On Wednesday, an indictment was unsealed in Central Islip, New York, revealing charges against seven individuals for orchestrating what is considered the nation’s largest COVID-19 tax credit fraud scheme. The defendants are accused of attempting to defraud the United States of over $600 million by filing more than 8,000 falsified…

By Valerie Volcovici and Sheila Dang WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas producers are thrilled that President Donald Trump wants to encourage domestic energy development but say his decision to withdraw the United States from international climate cooperation will not help their investment plans in the global transition to…

As many of you know, we’ve had many profitable trading setups recently, some of which we’ve shared in previous blogs and on StockTwits and Twitter. In this technical article, we’re going to present something a bit different—an Elliott Wave setup that almost hit our entry point, missing it by just 0.67 points. We…

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group is preparing to introduce futures contracts for XRP and Solana (SOL). According to a staging subdomain of the CME Group’s website, the new futures products are set to launch on February 10, pending regulatory approval. These new contracts will offer traders an opportunity to…

Nico Tortorella has described himself as gender-fluid. Nico Tortorella, the breakout star of TV Land’s “Younger,” originally came out as gender-fluid in a 2018 video for Them, describing himself as “not fully cisgender.”Tortorella also wrote about his approach to gender, sexuality, and monogamy in the 2019 book, “Space Between,” including…

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White House when he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20. It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump’s relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of political bias from the former and stern dressings-down from the latter. Prosecutors charged Trump, 78, in April 2023 with falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star. Although Trump will avoid…

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an “historic” 50 basis points. Then, interest rates soared. Wait. What? The Federal Funds Rate is a target (technically a target range) that influences short-term rates in the economy. Money market funds, for example, pay interest based on this benchmark. They pay 0.5%…