Reuters | February 23, 2023
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co on Wednesday said it should not be held liable for a former top executive’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of facilitating its former client’s sex trafficking enterprise. In a filing in Manhattan federal court, JPMorgan said emails […]
Reuters | February 13, 2023
By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Credit cards are becoming increasingly useless in Venezuela because of high inflation and government restrictions, hurting people already struggling to meet daily needs on low salaries, banking industry sources, analysts and consumers said. The country’s government imposed strict lending requirements during Venezuela’s economic collapse – allowing banks to lend […]
Reuters | December 16, 2022
By Jasper Ward and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) – The Bahamas should not be blamed for the collapse of bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday, following repeated accusations by FTX management of alleged misconduct by the Caribbean nation’s authorities. FTX lawyers on Wednesday said they “do not trust” the Bahamian government, […]
Reuters | December 14, 2022
By Angus Berwick, John Shiffman and Koh Gui Qing (Reuters) – In mid-2020, FTX’s chief engineer made a secret change to the cryptocurrency exchange’s software. He tweaked the code to exempt Alameda Research, a hedge fund owned by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, from a feature on the trading platform that would have automatically sold off […]
Reuters | November 6, 2022
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – In South America, home to the some of the world’s starriest soccer players from Argentina’s Lionel Messi to Brazil’s Neymar, avid fans are starting to get jitters about their countries’ World Cup chances – and the rising cost of supporting them. The region of about 650 million people […]