Archives for March 2023

President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry. … [Read more...] about Biden calls for tougher penalties for execs of failed banks

President Biden on Friday urged Congress to levy legal and monetary penalties for executives of failed banks in the wake of the two of three biggest U.S. bank collapses. … [Read more...] about Biden calls on Congress to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks

Amazon is discontinuing Kindle Newsstand, which centralized a customer's magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well as single-issue purchases through an Amazon account. … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Newsstand to end; subscriptions to be handled by publishers

Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists were meeting Friday to consider changes demanded by some Republicans, who are threatening to pull out as the system is being targeted by conspiracy theories tied to the 2020 election. … [Read more...] about States debate making changes to embattled voter roll system

Bobby Caldwell, a soulful R&B singer and songwriter who had a major hit in 1978 with "What You Won't Do for Love" and a voice and musical style adored by generations of his fellow artists, has died, his wife said Wednesday. … [Read more...] about ‘What You Won’t Do for Love’ singer Bobby Caldwell dies