Finance

Truth Out
View In: pensionsThe measure makes a “lost and found” database for workers to track retirement funds at places they’ve previously worked.

Jacobin Magazine
View In: pensionsFor years, the retirement savings of teachers, firefighters, and other government workers have been funneled by public officials to secretive Wall Street firms that charge high fees in exchange for the false promise of outsized returns. But as the stock market plummets and asset values drop, there ar...

The Daily Poster
View In: pensionsLobbyists and their congressional allies are trying to protect secret deals that can enrich Wall Street insiders at workers’ expense.

Counter Punch
View In: CryptoTwelve days after the disgraced and corrupt crypto exchange, FTX, filed for bankruptcy, the New York Times ran this headline: “Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions.” The article explains that a tiny bank in Washington state, Farmington State Bank (also known as Moonstone Bank)...

Alternet.org
View In: CryptoEnvironmentalists celebrated after Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday approved a two-year moratorium on permits for fossil fuel plants that power cryptocurrency mining operations which use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions.While the cryptocurrenc...

Zero Hedge News
View In: FTXCEO Of Ukrainian Crypto Firm Denies FTX–Ukraine Money-Laundering Allegations Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Everstake, a Ukraine-based cryptocurrency firm, has been caught in the crosshairs of a controversial relationship involving Kyiv, Democrats, and the beleaguered FTX exchange tha...