KUALA LUMPUR / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs will pay $ 3.9 billion to resolve Malaysia’s criminal investigation into the role of the US investment bank in the 1MDB multi-million dollar scandal, closing a key front in the multi-jurisdictional investigation that has been over Goldman. Shares of Goldman Sachs …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of new single-family homes in the United States peaked at almost 13 years in June, as the housing market outperforms the overall economy amid low interest rates and migration from downtown urban to low-density areas due to the COVID -19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A new house …
Read More »Belarusian opposition leader flees abroad with two children before elections
MINSK (Reuters) – An opposition candidate who wanted to confront Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in next month’s presidential election fled to Russia with his two sons, fearing they might be removed, his campaign said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Valery Tsepkalo, a potential candidate in the upcoming presidential election, speaks to …
Read More »New home sales in the United States shine in June; commercial activity accelerates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of new single-family homes in the United States peaked at almost 13 years in June, as the housing market outperforms the overall economy amid low interest rates and migration from downtown urban to low-density areas due to the COVID -19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A new house …
Read More »Transgender Teen Sentenced to Life in Deadly Shooting at Colorado School
DENVER (Reuters) – A transgender Colorado teenager who admitted to participating in a shooting in a Denver-area charter school last year that left one student dead and eight others injured was sentenced to life in prison on Friday plus an additional 38 years. FILE PHOTO: The crime scene tape is …
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