by mujair | Jul 24, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Goldman Sachs has agreed to a $3.9 billion settlement with Malaysia as it begins to put behind it a kleptocracy scandal that changed the course of politics in the country. Malaysian prosecutors filed charges in 2018 against several Goldman units for their role in...
by mujair | Jul 24, 2020 | Business & Finance News
A hulking Russian pipe-laying vessel called the Akademik Cherskiy can be seen off Germany’s Baltic coast these days, marine tracking sites say, apparently waiting for the chance to complete the final stretches of a massive undersea pipeline that will carry natural gas...
by mujair | Jul 24, 2020 | Business & Finance News
On taxes, for example, the cut in corporate rates has not been accompanied by an increase in research and development or economic growth. By contrast, Mr. Biden’s “emphasis on supporting the welfare of the middle class by offering greater access to education, job...
by mujair | Jul 24, 2020 | Business & Finance News
WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus began shuttering the global economy in March, critical parts of U.S. financial markets edged toward collapse. The shock was huge and unexpected, but the vulnerabilities were well known, the legacy of risk-taking outside of regulatory...
by mujair | Jul 24, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Volunteers handing out fresh groceries on Thursday at a food bank in Davis, Calif. Credit…Max Whittaker for The New York Times Stocks were broadly lower on Friday, as new doubts about the strength of the United States economy and continuing concerns about...