Swiss wealth manager Lombard Odier indicted for money laundering

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Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — has been indicted by Swiss prosecutors for “aggravated money laundering.”
In a release out on Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said it filed an indictment against Lombard Odier and a former employee of the bank at Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court earlier on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly helped conceal the proceeds of a criminal organization set up by Gulnara Karimova — the daughter of Islam Karimov, the authoritarian president of Uzbekistan.

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AI humans in China just proved they are better influencers. It only took a duo 7 hours to rake in more than million

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AI humans in China just proved they are better influencers. It only took a duo 7 hours to rake in more than $7 million

June 19, 2025

Key Points A Chinese entrepreneur raked in $7.65 million after streaming using an interactive digital avatar. That was more than what he earned from his previous livestream, which he hosted personally. “This is a DeepSeek moment for China’s entire livestreaming and digital human industry,” an analyst said. Source

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Fed sees its preferred inflation gauge topping 3% this year, higher than previous forecast

June 18, 2025

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a conference marking the 75th anniversary of the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve sees inflation rising again to top 3% this year amid the uncertainty around President […]

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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement

June 18, 2025

This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in May. Text removed from the May statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both […]