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U.S. charges 4 Russian government officials over two prior hacking campaigns
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Carolyn Kaster | Pool | Reuters The U.S. unveiled criminal charges against four Russian government officials on Thursday, saying that between 2012 and 2018 […]
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Nvidia, Intel lead rally in chip stocks as optimism on economy boosts riskier assets
Pat Gelsinger, CEO, of Intel Corporation, holds a semiconductor chip while testifying during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing titled Developing Next Generation Technology for Innovation, in Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Semiconductor stocks rose on Thursday as investors regained their […]
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Five months in, bitcoin ETFs are down big but showing signs of staying power
The bitcoin futures ETFs have slightly underperformed the spot cryptocurrency in a volatile first five months of existence. Source
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EU leaders send a message to China: Use your leverage to stop Putin
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaking to journalists in Brussels. Aris Oikonomou | Afp | Getty Images BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU leaders had one message for Beijing as they gathered in Brussels to discuss new sanctions against Russia: stop President Vladimir Putin. Chinese authorities have so far refused to fully condemn Russia’s unprovoked invasion of […]
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Josh Brown says Nvidia’s potential is ‘scary’ ahead of a potential AI boom
Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown praised chipmaker Nvidia on “Halftime Report.” Source
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Biden says U.S. would ‘respond’ to Russia if Putin uses chemical or biological weapons
President Joe Biden said Thursday NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. “We will respond if he uses it,” Biden said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The nature of the response depends on the nature of the use.” Biden also said he would support an effort to […]
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Bill Miller says there are many good opportunities in the market. Here is where he’s looking
Bill Miller believes there are many attractive opportunities in the market right now, and here are the top picks that the longtime value investor just laid out. Source
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NATO boosts defenses in Europe, says it faces ‘gravest threat’ to its security in decades
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden talk as they arrive at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters NATO has agreed to strengthen its defenses in Europe in the face of Russia’s continuing aggression toward Ukraine. Speaking after an extraordinary summit of […]
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U.S. to sanction over 300 Russian elites and block Russian central bank gold
U.S. President Joe Biden announces new actions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The United States plans to sanction approximately 400 Russian individuals and entities, including more than 300 lawmakers from the Russian lower […]
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink, who oversees $10 trillion, says Russia-Ukraine war is ending globalization
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg via Getty Images Larry Fink, the CEO and chairman of the world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock, said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order that had been in place since the end of […]
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