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First Republic Bank gets $30 billion in deposits from big banks
First Republic Bank (FRC.N) has received $30 billion in deposits from several big banks, the banks said in a statement on Thursday, as part ...Global bank stock rout deepens as SVB collapse fans contagion fears
Shockwaves from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank further pounded global bank stocks on Tuesday as assurances from President Joe Biden and ...Michelle Yeoh wins best actress Oscar for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh won the Academy Award on Sunday for best lead actress for her role as a Chinese American laundromat owner ...Silicon Valley Bank’s demise began with downgrade threat
In the middle of last week, Moody’s Investors Service Inc delivered alarming news to SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O), the parent of Silicon Valley ...Nations secure U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact
Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a U.N. treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday, a long-awaited step that environmental ...Downed Chinese balloon aimed for Hawaii but was blown off course, U.S. official says
U.S. officials believe a Chinese balloon that was shot down after crossing the continental United States originally had a trajectory that would ...Yahoo to lay off more than 20% of staff
Yahoo said on Thursday it plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring ...China balloon soaring over U.S. deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw
The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned visit to ...Chinese spy balloon flies over the United States, Pentagon says
A Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, in ...Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols repeatedly cried, “Mom! Mom!” as the five Memphis police officers now charged with the Black motorist’s murder pummeled him with ...