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FINRA charged Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon, for failing to report millions of fractional share trades from June 1997 to June 2023. Pershing agreed to pay a fine of $175,000 as part of the settlement. The violations included failing to report trades and not maintaining a proper supervisory system for these trades. …
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/a-new-report-finds-boeings-rockets-are-built-with-an-unqualified-work-force/ BA could potentially loose contracts with NASA, I would keep close eye on this and potentially buy puts. “NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies…. According to Safety and Mission Assurance officials at NASA and DCMA officials at Michoud, Boeing’s quality control issues are largely caused by its workforce having insufficient aerospace …
41% of Russell 2000 companies now have negative earnings This number is up more than 2x since 2006 And is comparable to levels seen during the peak of 2008 Financial Crisis This is not sustainable pic.twitter.com/CTN5a9ayaw — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 8, 2024 Certainly not ruling out the summer 07 playback of a rally to …
Another suicidal PR crap? ⚡️Russian sources report that tanks of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine have crossed the Russian border and are advancing to Kurilovka and Goncharivka in the 🇷🇺Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/a41J8dVqbM — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) August 6, 2024 ⚡️Russian sources report that tanks of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine have crossed the Russian border and …
It was a set-up to get Trump pic.twitter.com/X9IQKuVgLF — TheÐogeGlory (@GloryDoge) August 6, 2024
via realclearpolitics: Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and others in top agency leadership positions wanted to destroy the cocaine discovered in the White House last summer, but the Secret Service Forensics Services Division and the Uniformed Division stood firm and rejected the push to dispose of the evidence, according to three sources in the …
Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff on Saturday admitted cheating on his first wife, following a bombshell report claiming he once got the family nanny pregnant. The second gentleman reportedly strayed from then-wife Kerstin over a decade-and-a-half ago with a blonde nanny, Najen Naylor, who taught at a private school attended by their two …
The Kuwaiti Newspaper, Al-Jarida, has released an Article which claims an American Delegation recently flew from Turkey to the City of Karaj in Northern Iran, for a Secret Meeting brokered by Oman with Senior Iranian Officials, to convey a Message of “Calm and Warning” to Iran in hopes to prevent a Full-Scale Regional War. During …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ro9iJPJ3k The U.S. banking sector is currently facing challenges as it deals with a significant surge in delinquency rates, leading to mounting losses. Recent reports have revealed a shocking 23% increase in delinquencies, causing concern for both banks and borrowers nationwide. This sharp rise in borrowers falling behind on their payments has increased bank losses, …
Crowdstrike, $CRWD, finished down 9% today. It is down 40% in the last month. pic.twitter.com/ktaUAwJQV2 — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 30, 2024 CrowdStrike shares fell tumbled 11% on Tuesday to their lowest level of the year following a report that Delta Air Lines hired prominent attorney David Boies to seek damages from the security software vendor. …
by confoundedinterest17 Yes, here is the original GovTrack assessmment of Kamala Harris’ Senate voting record for 2019, showing her to be the most Marxist member of the US Senate. Her new name is Commala to show her Communist leaning. I dislike the term “Liberal” since it implies “Liberty”. And she like many Democrats is opposed …
GovTrack removed “most liberal Senator” entry. pic.twitter.com/syrqcfQ2au — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2024 How about this. Here she is on video accepting responsibility for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. This shows what a failed leader looks like. pic.twitter.com/5vhjfEI34c — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) July 26, 2024 CBS lies about Trump lying pic.twitter.com/GLmm8u6Mqr — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July …
Miranda Devine has an interesting op-ed today in the New York Post, sharing information gleaned from a group of law enforcement who are no longer cooperating with what they see as a highly politicized FBI. The underlying issue is not a surprise to many of us, and the specific reasons for the distrust and lack …
I was told this was a conspiracy theory. It’s actually a 177-page UN report. https://t.co/4gxLJJgu7A pic.twitter.com/pyP5lJz7X4 — Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) July 22, 2024 https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/unpd-egm_200010_un_2001_replacementmigration.pdf
A key U.S. regulator has privately found half of the major banks it oversees have an inadequate grasp of a broad swath of potential risks from cyber attacks to employee blunders, according to people familiar with the matter. In the confidential assessments, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said 11 of the 22 …
There has been a LOT of reporting about who was behind the Donald Trump assassination attempt. Now we follow the money and we follow new evidence that the FBI was directly involved in the incident.
