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The Federal Reserve said on Friday that it had withdrawn from a network of global financial regulators focused on climate change risks just days before President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to power.The central bank formally joined the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System in December 2020, shortly after President Biden was elected. Democrats praised that decision, arguing that regulators needed to make sure financial institutions were adequately managing the risk they faced from extreme weather events.Republican lawmakers, however, immediately blasted the Fed for joining the network, saying the central bank was overstepping its congressional mandate,…

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David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2024. Mike Segar | ReutersGoldman Sachs CEO David Solomon was awarded an $80 million stock bonus to stay at the helm for another five years, a stark turnaround for a leader whose survival was questioned after the firm’s ill-fated foray into consumer banking. John Waldron, Goldman’s president and chief operating officer, and who is widely seen as a successor to Solomon, was also awarded a retention bonus of $80 million in restricted stock, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Friday.The…

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Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesTikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for Apple, Google and other service providers.”Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,” TikTok said in a statement on Friday.The statement indicates that TikTok’s American users base, which the company claims is over 170 million, will not be able to use the service when they open the app or website on Sunday.TikTok issued…

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Orange juice from Florida. Whiskey from Tennessee. Peanut butter from Kentucky.Canada is preparing for an all-out trade war with its closest ally and one of its top trading partners, and the list of American goods that could be affected is long.Canadian officials are preparing a three-stage plan of retaliatory tariffs and other trade restrictions against the United States, which will be put into motion if President-elect Donald J. Trump makes good on his threat to impose a blanket 25 percent tariff on all Canadian goods imported into the United States.Canadian officials will wait until Mr. Trump has made his move…

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through next week on Wall Street, highlighting President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and earnings from companies including Procter & Gamble and American Express.Cramer mused about what Trump’s administration will mean for the market, noting that Wall Street believes him to be more pro-business than his predecessor, President Joe Biden.”We have no idea whether the next administration will live up to the lofty levels that the averages have now gotten,” he said. “Will Trump be pro-tech? Will he embrace mergers? Will a rising tide lift all boats?”Trump’s inauguration will take place on Monday, and Cramer…

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The Israeli government approved a cease-fire deal with Hamas early Saturday that calls for the release of dozens of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners after hours of deliberations, setting up the first reprieve in a 15-month, devastating war in the Gaza Strip.The Israeli prime minister’s office, which announced the agreement after the full cabinet voted, said the deal would go into effect on Sunday.Palestinians have celebrated the provisional cease-fire with the hope that it will finally end the conflict and Israelis are anxiously awaiting the return of scores of captives abducted by Hamas.Daniel Lifshitz, whose grandfather Oded, 84, was…

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024.Brandon Bell | Via ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump spent the past two years on the campaign trail making more than a dozen promises about what he would enact on his first day in office.Trump’s day-one plans are wide-reaching, calling for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, sweeping tariffs that economists have warned could have drastic and harmful effects on the U.S. economy and pardons of defendants charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…

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