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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is planning an investment fund backed by Persian Gulf wealth funds, report saysFebruary 23, 2021 at 12:05 PM Reuters
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plans to launch an investment fund backed by sovereign wealth funds in the Persian Gulf, the Washington Post reported. The fund will invest in areas including financial technology and entertainment. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is planning to launch an investment fund that will be backed by sovereign wealth funds in the Persian Gulf region and other investor...Tags: Washington Post, Saudi Arabia, White House, Trends, Markets, US Treasury, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Persian Gulf, Mnuchin, Former Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Goldman Sachs Read, Emily Graffeo, Mnuchin investment fund, Persian Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds 128 people like this. Like COVID relief spending has saved US economy from 'great recession', Steven Mnuchin saysFebruary 16, 2021 at 3:53 PM Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin credited the COVID-19 relief bills passed by President Donald Trump’s administration with saving the U.S. economy from a “great recession” as he advocated for more on Tuesday.Tags: Finance, US, Article, Donald Trump, U S Treasury, FBN, Fbn/markets, FOXBusiness, Steven Mnuchin, Brittany De Lea, Fox-business/markets/economy, Fox-business/person/steven-mnuchin, Fox-business/person/larry-kudlow, 094e63cd-a041-5168-8c00-e124f451f4e6, Fox-business/shows/kudlow 6 people like this. Like A Brief Animated History Lesson on Harriet Tubman Speaks to Her Place on the $20 BillFebruary 8, 2021 at 10:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7YhVKFqbQ
I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. —Harriet Tubman
Remember how one of the Obama administration’s final initiatives was to redesign the $20 bill, banishing Andrew Jackson, a slaveholder, to a minor role on the back of the bill, in favor of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery?
The announcement arrived on the he...Tags: Google, Nbc, Obama, College, White House, US, Economics, History, Atlantic, Current Affairs, Treasury, Lincoln, The New York Times, Bill, Jackson, Biden 130 people like this. Like The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman: An Animated History Lesson Speaks to Her Place on the $20 BillFebruary 8, 2021 at 10:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7YhVKFqbQ
I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. —Harriet Tubman
Remember how one of the Obama administration’s final initiatives was to redesign the $20 bill, banishing Andrew Jackson, a slaveholder, to a minor role on the back of the bill, in favor of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery?
The announcement arrived on the he...Tags: Google, Nbc, Obama, College, White House, US, Economics, History, Atlantic, Current Affairs, Treasury, Lincoln, The New York Times, Bill, Jackson, Biden 86 people like this. Like Fed Chair Powell and Mnuchin Collaboration Cooled in DecemberFebruary 5, 2021 at 4:12 PM (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke less frequently with outgoing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in December than in any month...Tags: Treasury, Powell, Jerome Powell, Reuters Federal Reserve Chair, Steven Mnuchin, Mnuchin Collaboration Cooled 11 people like this. Like Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses collected $1.5 billion in COVID-19 taxpayer aidFebruary 4, 2021 at 1:41 PM When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal government’s signature small business relief program for more than $8 million.
The diocese’s headquarters, churches and schools landed the help even though they had roughly $100 million of their own cash and short-term investments available last spring, financial records show. When the cash catastrophe church leaders feared didn’t materialize,...Tags: New York, News, Congress, Kentucky, Boston, Milwaukee, New York City, Church, Western, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Ap, Program, Chicago, Soccer 71 people like this. Like Bill and Melinda Gates said the COVID-19 pandemic will be the 'defining event' for this generationJanuary 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM Bill Gates.
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The Gates Foundation on Wednesday published its annual letter, "The year global health went local."
Bill and Melinda Gates said pandemic preparedness is as serious as "the threat of war."
Stopping the next pandemic will take "tens of billions of dollars per year," they wrote.
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Bill and Melinda Gates on Wednesday urged wealthy nations to share their COVID-19 vaccine doses, research findings, and hea...Tags: Amazon, Elon Musk, Microsoft, US, America, Trends, Joe Biden, Paris, Bill Gates, International Monetary Fund, Bill, Jeff Bezos, Melinda Gates, Gates, Gates Foundation, Steven Mnuchin 98 people like this. Like White House recommits to putting Tubman on $20 billJanuary 25, 2021 at 2:49 PM By Donald Judd | CNN
The Biden administration says it is “exploring ways to speed up” release of $20 bills featuring Harriet Tubman after the Trump administration delayed the move first initiated by President Barack Obama.
