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Tennessee man charged with extortion in Romney tax return scheme

August 24, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tennessee man was charged with attempting to extort $1 million during last year's election by threatening to release former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns...

U.S. court dismisses Bloomberg suit against swaps regulator

August 24, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator won a legal victory over Bloomberg LP late on Friday, when a court dismissed a case the data vendor had filed that...

U.S. regulators clamp down on Cyprus betting exchange

August 24, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday charged a Cyprus-based company with illegally selling financial contracts to U.S. clients, the latest crackdown on online betting after Dublin-based Intrade was forced...

U.S. swaps regulator to meet on trading rules next week

August 24, 2021 at 11:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator will discuss next week keenly awaited rules for swaps trading that have the potential to weaken Wall Street's dominant position in the...

Software engineer Mike Caldwell shows the front of a physical Bitcoin he minted in his shop on April 26, 2013 in Sandy, Utah. Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency used over the Internet that is gaining in popularity worldwide.

Regulator mulls setting rules for digital currency Bitcoin

November 3, 2021 at 6:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator is considering whether the Bitcoin virtual currency should be subject to its rules, a top official at the agency said. Bart Chilton,...

Regulator mulls setting rules for digital currency Bitcoin

September 7, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator is considering whether the Bitcoin virtual currency should be subject to its rules, a top official at the agency said. Bart Chilton,...

Senate duo dials back anti-big bank proposal

August 24, 2021 at 8:28 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to force U.S. banks to drastically raise their capital buffers - a proposal that has been criticized as a veiled attempt to break up the biggest...

Senate duo dials back anti-big bank proposal

May 23, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to force U.S. banks to drastically raise their capital buffers - a proposal that has been criticized as a veiled attempt to break up the biggest...

EU’s Barnier warns U.S. over “radical” new bank rule

August 24, 2021 at 8:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. plan to force foreign banks to hold far more capital could sow discord among supervisors and lead to retaliation from abroad, European Union financial services...

Former Office Depot executive fined by SEC for insider trade

August 24, 2021 at 8:20 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that it had fined Mark Begelman, a former head of Office Depot, for insider trading after he heard...

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