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☆ Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +23 min

With soaring numbers of people entering Mexico, a sprawling network of lawyers, fixers and middlemen has exploded in the country. Detained migrants stand in the outdoor area of the Siglo XXI Migrant Detention Center in Tapachula, Mexico, on Oct. 4. When the immigration agency was asked directly, via freedom of information requests, it said it was just one. An empanada vendor's stall advertises information, and immigration documents outside the main immigration office in Puebla, Mexico, on Sept. 23. By mid-December, the immigration agency suddenly announced the closing of the camp with no explanation.

☆ Silvergate shares fall despite CEO letter seeking to diffuse concerns over FTX fallout
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bitcoin and ether ended Thursday in the red, but ether has surged more than 100% since mid-June. Silvergate Capital fell Tuesday, even after the company's CEO released a public letter attempting to "set the record straight" about its role and current state in the crypto ecosystem. Shares were last lower by 6% after falling as much as 13% in premarket trading. Speculation has been swirling around the crypto friendly bank in the wake of the FTX blowup, as investors try to decipher Silvergate's relationship with FTX and potential impact from it. Silvergate recently disclosed that FTX deposits at the bank represent less than 10% of its total deposits from crypto customers.

☆ The bear market blues: a diagnosis for our times
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Alden Bentley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

John Schott MD, a portfolio manager at The Colony Group, retired psychiatrist and a recognized expert on market psychology, coined the term Bear Market Depressive Syndrome (BMDS) in his 1998 book "Mind Over Money." After prolonged bull markets, investors tend to go into denial during bear markets. MARKET RISK FACTORS ALMOST UNPRECEDENTEDThe S&P 500 (.SPX) was down more than 27% year-to-date in mid-October. "That essentially moves the market at a faster pace than you would have seen in previous periods of market weakness." Negative sentiment readings indicate the market is running out of sellers, and are thus considered a bullish signal.

☆ FBI official was warned after Jan. 6 that some in the bureau were 'sympathetic' to the Capitol rioters
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The next month, he was named deputy director, the highest-ranking official under FBI Director Christopher Wray. But sources close to the investigation have told NBC News that there have been some special agents in the country who have resisted Jan. 6 cases. Many special agents have been very proactive, while others in various field offices have engaged in half-hearted investigative efforts and seem content to let things peter out, the sources said. After receiving support from 30 former FBI special agents, Friend joined Trump’s Truth Social platform this week, where he was welcomed by Kyle Seraphin, another suspended FBI special agent who joined Truth Social and did an interview with conservative firebrand Dan Bongino after his suspension. A tip the FBI received about the Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6, highlighted by the committee, was even starker.

☆ Pavel Filip about withdrawal of PDM’s ministers: Government should be reformed
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +2 min

Pavel Filip about withdrawal of PDM’s ministers: Government should be reformedThe Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) is no longer in power and is not in a government coalition. At the same time, the party’s president Pavel Filip avoids saying if the Democratic parliamentary groups will be in the opposition, IPN reports. We aimed to go from a neural position,” Pavel Filip stated in the talk show “Natalia Morari’s Politics” on TV8 channel. “The first way is the snap parliamentary elections that are not beneficial to the Republic of Moldova and the second way is our withdrawal. Pavel Filip called on all the parties to form a new government coalition that would enable the President who will be elected to build cooperation relations with the Parliament and Government through the given coalition.

Persons: Pavel Filip, “, ” Pavel Filip, Natalia Morari’s, ”, Ion Chicu, Igor Dodon Organizations: Government, Democratic Party of Moldova, Democratic, TV8, PDM Locations: Republic of Moldova, Moldova

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