“It’s important that our notes, our money — if people don’t know what a note is — reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman’s image gracing the new $20 note would certainly reflect that,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday.
P...Tags: Politics, News, White House, Barack Obama, Sport, Cnn, Soccer, New York Times, Treasury, Biden, Trump, Donald Judd, Harriet Tubman, Tubman, Jen Psaki, National News 8 people like this. Like Yellen appears set for confirmation on MondayJanuary 22, 2021 at 8:27 PM By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal | Reuters
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday unanimously approved Janet Yellen’s nomination as the first woman Treasury secretary, indicating that she will easily win full Senate approval, but Republicans called for her to work with them in developing economic policies.
The full Senate will vote on Yellen’s nomination on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor late Friday, which would allow her to get to work p...Tags: Republicans, Washington, Senate, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Republican, Federal Reserve, Biden, Donald Trump, Ron Wyden, Trump, Yellen, Fed 15 people like this. Like Janet Yellen isn't likely to immediately revive the Fed's expired relief programs, report saysJanuary 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen speaks during a Dec. 1, 2020, event in Wilmington, Delaware, to name President-elect Joe Biden’s economic team at the Queen Theater on December 1, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is nominating and appointing key positions to the Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, and the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Janet Yellen indicated to senators on Thursday that she won't immediately revive expired Fed lending progr...Tags: Congress, Senate, US, Trends, Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Biden, Goldman, The Treasury, Yellen, Fed, Wilmington Delaware, Wilmington, Jerome Powell 56 people like this. Like Yellen faces a new role: Salesperson for the nation’s economic policyJanuary 18, 2021 at 2:57 PM Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen on Tuesday steps into a new role following more than a quarter-century in government: salesperson for economic policy after years of defending Federal Reserve thinking and actions.
The Senate Finance Committee’s 10 a.m. hearing Tuesday is likely to feature topics from foreign-exchange policy to taxes, but it will also serve as the first congressional forum where lawmakers will vet President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan. Yellen will ...Tags: Business, News, Congress, White House, China, Sport, Joe Biden, Economy, Soccer, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Switzerland, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Vietnam, Republican 23 people like this. Like Alibaba jumps 7% after report says Americans will not be banned from investing in the companyJanuary 13, 2021 at 3:46 PM Reuters
Alibaba surged as much as 7% in Wednesday trades after The Wall Street Journal reported that Americans would not be banned from investing in the Chinese e-commerce giant.Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were among a number of Chinese-based companies that were being examined for inclusion in a Defense Department list of firms that supported China's military, intelligence, and security services, according to the report.Chinese telecom stocks like China Mobile had been added to the Defense...Tags: China, US, Trends, Beijing, Alibaba, Tencent, State Department, Baidu, Goldman, Defense Department, Jack Ma, Wall Street Journal, China Mobile, Ma, Reuters Alibaba, Matthew Fox 133 people like this. Like Bitcoin has enabled criminal money laundering and needs to be regulated at a global level, ECB president Lagarde saysJanuary 13, 2021 at 10:28 AM Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB governing board
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Bitcoin has enabled criminal money laundering and must be regulated at a global level, ECB President Christine Lagarde told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. Bitcoin is a "highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money laundering activity," Lagarde said."There has to...Tags: Trends, European Central Bank, Joe Biden, Janet Yellen, Christine Lagarde, Ecb, Goldman, Lagarde, Reuters, Matthew Fox, Mnuchin, Steven Mnuchin, Reuters Sign, Thomas Lohnes Getty Images Bitcoin, However Treasury 92 people like this. Like New round of Paycheck Protection Program starts MondayJanuary 11, 2021 at 1:12 PM By Laura Davison | Bloomberg
A new round of Paycheck Protection Program money will start becoming available to select lenders and borrowers on Monday, according to senior administration officials.
Community financial institutions — approximately 10% of eligible lenders — will be able to start accepting loan applications Monday for entities seeking their first PPP loans. On Wednesday, those same lenders can begin processing second-round loans for small businesses and nonprofits that have already ...Tags: Business, Congress, California, US, Bloomberg, Sport, Soccer, Treasury, Loans, PPP, U S Chamber of Commerce, MetLife Inc, Steven Mnuchin, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE 14 people like this. Like GOP Sen. Pat Toomey says Trump has 'committed impeachable offenses'January 9, 2021 at 5:11 PM Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing of the Congressional Oversight Commission on December 10, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Saturday said that President Donald Trump has "committed impeachable offenses."
