November 16, 2024

US Borrowing $8,000,000,000 Per Day As Ratings Agency Moody Issues Warning on Nation’s Deteriorating Fiscal Strength

New numbers show the US government is piling a staggering amount of debt onto its balance sheet every single day. The nonpartisan, nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) says the federal government is now borrowing $8 billion per day just to keep things running. Citing data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the organization’s president Maya MacGuineas says the government borrowed more than a quarter of a trillion

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November 16, 2024

Elon Musk Explains Why Tether Advocate Howard Lutnick Is Best For US Treasury Role

Elon Musk has expressed his support for Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Tether advocate, as the leading candidate for the U.S. Treasury Secretary position in Donald Trump’s administration. Musk emphasized that Lutnick is capable of enacting change, contrasting him with Scott Bessent, another contender for the role. Elon Musk Views Howard Lutnick as a Change-Driven Treasury Pick In a recent post on his social media platform X, Elon

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November 16, 2024

These 2 Stocks Will Be Worth More Than Tesla in the Next 5 Years

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is currently the eighth-largest company in the world with a market cap of just over $1.05 trillion as of this writing. The stock underperformed the S&P 500 for the majority of 2024, but it has jumped nearly 50% in the past month. The results of the U.S. elections have helped drive Tesla’s share price higher, thanks to the belief that CEO Elon Musk’s close relationship with President-Elect

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November 16, 2024

UK Pizza Hut to raise funds after Budget tax hikes

The operator of Pizza’s Hut restaurants in the UK is looking to raise more than £10m to help it cope with increased costs after tax rises on business were announced in last month’s Budget. The money could come from a sale of part of the business, or new investment from existing shareholders. It comes amid growing backlash from business owners who warn rises in employers’ national insurance contributions and the

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November 16, 2024

XRP Skyrockets Past $1 as SEC Faces Legal Troubles And Favourable Regulatory Shift Looms

In December 2020, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs, accusing the company of conducting an unregistered securities offering by selling XRP, which the SEC classified as a security. In July of last year, a U.S. court ruled that Ripple’s XRP sales to institutional investors qualified as securities transactions. However, it also determined that sales of XRP on public exchanges did not fall under the definition of a security.

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November 16, 2024

$500,000 Drained From American Bank Accounts As Insider Allegedly Steals Customers’ Sensitive Information, Sells Trove To Accomplices on Telegram: Manhattan District Attorney

An employee at US banking giant has been indicted, accused of stealing sensitive information from the lender’s customers and sharing it with accomplices. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Daria Sewell worked in TD Bank’s anti-money laundering department from 2023 to May 2024, the period she is alleged to have committed the crime. “Through her position in the anti-money laundering department, SEWELL was able to access personal identifying information of customers.

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