@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-14 20:48:32
Roughly a quarter of legislators on Capitol Hill have traded individual stocks this term,
with some buying and selling millions of dollars in shares.
Since the start of this term in January 2025, members and their families have collectively traded $160 million to $664 million in individual stocks,
according to a New York Times analysis of data collected from members’ required financial filings by 2iQ Research, an analytics firm.
Members are required to disclose their…
@sherold@mastodon.online2026-08-14 05:06:02
It certainly will.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-04 18:02:53
Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021
-- after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
Trump alleges that Capital One illegally closed his accounts for political reasons, following …
@publicvoit@graz.social2026-08-02 08:19:53
#CapitalOne Cites Money Laundering Review in #Trump-Related Suit https://finance.yah…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-10 10:20:49
Filing: Polymarket is seeking CFTC approval to offer margin trading in the US, a move that would let users bet on events with less capital upfront (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/polymarket-seeks…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-09-06 20:22:50
Independent of the very serious issues raised in this article, it highlights the fact that a #capitalist-driven economic strategy creates winners (the source of capital) and fails to respond to evolving threats, this leaving manufacturing vulnerable - by extracting every milligram of available profit out of existing plants, and failing to upgrade plant and equipment - because, after all, capital …
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-09-06 20:22:50
Independent of the very serious issues raised in this article, it highlights the fact that a #capitalist-driven economic strategy creates winners (the source of capital) and fails to respond to evolving threats, this leaving manufacturing vulnerable - by extracting every milligram of available profit out of existing plants, and failing to upgrade plant and equipment - because, after all, capital …
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-07 06:16:48
Filing: ex-a16z partner Bryan Kim is forming venture firm Mido Capital; sources: he plans to raise ~$100M for a fund backing early-stage AI and other startups (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.w…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-05 00:54:02
SpaceX reported Q2 2026 results with revenue of $7.8 billion versus $6.81 billion expected,
but the stock fell after the report.
It also posted adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)
of $3.5 billion,
while heavy AI infrastructure spending drove a large AI operating loss and high capital expenditures
Following the earnings report, SpaceX's stock declined due to concerns over high capital expenditures and AI spending.…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-28 16:45:42
FIling: Lone Palm Labs, the startup behind friend-focused photo sharing app Retro, raised a $21M Series A from Thrive Capital and others (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/alternative-social-media-ap…
