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Facebook Negotiates Sandberg DC Hearing Testimony

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With questions surrounding Facebook ’s market power and its plans for the Libra digital currency, the social media company is reportedly negotiating with an important congressional committee for COO Sheryl Sandberg to testify as early as October. And, another legislator, Sen.

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Moving to One Minute TRACE Reporting: A Review of FINRA Proposed Changes to Rule 6730

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Fixed income markets have continued to change dramatically since 2002, becoming more global while an increasing percentage of trades are made on or by electronic trading platforms. Agency debt securities. Asset-backed securities (ABS). Agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Background. Proposed Change.

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Penske Announces Launch Of Carsharing Unit

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Transportation company Penske Corporation announced that it is rolling out its new carsharing service in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA, this week. Penske has also secured reserved parking options at Colonial Parking garages in Washington, DC. based call center and a local fleet operations team.

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Today In Payments: LendingClub Gets OK To Acquire Radius Bancorp; GDPR Penalties Escalate As EU Officials Crack Down

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Plaid To Focus On Growing European Market. Washington DC Restaurants Get Creative With Inauguration Security. Fines levied under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) jumped almost 40 percent in the past 12 months as European Union (EU) regulators stepped up enforcement efforts.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

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Quarterly Financial Markets & Economic Update- October, 2017 I love this time of year. The markets have not given way to anything, with long term bonds still trading in a tight range and short term rates having risen from Fed action. Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. But they won’t stop there.

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Cardtronics Posts 22 Percent Revenue Growth

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Some of Cardtronics’ recent highlights have included securing ATM operating contracts in approximately 1,800 locations, expanding its Allpoint Network to include 1,500 additional ATMs in Speedway convenience stores, and gaining approval from the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority to maintain its ownership of the U.K. million ($193.5

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Bitcoin Daily: German Crypto Firm Shuttered After Pyramid Scheme Accusations; People’s Bank Of China Denies Bogus Announcement Of Stablecoin Launch

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Anything that is trading in the market under the name of DC/EP or DCEP is not the national digital currency, and any launch time suggested on the Internet is inaccurate,” the central bank said on in a statement, according to CoinDesk.

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