of stock short-selling
By Choonsik Yoo SEOUL – South Korea’s financial supervisory and prosecution agencies said on Thursday they would strengthen monitoring and punishment of illegal stock short-selling following an order by the country’s president.…
Russian oligarchs’ citizenship bids face scrutiny in Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON – Portugal is analysing the citizenship applications of two Russian oligarchs – one of whom is under U.S. sanctions, the government said late on Friday, as a law…
Pro-Weed Florida Dem’s Cannabis Holdings To Go Up In Smoke After Public Scrutiny
Pro-Weed Florida Dem’s Cannabis Holdings To Go Up In Smoke After Public Scrutiny Gabe Kaminsky on July 15, 2022 Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, who supports marijuana legalization, said Wednesday she…
South Australia to review Skycity’s Adelaide casino amid broader scrutiny
(Reuters) – South Australia’s gambling regulator said on Friday it would commission an independent review of Skycity Entertainment’s Adelaide casino, after probes in other states found shortcomings at rivals Crown Resorts and…
Hong Kong regulator sharpening scrutiny of derivatives after Archegos saga
By Selena Li HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s financial watchdog is tightening oversight on derivatives markets after the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, a senior official at the city’s Securities and Futures…
China scrutiny stymies JD.Com fintech unit’s $2 billion Hong Kong IPO – sources
By Julie Zhu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG – JD Technology, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company JD.Com, has been forced to delay an up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO…
BOJ’s bond buying draws scrutiny after ex-PM calls central bank a govt ‘subsidiary’
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japanese policymakers were forced to reassure markets on Tuesday the government was not forcing the Bank of Japan to bank-roll public debt, after former premier Shinzo Abe…
Suncor CEO Little faces scrutiny after activist Elliott takes aim
By Nia Williams and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Three months ago Mark Little, the chief executive of Canadian oil and gas major Suncor Energy, issued a mea culpa. In January two trucks…
Broadcom under Antitrust scrutiny from FTC again – The Information
(Reuters) – Semiconductor maker Broadcom Inc is under scrutiny from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission following complaints it is forcing exclusive agreements with customers, The Information reported on Friday. The FTC is…
Annual conservative gathering puts Trump’s sway vs rising DeSantis under scrutiny
By Alexandra Ulmer – The leading photo on the website of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual get-together of American rightwing notables, is of a grinning Donald Trump. When the…
Italian tycoons break up Generali pact to avoid regulatory scrutiny
MILAN – Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone has quit a pact with fellow Generali investor Leonardo Del Vecchio which the two Italian magnates had struck to challenge the insurer’s top shareholder Mediobanca, a letter…
‘Gamification’ in financial markets under scrutiny, says EU watchdog
By Huw Jones LONDON – Gamification has introduced a new generation of retail investors to financial markets who may not be aware there are few protections in assets like cryptocurrencies, the European…
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