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Chinese regulators have barred TikTok-owner ByteDance from deploying Nvidia chips in new data centres. The tech publication The Information first reported the development on Wednesday, citing two company employees. ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm in 2025 as it raced to secure computing power for its billion-plus users amid concerns the …
BREAKING 🚨 US OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH SHOCKED TO LEARN OFF-EXCHANGE REPO MARKETS (DARKPOOL REPO LOANS) EXCEEDS $5 TRILLION 😱 That’s over 100% MORE than expected… The report states this could cascade into domino bankruptcies and systemic crisis. Lehman Bros on mega steroids💥 Repo = basically short-term loans backed by bonds that can amplify systemic …
According to the report, SEC enforcement attorneys are “looking into whether the firm and some of its senior executives have exerted improper commercial influence on its ratings procedures, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the ongoing probe.” Officials in the agency’s complex financial instruments unit are involved in the investigation, the …
Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0. Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else. pic.twitter.com/CnQ7auJrYb — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 24, 2025 OCC drops fine in final …
“The Banks are not afraid of anything except regulators… and their wives.” Absolute banger.🔥 pic.twitter.com/5ZoypqbjUl — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 5, 2025
Nearly 300 pancreatitis reports and 6 deaths. 🇬🇧UK REGULATOR LINKS WEIGHT LOSS JABS TO DEADLY PANCREATITIS Mounjaro, Wegovy & Ozempic – the jabs everyone’s injecting to shrink their waistlines – are now tied to nearly 300 cases of pancreatitis and 6 deaths in the UK. But the MHRA (that’s the government body supposed to… https://t.co/d1LJ6smstc …
A Colorado regulatory panel agreed Friday to raise fees on industrial companies by as much as 67% and to implement a new system, beginning in 2027, under which those firms must report even small levels of emissions for 342 different toxic air contaminants. … However, groups such as the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum …
Nov 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing to launch an investigation into anti-competitive practices at Microsoft’s (MSFT.O), opens new tab cloud computing business, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The agency is examining allegations that the software giant is potentially abusing its market power in productivity software by …
Cough cough… doesn’t a clearing house fail when its remaining participants fail to recapitalise it after the default of a major participant within the group (that busted the clearing house in the first place)? 👀 https://t.co/zaoYvqE0Bj — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) April 26, 2024 View post on imgur.com Post-2008 crisis, derivative clearing mandated, necessitating clearers backed …
Health insurers are tumbling after US regulators didn’t boost payments for private Medicare plans. Only once in the past 10 years have final rates not improved from regulators’ initial proposals, according to research from JPMorgan.https://t.co/MIU1gEyqyD by @jtozz pic.twitter.com/uEKgtIlwcS — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) April 2, 2024
New York CNN — Bipartisan opposition is growing to the proposed $14.1 billion acquisition of US Steel by Japan’s largest steelmaker, but that is unlikely to be enough to block the purchase, according to an expert in foreign investment deals. A trio of Republican senators Tuesday called for a panel of US officials to block …
US Treasury market debate around hedge fund collateral intensifies “NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – As U.S. regulators ready rules that would push more trading in Treasuries to a central clearing venue, the industry’s focus is turning on a key question: how much collateral should hedge funds and others put up to trade there. At …
Regulators just unveiled new proposed regulations for banks with more than $100 billion in assets Big banks would need to maintain more capital to protect against losses in lending, trading, and derivatives. Do you think big banks need to be regulated more closely? — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) July 27, 2023 pic.twitter.com/ilL6hX9DzN — Genevieve Roch-Decter, …
by Martin Armstrong Most people are unaware that the agency that was created to regulate the international telegraph has seized authority over the technology of AI when they lack any understanding of the subject. This is the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and its global regulations are trying to now tackle AI. This is part of …
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official laid out a sweeping plan to increase capital requirements for the nation’s largest banks in the wake of recent bank failures, a move that was immediately met with criticism from the industry. In a widely-anticipated speech, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said …
via naturalnews: The great state of Maine is the first and only state in the United States to ban the spread of toxic biosludge on farms, but there are still many other states where the poisonous compounds are being dumped indiscriminately all over food crops, effectively polluting them with PFAS “forever” chemicals. Maine and Michigan are the …
🚨#BREAKING: Signature Bank, has been closed by State authorities. — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 12, 2023 Regulators closed New York’s Signature Bank, citing systemic risk. Signature is one of the main banks to the cryptocurrency industry. As of Dec. 31, Signature had $110.4 billion in total assets …