• CNBC

    Bank of America tops estimates on better-than-expected interest income, investment banking

    Will Bank of America follow rivals in posting better-than-expected Wall

  • NY vs. Trump: Judge warns Trump team they're 'losing all credibility' in gag order hearing

    Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial.  "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday.  Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...

  • Judo Bank boss Warren Hogan declares Reserve Bank will hike interest rates three times this year -

    The Judo Bank is now forecasting the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates three times in 2024. This would see borrowers paying the highest rates in almost 16 years.

  • Judo Bank boss Warren Hogan says the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates three times this year – and he was right about 2023

    Judo Bank now predicts the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates three times in 2024 to levels not seen in 16 years - increasing the average mortgage repayment by $300 a month.The bank's chief economic adviser, Warren Hogan, forecast the key interest rate will rise to 5.1 percent by Christmas, from a 12-year high of 4.35 percent. Rate hikes in August, September and November this year would see the Reserve Bank of Australia's key interest rate reach levels last seen in December 2008 during the...

  • Did Trump push the NY judge too far?

    Once again, former president Donald Trump is about to find out just how far he can push a judge. On Tuesday morning, Trump’s attorneys faced an angry barrage of questions from New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, demanding they explain why Trump should not be fined for what prosecutors in his hush-money case say […]

  • Report: Banks Spied on Trump Supporters for Biden

    Reported on customers who bought a Bible, used 'MAGA' or 'Trump'. The post Report: Banks Spied on Trump Supporters for Biden first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.

  • Dems bank on Trump trial boosting Biden

    Democrats are hopeful that President Biden's freedom to hit the campaign trail while former President Trump is stuck in a New York courtroom for weeks, maybe months, gives his reelection campaign a jolt. The president is spending several days this week covering crucial ground in Pennsylvania, including a visit to his hometown, while Trump sits []

    • CNN

    Why Trump is upset about what’s happening outside the NY courthouse

    While speaking to reporters before heading into court, former President Donald Trump said that the amount of security surrounding the courthouse, where his hush money trial is underway, is preventing his supporters from protesting. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins fact-checks those claims.

  • China's central bank keeps interest rates unchanged

    The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced on Monday it will keep its one-year loan prime rate (LPR) unchanged at 3.45%. Additionally, the bank's five-year loan prime rate remained at 3.95%,

  • Truss takes a page out of the Trump right wing playbook

    The two women, who said that they had affairs with Trump years before he stood for president were allegedly paid six figure sums to buy their silence in the months leading up to the 2016 election, which, if revealed, may have derailed his campaign and ultimately his potential bid to reach high office. To which, we now know, was successful. The trial itself will undoubtedly go down in history, as no former US President has ever faced criminal prosecution, although further troubles loom large for...

  • Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate 'Tonight At The Courthouse' In NY

    Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate 'Tonight At The Courthouse' In NY In a Friday interview with Howard Stern, President Joe Biden said he'd be "happy to debate" Donald Trump, telling Stern: "I am, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him." Biden's remarks appeared off the cuff, rather than something his handlers approved, according to the NY Times, citing a top Democratic official familiar with the campaign's thinking. 🚨 Crooked Joe Biden says he's "happy...

  • Republicans echo Trump with demand for military response to student protests

    As anti-Israel protests have spread across many of the country’s most prestigious college campuses this week, several Republicans in Congress have sought to burnish their pro-Israel credentials by calling for the U.S. military to respond.  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton exhorted President Joe Biden to send in National Guard units, while obliquely encouraging motorists to run over protestors. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley similarly demanded a militarized federal response “to protect Jewish Americans,”...