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Mar 18 2013
Opinion
Stocks Drop Sharply On Cyprus Bailout Tax
LONDON -- Stocks around the world and the euro fell sharply Monday as investors fretted over a plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as a way to partly fund a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. Although Cyprus accounts for only around 0.2 percent of the economic output of the 17 European Union countries that use the common euro the tax on depositors was a significant policy shift
HuffPost
Apr 15 2020
News
Hot spots erupt in farm belt states where governors insist lockdowns aren’t needed
The only hospital in Grand Island, Neb., is full. The mayor has asked for a statewide stay-at-home order that the GOP governor insists isn’t needed. More than one-third of those tested for coronavirus in the surrounding county are positive — and there aren’t enough tests to go around.
Grand Island is the fourth-biggest city in a state President Donald Trump and his top health officials
Politico
Jun 18 2019
News
Libra: Facebook launches cryptocurrency in bid to shake up global finance
Facebook has announced a digital currency called Libra that will allow its billions of users to make financial transactions across the globe, in a move that could potentially shake up the world’s banking system.
Libra is being touted as a means to connect people who do not have access to traditional banking platforms. With close to 2.4 billion people using Facebook each month, Libra
The Guardian
Jul 05 2015
News
How did Greece get to this point?
Polls show a contest too close to call. But this much is known: The result could cost Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras his job and force an abrupt change in government. And no matter how it goes down, it won't solve the urgent crisis facing Greece.
CNN Digital
Jan 15 2015
News
Swiss Franc Move Sets Markets Quaking
Switzerland’s central bank triggered unprecedented turmoil in the currency market on Thursday after it unexpectedly scrapped a cap on the franc-euro rate, underscoring the difficulty central banks have protecting their economies from developments beyond their borders.
The abandonment of the cap, which had essentially pinned the currency at 1.20 francs a euro for the last 3½ years,
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 03 2021
Opinion
Can Joe Biden Save His Presidency?
Joe Biden's presidency was meant to be defined by calm, experienced competence. Yet just nine months into his term, he has been teetering on the brink of failure. Vicious infighting within his own party has threatened to torpedo his ambitious domestic agenda, encapsulated in two sprawling pieces of legislation that Democrats have not yet been able to vote out of Congress. Even before the
Newsweek
Jun 12 2013
News
Challenging Obama-knows-best
"Trust me" is President Barack Obama's preferred mode of action in times of crisis - and his go-to comment to nervous staffers has always been some version of "Relax, I got this."
Politico
Aug 08 2018
News
Paul Manafort trial Day 7: Gates didn’t mention hidden income in 2014 FBI interview about Viktor Yanukovych
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, is on trial in federal court in Alexandria on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that he failed to pay taxes on millions he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party, then lied to get loans when the cash stopped coming in.
Washington Post
Aug 07 2018
News
Paul Manafort trial Day 6: Gates explains how millions were funneled to Manafort
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, is on trial in federal court in Alexandria on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that he failed to pay taxes on millions he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party, then lied to get loans when the cash stopped coming in.
Washington Post
Nov 04 2019
News
Lead levels in Canadian water 'exceed safe limit' in a third of cases
The amount of lead in the water supply of major Canadian cities exceeded safe levels in hundreds of thousands of homes, a major investigation has found.
Some areas showed lead levels "similar" to those in the US city of Flint, Michigan, during its 2015 water crisis.
Out of 12,000 samples taken from 2014 to 2018, one third exceeded the national safety guideline of 5 parts per
BBC News