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A new initiative has been launched by the United States Secret Service in an effort to raise awareness and prevent people from falling for "pig butchering" scams in the city of Philadelphia. The new effort is called "Operation Crypto Guard" and will be focused on financial scams in which criminals convince someone to join them…

ReportLinkerTartaric Acid Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Source (Grapes & Sun-dried Raisins, Maleic Anhydride), By Application (Food, Beverages), By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2022 - 2026New York, Aug. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Tartaric Acid Market Size, Share…

A widely followed crypto analyst and trader is expressing short-term bearish sentiment for the leading digital asset Bitcoin (BTC). Pseudonymous analyst SmartContracter tells his 210,600 Twitter followers that Bitcoin is set to hit a new low, after which it will spark a rally. “On the lower time frames, I think we have at least…

We don't take enough time to thank the various workers in the food industry. The rigorous health inspections that restaurants and food manufacturers go through are essentially all that stands between customers and a host of diseases. Every once in a while, a major food distributor will issue a recall for their tainted products. Still, if…

Ice cream scoopers can make $17 an hour and at least one firm has recruited people from Puerto Rico, in a state with an unemployment rate of 1.8 percent.September 4, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDTRobbie Wright paints pieces of metal equipment at family-owned Jones Metal in Mankato, Minn., last month. (Caroline Yang for The Washington Post)Comment on this…

Banks, forced by competition from money market funds, got the memo. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Money market funds have been paying over 5% since about April 2023, up from near 0% in April 2022, and Americans are liking it. A lot. And that has forced banks to compete for deposits by offering attractive interest rates on CDs. And…

Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Buyers of a majority of electric-vehicle models would not qualify for a $7,500 tax credit under a Democratic proposal in the U.S. Senate. That's according to a group of major automakers.Automakers have been privately concerned about the proposal's requirements for vehicles' batteries and…

8 Mins AgoFactory orders decreased 3.6% in October, more than forecastFactory orders declined slightly more than expected in October, a sign of potential deceleration for the U.S. economy heading into the end of the year.New orders for manufactured goods fell 3.6% on the month, 0.1 percentage point more than the Dow Jones estimate and a reversal…

Tencent seeks to kick off Meituan stake sale this year-sourcesSale seeks to placate regulators, monetise 8-year-old bet-sourcesStake sale likely to be done as a block trade - sourcesMove comes after Tencent's divestments of JD.com, SEA stakesMeituan shares sink 10%; Tencent shares recoverHONG KONG, Aug 16 (Reuters) - China's Tencent Holdings…

Inflation: The US Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric, the core personal consumption expenditures index, is expected to have risen 0.2 per cent in October. Economists forecast the year-on-year increase to have eased to 3.5 per cent from 3.7 per cent in September.Jobless claims: Initial US state unemployment applications, a proxy for…