During an interview on Fox News, Toomey said that he was unsure if the Senate would move on any articles of impeachment passed by the Democratic-led House o...Tags: Politics, Congress, Kentucky, Senate, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, Pennsylvania, Gop, Alaska, Washington Dc, House, House Of Representatives, Treasury, Mitch McConnell, Cbs 108 people like this. Like Stimulus Check Latest: Have The Chances Of A $2,000 Payment Improved?January 8, 2021 at 3:34 PM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p2").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"5182548","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p2","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"823BA[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Business, News, Congress, Senate, Georgia, Joe Biden, Democrats, Maine, House, Treasury, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Vermont, Cabinet, Kamala Harris 13 people like this. Like Stimulus Check Latest: What Are The Chances Of A $2,000 Payment Now?January 8, 2021 at 12:06 PM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p0").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"5172338","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p0","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Business, News, Congress, Senate, Georgia, Joe Biden, Democrats, Maine, House, Treasury, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Vermont, Cabinet, Kamala Harris 18 people like this. Like Bitcoin advocates revolt against the Trump administration’s frantic crypto regulationsJanuary 8, 2021 at 10:47 AM Leigh Cuen
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Bitcoin fans across the country are rallying against a common enemy, the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, one of President Donald Trump’s closest associates, has been working overtime since Thanksgiving to push several crypto regulations through before the Biden administration takes over on January 20, 2021.
FinCEN statements l...Tags: TC, Column, Washington, Tech, Bitcoin, Treasury, Crypto, Fidelity, Biden, Donald Trump, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Trump, Yellen, MIT Media Lab, FinCEN, Square Square 41 people like this. Like Pompeo, Mnuchin among Trump Cabinet members who discussed 25th Amendment: reportJanuary 8, 2021 at 9:21 AM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were reportedly among the Trump Cabinet members that discussed the...Tags: Treasury, State, Mike Pompeo, Trump Cabinet, Steven Mnuchin, Pompeo Mnuchin 30 people like this. Like How the the 25th Amendment works to remove a sitting presidentJanuary 6, 2021 at 4:49 PM Then-President-elect Donald Trump stands with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at a news conference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City.
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The 25th Amendment formally outlines the transition of power if the president is unable or unfit to serve.
Section IV also allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to remove the president from office.
Americans have been particularly interested in the amendment since President Donald Trump took off...Tags: Google, Politics, News, Law, Congress, Life, Senate, White House, Trends, Cnn, Fbi, Commerce, Tennessee, New York Times, House Of Representatives, Treasury 137 people like this. Like 'Please wait': IRS tells taxpayers to check back later, after their $600 stimulus payments were sent to closed accountsJanuary 6, 2021 at 9:40 AM The errors were due to the high volumes of requests, said the IRS.
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Some taxpayers won't get their stimulus until they file for their 2020 tax return, the IRS said in a statement.
Many $600 stimulus payments were sent to closed bank, H&R Block, or Intuit TurboTax accounts, leading to headaches for those seeking relief.
"We encourage people to check back later," the IRS said
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Many waiting for a second s...Tags: Texas, Congress, Finance, Trends, Donald Trump, Intuit, Stimulus, Irs, Cnbc, Trump, Internal Revenue Service, Turbotax, H R Block, The IRS, Intuit TurboTax, Steven Mnuchin 68 people like this. Like NYSE's perplexing China listings U-turn - More 'mega dream' tech deals - Citi banker in legal spatJanuary 6, 2021 at 6:20 AM The New York Stock Exchange's Stacey Cunningham rang the opening bell for Snowflake's first trading day.
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Happy hump day!It's been quite a few days over at the Big Board (aka the New York Stock Exchange). On December 31, the exchange announced it intended to delist three major Chinese telecom companies - China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom Hong Kong. The announcement was a result of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump back in November requiring US inves...Tags: UK, China, US, Trends, Bloomberg, Chicago, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Treasury, Ibm, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, New York Stock Exchange, Donald Trump, Nasdaq, Nyse 81 people like this. Like NYSE reversed its decision to delist three major Chinese telecom companies in a move that's leaving some in the industry confused about what to expect nextJanuary 6, 2021 at 6:20 AM The New York Stock Exchange's Stacey Cunningham rang the opening bell for Snowflake's first trading day.
