ABC held a 90-minute town hall with Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden without asking a single question about this week’s New York Post stories on alleged scandals involving his son’s business dealings in Ukraine and China. Host George Stephanopoulos steered clear of the Post’s scoops, including a story Wednesday that suggested Hunter Biden peddled political influence, including providing a Ukrainian business associate access to then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. The Post followed up Thursday with an article claiming the younger Biden stood to make tens of millions of dollars working for a Chinese energy firm, including $10 million annually “based […]
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“My dog is trilingual!” is my favorite joke to make when people meet my new rescue pup, Cannoli. Technically, he only speaks “dog” fluently, but as a Korean-born dog that literally flew to America to be with me, I assume he understands a little bit of both of those human languages, too. I always knew I would get a dog of my own eventually and walked a ton of them in 2019 for extra cash and snuggles. I even fostered an adorable senior Shih Tzu from the ASPCA in New York City where I live. But I never thought I would […]
Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic’s economic fallout. But some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic’s economic fallout. But some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Thousands of […]
Under the central bank’s proposals, Singapore regulation would end up covering the overseas activities of locally based crypto companies. Source link
When the BitLicense was introduced in 2015, 15 crypto firms including international players like Hong Kong’s Bitfinex and Swiss company ShapeShift (which operates out of Denver) ceased operations in New York. In 2018, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees called the regulation of crypto in New York “an absurdity.” But the firms that stuck around have a different story to tell. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved 25 entities to engage in virtual currency services over the last five years. Of those, four are based in or started operations outside the United States, including: BitFlyer, a San Francisco-based company […]