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Feds Are Reportedly Antsy Over Delays in Hunter Biden Probe

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With President Joe Biden set to announce his 2024 campaign, his charismatic son and perpetual family liability Hunter is back in the news in a big way. And while it’s unlikely to reach fall-2020 (or even fall-2019) levels of Hunter-ness, the updates surrounding the president’s son and the investigation into his alleged tax problems could still weigh on Biden’s reflection bid. Here are some quick updates on all things Hunter Biden, including the House inquires and the federal investigation into his taxes.

The FBI’s initial inquiry into Hunter Biden was focused on Russian disinformation, determining if sordid

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Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance: Barbara Roper

Barbara Roper

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Barbara Roper is finding that her post at the Securities and Exchange Commission offers a good opportunity to improve conditions for the typical investor.

A leading spokesperson on investor-protection issues, Roper, 67, worried about taking the role of senior adviser to the chair at the SEC. But she did so in 2021, and last year relocated to Washington, DC, from Colorado to work from the regulatory agency’s headquarters.

The “eclectic role” offers opportunities to share her expertise “on a variety of issues” relating to retail investor protection, says Roper, who previously served

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Jamie Dimon says the banking crisis is not over yet, blames the Fed for problems

Dimon points finger at regulators for bank collapses

Bloomberg News

Hannah Levitt

Published April 04, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 3 minute read

JPMorgan & Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon in February.
JPMorgan & Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon in February. Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters

Silicon Valley Bank’s blunders were encouraged by US regulation, went untested by the United States Federal Reserve and were “hiding in plain sight” until Wall Street and depositors grew alarmed.

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RBC helped arrange US$5.4B of ‘sustainability-linked’ financing for coal mine operator – National

Royal Bank of Canada is one of many global lenders who want to show that being green isn’t only about the color of money, but recent revelations about its investment in fossil fuel companies call into question its climate-action bona fides.

Global News has learned — from financial data firm Refintiv — that those arrangements include involvement in two significant credit lines to energy giant RWE, most recently in the news for its expansion of a coal mine in western Germany.

Data compiled in an analysis by environmental NGOs shows that since 2016, RBC is estimated to be the fifth-largest

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Stellantis Says Auto Loans Are Getting Longer as Demand Remains High

Side view of a Jeep Renegade in a dealership lot

Side view of a Jeep Renegade in a dealership lot

Stellantis has also noticed that average new vehicle financing terms are getting longer, GM’s electric cargo vans are proving somewhat popular, and a never-ending tire trade secret scandal has swung back in Goodyear’s favour. All that and more in this edition of The Morning Shift for April 4, 2023.

1st Gear: In the Future, You’ll Never Stop Paying Off Your Car

As interest rates increase and cars get more expensive, buyers end up agreeing to ever-longer financing terms just to make those monthly payments bearable. We know that 84-month loans

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B2B Sellers Must Uplevel Financial Acumen Fast to Retain Customers and Win Deals

Databook survey finds 91% of B2B sellers are more successful when they can speak to complex business problems, but many lack tools and resources to address financial pain and urgency for buyers

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 27, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–B2B sellers have less time and more pressure than ever to build relationships and close deals. According to a Gartner® report, “Relatedly, B2B buyers report spending exceedingly little time with sales reps. Only 17% of the total purchase journey is spent in such interactions. Considering the average deal involves multiple suppliers, any given sales rep has roughly 5 % of a

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Qatar’s ex-finance minister to face trial

March 19 (Reuters) – Qatar’s former finance minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi will face a criminal trial, the state news agency said Sunday, following his 2021 arrest over embezzlement allegations.

Emadi will face trial, with an unspecified number of others, over charges of bribery, abuse of position and power, damage to public funds and money laundering, Qatar News Agency said. It is unclear if they all face the same charge.

Emadi was arrested in May 2021, stripped of his ministerial duties and soon after was removed from the boards of the Qatar Investment Agency and Qatar National Bank. He had previously

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The banking crisis is ‘over,’ top analyst Dick Bove says. Here’s why.

The banking crisis is finished.

That’s a somewhat surprising message from OG banking analyst Dick Bove, who rose to fame with his bold calls at the height of the 2008-2009 crisis.

“I think that the near-term banking crisis is definitely over,” the Odeon Capital Group Financial analyst said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above).

Bove’s call is rooted in his interpretation of recent events to prevent a wider crisis in the financial system.

On Thursday, 11 US banks led by JP Morgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and Citigroup (C) banded together to inject $30 billion in uninsured deposits into

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