An unnamed photo editor at a major news outlet believes it is “dangerous” for the media to highlight the historic photo of former President Trump standing tall after the assignation attempt Saturday, calling it “free PR” for the Trump campaign, according to a report. An Axios media trend assessment on Tuesday argued that the “overuse” …
Western MSM minions like NYC, CNN, WSJ, BBC, DW etc are silent about whats happening in China. Because they get millions of dollars from Chinese companies. Its only because of whistle blowers and local translators through social media that this kind of news surfaces. — The Macro Story (@themacrostory) July 12, 2024 Background: China’s regulators …
The presence of President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee had some of the party in tears on Tuesday, according to a new report. House Democrats representing swing states — the kinds of politicians whose professional futures are hinging on November’s election — gathered Tuesday to review prospects that Biden could be removed from …
Jeff Zucker is coming back! Sources tell me that today’s announcement that CBS News chief Ingrid Cipirian-Matthews is gone probably means one thing: the return of Jeff Zucker. What’s going on here? Zucker — who ran CNN and NBC and desperately wants to return to power — is partners in real life Jeff Shell, former …
In 2022, the Washington Examiner’s Becket Adams reported that the Marine Corps Band was instructed to compose an entrance theme for First Lady Jill Biden. The song, Fanfare for the First Lady, was intended to be a counterpoint to the president’s Hail to the Chief. But of course, the president is the elected commander in chief, …
The desperation from Democrats regarding Joe Biden is going into overdrive, and a final answer regarding his political future could come this week with the push of one particularly influential individual. Axios on Sunday dropped an explosive report that a fast-growing number of Democrats are begging and plotting an intervention as Dementia Joe refuses to quit the …
The Biden White House and campaign is still in disarray a week after Joe Biden’s debate debacle with President Trump. Axios reporter Alex Thompson is wired in to the doom and gloom of Biden world and has been filing reports that paint a stark picture of a candidacy and presidency in serious trouble with crushingly …
Fourteen popular brands of tampons sold in the U.S., U.K. and European Union have been found to contain toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, according to tests conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. As reported by Newsweek on Thursday, 16 total types of toxic metals were found in …
Buying a home and maintaining it is expensive, but selling it is costly, too, according to a new report. It typically costs $54,616 to sell a house in 2024, according to a June 17 report from Clever Real Estate. Almost half of surveyed home sellers, or 42%, said their costs to sell were higher than …
Steve Bannon, a former White House chief strategist, lost an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts rejected his motion to stay his prison sentence. As a result, Bannon is required to report to a federal prison in Connecticut by July 1st. This development follows his conviction for defrauding donors in …
Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn—a major producer of Apple devices—has been excluding married women from assembly jobs at its main iPhone plant in India, Reuters reported Tuesday, even as the tech giant seeks to ramp up iPhone production in the country (Foxconn denied the allegations in a statement Tuesday to Forbes). Key Takeaways Foxconn doesn’t hire married …
Due to inflation eating away at earnings and less supply of affordable housing, the majority of Americans today cannot afford median rent prices, according to a new report by the real estate company Redfin. The analysis comes as other reports indicate that both homeowners and renters are struggling with high housing costs due to inflationary …
Turning Point Action Poll: J.D. Vance for VP, Border Crisis Top Priority Attendees at Turning Point Action’s The People’s Convention this weekend have made their preferences clear that Ohio senator JD Vance is their top choice for Vice President, and that immigration is the leading issue they want to be addressed if former President Donald Trump …
President Joe Biden’s proposal will offer an amnesty — and quick access to green cards — to perhaps one million migrants, according to PBS.org. The Associated Press (AP), however, said the amnesty offer is not finalized: The people said those actions could be unveiled as early as next week, although a White House official stressed Thursday …