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To a large extent the largest story per day is the Atlantic Ocean Amazing revelation Beit Higseth, Minister of Defense, discussed the sensitive bombing of Yemen with other Trump administration officials in the application of a correspondence – in a collective text that included the mistake of the editor -in -chief of this post, Jeffrey Goldberg.
The accident raised serious questions about whether the group chat had violated the laws, including the espionage law and endangered forces. But he also mentions how Wall Street entered hot water for similar reasons. They had to pay more than two billion dollars for a kind of messages outside the channels that Higseth is exposed to and others are sharply criticized.
“We are currently cleaning on OPSEC,” HegSeth wrote at some point, referring to operational security, during a group conversation on the reference, according to Goldberg. Then the Minister of Defense revealed detailed war plans on the same channel. Goldberg, added by Michael Waltz, National Security Adviser, said he did not include the most sensitive details of chatting in his article.
While Goldberg writes that he was not at first sure whether the whole thing was a joke or a misleading information campaign, the launch of air strikes on targets in Yemen ultimately convinced him that they were real. (Pallis responded to the emojis of the details of the bombing: “👊🇺🇸🔥”.
Goldberg later left the group and confirmed with the White House that the chat was real.
Critics say the group chat violated the laws and security protocols. This was not done in safe systems assembled by the government, and may have occurred on the phones of government officials, which were targets of piracy by foreign opponents.
Moreover, Waltz put some group messages to disappear after one week and some after four weeks. Since they participated in discussions about official actions, if they are not sent immediately to the official government’s archive accounts, the participants may be in the event of strengthening federal laws.
Such accusations are similar to those faced by financial companies from the organizers, Which imposed large fines to use “outside the channel” correspondence including signal, WhatsApp and IMessage. More than twenty institutions-including the Robinhood, Wenders Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and others-have been violated by the provisions for saving records of federal securities laws. (It was also individual bankers Planting their employers))
The causes are similar: SEC and other banks prompted to maintain the tabs on their employees ’messages to ensure that no laws are broken. Sanjay Wadoa, Deputy Director of Execution at SEC, often said 2023, announcing fines of 289 million dollars Against 11 companies.
Will the organizers during the Trump era establish this move forward? Two current Commissioners at SEC, Mark Uida (who now denys the Acting) and Hyster Peres, have criticized such cases because “it does not seem to have companies. A road that can be achieved for compliance“
Paul Atkins, chosen by President Trump to lead the committee, feels likely: “I am not sure that this is the most productive model or the best form for following the agency,” He said in the Federal Society Committee Last April.
This is what is happening
The FBI creates a business squad to investigate Tesla attacks. “This is local terrorismCash Patel, director of the agency, wrote about X to announce the news, and promised to bring in officials of sabotage or deliberate burning “to justice”. However, the evaluation of the internal intelligence by the Trump administration found that the attacks on the characteristics of Tesla may not have been coordinated and warned against mixing legal protests against Mr. Musk by sabotage to Tslias, according to the Times newspaper.
According to Boeing, Boeing seeks to withdraw the federal guilt confession agreement. The besieged aircraft maker hopes that he can Get a more convenient treatment From the Ministry of Justice during the reign of President Trump, after he acknowledged that he was guilty of deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration before two fatal incidents of 737 Max 9 Gates, according to Wall Street Journal reports. If the administration follows its example, this will determine one of the most prominent examples of a more soft situation on some of the application of the crime with white collars.
Samsung Electronics’ Co-CEO dies. A spokeswoman for the company said that Han Jong Hee, who supervised the smartphone in the field of the Korean bloc and consumers, and was an old warrior in the company for approximately four decades, earlier on Tuesday due to a heart attack. He was 63 years old. He adds his death to Challenges facing SamsungHer shares have decreased by more than 23 percent over the past 12 months, amid questions about making artificial intelligence chips and smart phone sales.
What are the markets that tell us about the definitions
For weeks, the markets send a message that US multinationals will be among the most at risk of President Trump’s trade war.
This was evident when the S&P 500 briefly retreated to a correction area earlier this month. It was clear again on Monday when the stocks rose, as the White House indicated that it might become easy for commercial partners when it announced its next tour of its duties on April 2.
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Trump said on Monday that “it might give many countries rest periods,” a sign that the White House began the possible unrest factor for global trade from the customs tariff policy.