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Happy hump day!It's been quite a few days over at the Big Board (aka the New York Stock Exchange). On December 31, the exchange announced it intended to delist three major Chinese telecom companies - China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom Hong Kong. The announcement was a result of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump back in November requiring US inves...Tags: UK, US, Trends, Bloomberg, Chicago, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Treasury, Ibm, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, New York Stock Exchange, Donald Trump, Nasdaq, Nyse, Citi 111 people like this. Like Stimulus Check Latest: Will You Receive A Third Payment Later This Year?January 5, 2021 at 11:18 AM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p0").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"5168323","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p0","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Business, News, Congress, Senate, Georgia, Joe Biden, House, Treasury, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Anthony Fauci, Kamala Harris, Trump, Raphael Warnock, Warnock, CBS Detroit 2 people like this. Like Stimulus Check Latest: Is A Third Payment In Your Future?January 5, 2021 at 9:45 AM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p1").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"4795903","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p1","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Business, News, Congress, Senate, Georgia, Joe Biden, House, Treasury, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Anthony Fauci, Kamala Harris, Trump, Raphael Warnock, Warnock, CBS Detroit 34 people like this. Like Stimulus Check Latest: Is A Third Payment In Your Future?January 4, 2021 at 5:06 PM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p0").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"4795903","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p0","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Business, News, Congress, Senate, Georgia, Joe Biden, House, Treasury, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Anthony Fauci, Kamala Harris, Trump, Raphael Warnock, Warnock, CBS Detroit 1 people like this. Like Trump is a chaos agent in his final days between fighting with Congress, raising fears of war with Iran, and continuing his futile effort to overturn the electionDecember 31, 2020 at 2:09 PM US President Donald Trump.
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President Donald Trump has been a historically chaotic and destructive commander in chief, and he appears set on taking this to new levels in his final days.
Trump has sparked a fight with Republicans in Congress over bigger COVID-19 stimulus checks and is dividing the party over his antidemocratic effort to overturn the election result.
Trump's antics could cost the GOP its Senate majority.
The president has also issued ne...Tags: Facebook, Politics, News, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, US, Trends, Georgia, Joe Biden, Iran, Getty Images, Analysis, Gop, Missouri 71 people like this. Like A bitcoin ETF could finally become a reality in 2021 after an SEC filing from VanEckDecember 31, 2020 at 1:25 PM A bitcoin sign.
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A bitcoin exchange-traded fund could finally land on Wall Street in 2021 after VanEck filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week.Regulators have previously rejected numerous bitcoin ETF proposals, including one from VanEck in September 2019.But bitcoin's surge to new highs in 2020 - driven by increased adoption from institutions and a changing of the guard at the SEC - could improve the chance of regulatory approval for an ETF.Visit Bu...Tags: Elon Musk, Wall Street, Trends, Tesla, Joe Biden, Paypal, Treasury, SEC, Janet Yellen, Securities And Exchange Commission, Paul Tudor Jones, Reuters, MassMutual, Ron Baron, Matthew Fox, Stanley Druckenmiller 113 people like this. Like A bitcoin ETF could finally become a reality in 2021 after SEC filing from VanEckDecember 31, 2020 at 9:22 AM FILE PHOTO: A bitcoin sign is seen during Riga Comm 2017 fair in Riga
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A bitcoin ETF could finally land on Wall Street in 2021 following a new application filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week by VanEck.Regulators have rejected numerous bitcoin ETF proposals in the past, including a previous application from VanEck in September 2019.But a surge in bitcoin to new all time highs in 2020 driven by increased adoption from institutions, combined with a changing of th...Tags: Elon Musk, Wall Street, Trends, Tesla, Joe Biden, Paypal, Treasury, SEC, Janet Yellen, Riga, Securities And Exchange Commission, Paul Tudor Jones, Reuters, MassMutual, Ron Baron, Matthew Fox 140 people like this. Like Here’s how Southern Californians would spend $600 vs. $2,000 stimulus paymentsDecember 30, 2020 at 7:31 PM Daniel Jester, his wife and his four young kids have established a new tradition during the coronavirus pandemic: hanging laundry on a series of clothes lines he strung up behind their Riverside home.
It’s not a quest to return to simpler times. It’s a necessity after their dryer broke several months ago. And since Jester was laid off in April from his full-time job as a production director for a studio in Los Angeles, money has been too tight to buy a new one.
If Congress and President Donald T...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Senate, Los Angeles, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Economy, Soccer, House, Treasury, Long Beach, Mitch McConnell, Biden, Donald Trump 36 people like this. Like Skip ADS |