Coinbase must face customer lawsuit in New York

NEW YORK, Feb 7 – Coinbase (COIN.O), opens new tab must face a lawsuit by customers who accused the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange of illegally selling securities without registering as a broker-dealer, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan rejected Coinbase’s argument it did not qualify as a “statutory seller”…

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Amazon cuts reference to diversity from annual report as Trump wages war on DEI

Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab removed a reference to “inclusion and diversity” in its annual report filed on Thursday, after it told employees in a December memo that it was winding down its programs as part of corporate America’s broader retreat from such policies. Some of America’s biggest businesses have been scaling back diversity initiatives, years after pushing for…

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Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk’s SpaceX, sources say

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract. Changes to the requirements for the classified contract led the inspector general of the…

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Israel orders army to plan to let Palestinians leave Gaza

Israel’s defense minister has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to devise a plan for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for how the devastated territory would be administered. “I have instructed the IDF to prepare a plan to enable voluntary departure for Gaza residents,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said…

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Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies such as Israel, repeating action he took during his first term. The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israel’s Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu, who — along with…

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