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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester spoke at “Central Banking in the Post-Pandemic Financial System” on Wednesday. Mester said that keeping rates restrictive is not that concerning right now, given the strength of the jobs market. Fed policymakers stick to cautious script after April CPI inflation sparked rate cut hopes…
Hong Kong police arrested on Tuesday three individuals linked to a fraud syndicate that allegedly defrauded at least 10 residents out of HK$5.1 million (US$653,900) through fake virtual investment talk tickets. Authorities revealed that the victims were deceived into bidding for fake tickets to a virtual investment talk show with…
The Trump campaign announced Tuesday it will start accepting cryptocurrency donations, casting the move as one of solidarity with opponents of “socialistic government control” over the U.S. financial markets.Supporters of former President Donald Trump can donate using “any cryptocurrency accepted through the Coinbase Commerce product,” his campaign said in a…
Six artificial intelligence-related stocks tend to react positively to Nvidia ‘s quarterly results, according to CNBC Pro analysis. It comes ahead of Nvidia’s first-quarter earnings this year, which will be released Wednesday after the market close. Five U.S.-listed stocks — Super Micro Computer , AMD , Marvell Technology , Vertiv…
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