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Musk Loses Bid to End Sec Agreement on Oversight of Tesla Tweets
Date: April 27, 2022
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge slammed Elon Musk on Wednesday for trying to escape a settlement with regulators requiring oversight of his Tesla Inc tweets, saying the billionaire was “bemoaning” the 2018 deal now that he felt Tesla was “invincible.” The ruling comes after the Twitter Inc board accepted on Monday Musk’s $44...
Spending Drive Knocks Spotify Shares After Q1 Beat
Date: April 27, 2022
(Reuters) -Spotify Technology said currency moves and a big increase in hiring would push it to an operating loss in the second quarter, sending the streaming giant’s shares down 11% on Wednesday despite a forecast-beating rise in first quarter revenue. The company predicted it would make an operating loss of 197 million euros ($208 million)...
Oil Slides as Shanghai Lockdowns Stoke Demand Fears
Date: April 25, 2022
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil slumped nearly 5% to the lowest in almost two weeks on Monday, extending last week’s decline as concern grew that prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential increases to U.S. interest rates would hurt global growth and oil demand. In Shanghai, authorities have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking...
When Does Cyber Crime Become Fincrime? And What Are the Consequences?
Date: April 21, 2022
By Taylor Humphreys, FinCrime Threat Intelligence Analyst at BAE Systems Cyber crime as a mechanism to commit financial crime (fincrime) has escalated in the last decade as the digital age has grasped our lives. The complex interplay between cyber crime and fincrime is becoming more visible, with countries such as the UK raising cyber crime’s...
New U.S. Sanctions Imposed for Russian Bank, Oligarchs, Crypto Miner BitRiver
Date: April 21, 2022
By Daphne Psaledakis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and entities, including a Russian commercial bank and a virtual currency mining company, hoping to target Moscow’s evasion of existing sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department said it designated a virtual currency...
Explainer-China UnionPay, Russia’s Potential Payments Backstop
Date: April 21, 2022
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – Several Russian banks plan to issue payment cards that use the network of China UnionPay as well as that of home-grown payment system Mir, after Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc joined other Western firms in suspending operations in Russia. UnionPay and Mir are among few options left for...