• 01/23/2025

Goldman Sachs Paying $15 Million to Settle Investigation of Swaps Business

Wall Street Journal The bank’s swaps dealer priced derivatives in terms that put clients at a disadvantage, CFTC says. https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-sachs-paying-15-million-to-settle-investigation-of-swaps-business-2c0d34db

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Wall Street Journal Justin Jones was reinstated to the Tennessee House, days after he and another Democrat were removed. They had called on GOP counterparts to act on gun control. https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-amp-raquo-804302db

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Performance-Enhancing Climate News

Wall Street Journal Can we blame global warming for home runs? https://www.wsj.com/articles/performance-enhancing-climate-news-7a4451a2

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Mace calls Texas mifepristone ruling ‘unconstitutional,’ says GOP on ‘wrong side of history’ on abortion

Fox News Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Monday joined Democrats in their call for the Biden administration to ignore a Texas judge’s ruling on the abortion medication known as mifepristone, blasting the court decision as “unconstitutional.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled late Friday that the…

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Pro-Russia Hackers Say They Breached Canadian Pipeline, but Experts Are Skeptical

Wall Street Journal Leaked Pentagon documents show hackers bragged to Russia’s FSB about allegedly compromising industrial control systems at an unnamed Canadian gas-pipeline operator. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pro-russia-hackers-say-they-breached-canadian-pipeline-but-experts-are-skeptical-5898f288

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Politics threatens progress on major new rail line

Jerusalem Post The Eastern Railways project will build a rail running between Hadera and Lod alongside Road 6. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-738891

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Iran’s IRISL to launch direct shipping route to Brazil

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran’s IRISL is planning to launch a direct container shipping route to Brazil in July. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/10/701325/Iran-IRISL-plans-direct-shipping-route-Brazil

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Some 4,500 civilians die in DPR in shelling by Ukrainian troops since escalation outbreak

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Over this period, a total of 10,359 houses and 2,528 civilian infrastructure facilities https://tass.com/emergencies/1602325

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Social-Media Platform Discord Emerges at Center of Classified U.S. Documents Leak

Wall Street Journal The company started as an online space for gamers to gather and has grown to attract all sorts of users. https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-platform-discord-emerges-at-center-of-classified-u-s-documents-leak-2fa87de

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Trump appeals court ruling requiring Pence to testify in DOJ’s Jan 6 probe: report

Fox News Former President Donald Trump‘s legal team on Monday appealed a court order that required his former vice president, Mike Pence, to testify as part of the Justice Department’s probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to reports. The appeal came just days after…

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