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The stocks gained on Monday, when a wonderful collection of technology giants recorded the best profit for one day in more than two months, as investors chanted reconciliation signals.
However, it is unclear whether the Trump administration puts a lot of stocks in the rise and landing on the market because it draws its next step. On Tuesday, the S&P Futures refers to modest gains.
Trump has changed commercial policy before. Last month, the administration canceled the so -called minimum, a ruling exempt from the customs duties applied to the goods of up to $ 800. Days later, the turmoil was re -followed at customs checkpoints, and after pressing logistical services companies for relief. This experiment provides a warning of possible chaos, and hopes that the administration will request a customs tariff policy if it becomes very troubled.
“If the elimination of De-MINIMIS commercial is how much the work cycle can be disrupted if the mutual definitions are transferred before considering the effects of the river’s course of American companies?” Tim Quinlan, an economist in Wales Vargo, wrote in a research note on Monday.
Not everyone was good on the tariffs on Monday. Trump reiterated that imports are on auto imports and pharmacy They were in business. It threatened 25 percent on any country bought Energy from Venezuela With the increase in pressure on the country’s leader, Nicholas Maduro. These tensions put a Chevron, which has a large presence in the country of South America, under the gun.
The bonds, with the return on the treasury note for a period of 10 years, which support the mortgage and credit cards lending rates, which rise to the highest level for one month. Fears of inflation and growth weighing bond owners.
Rafael Postic, Chairman of the Federal Reserve in Atlanta, is now The central bank sees the reduction of borrowing costs Only once this year with inflation hovers much higher than the goal of the Federal Reserve 2 percent. He added that the lack of the clarity of the White House policy was the confusion of the internal federal reserve expectations.
White House companies told something similar, according to Anna Swanson Times reports.
Their message to Trump officials: removing war measures; Do not increase them.
More bad news for deals
Upon their arrival this year, the deals makers expected a great recovery in M. & A. and the subscriptions
With the expectation of Coreave this week, there is still great hope in the latter. But the flow of the deal seems slow.
Look at the numbers: A new research conducted by Mergermarkket, a data provider, shows that 6,955 links worldwide have been announced in this quarter, the lowest quarterly since 2005. However, the flow of the deal has almost half since the first quarter of 2021 has decreased.
In a more positive note: The total value of these deals amounted to about $ 827 billion in the first quarter – an increase of 15 percent over the previous year.
However, enlargement in the United States indicates that the value of the deal has been drowned a little, and is harmed by Megadeals. There has been a slight increase in recent weeks-the 32 billion dollar Google offer for Wiz, the start of cybersecurity, is the largest giant of the search giant ever-but the primary direction does not look particularly promising.
“While the halls of the Board of Directors digested the impact of customs tariffs and commercial barriers on their business, the momentum of deals hindered uncertainty,” Lucinda Gutry, President of Mergermarkket, said in a statement issued by uncertainty. “There are great pressures for private stock companies to get out of governor companies, especially in non -periodic industries, and for companies to find a scope and adapt to an advanced business environment.”
Where does the bankrupt 23 data go?
By submitting 23ndme bankruptcy on Monday, questions revolve around what will be for the data kept by the genetic tests company.
The TRVE is wide, consisting of data on the original 14 million customers, as well as family features and possible health risks.
The warnings come, highlighting the poor possible data. on Friday, Rob Punta, California Prosecutor, He made a blatant alert Reminding the ingredients against them to “delete their data and destroy any samples of the genetic material that the company maintains.”
Jeffrey Fowler, a column writer in the Washington Post Technology, Take a similar Take. “Delete your DNA from 23andme now,” has disturbed the title in its latest column. He pointed out that he spoke with privacy experts who expressed their concerns about whether the company can protect the data from infiltrators adequately during bankruptcy.
In 2023, the company had a violation of data targeting Jewish and Chinese customers, according to the collective lawsuit.
The company continues the operations, including testing of testing groups. But she said, “Any buyer will be asked to comply with the applicable law regarding the processing of customer data.”
Customers faced issues on Monday. Amid a rush to delete their data, many customers received error messages or reported waiting times for long customer service, The Wall Street Journal reported.
It was a tornado for the company. After 23andme was launched in 2021, its market value amounted to $ 6 billion for a short period – but it struggled to obtain frequent customers.
Last year, the seven independent managers sent to the council Open the resignation letter To Anne Wojcikki, CEO and Founder, to inform her of her frustration from the company’s direction.
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