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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Wildland Firefighters battle the Bridge Coulee Fire, part of the Lodgepole Complex, east of the Musselshell River, north of Mosby, Montana, U.S. July 21, 2017. Bureau of Land Management/Jonathan Moor/Handout via REUTERS. By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The first trial in several U.S. climate change cases brought by youths kicked off on Monday in Montana, where sixteen young people are seeking to hold the state accountable for fossil fuel-friendly policies they claim exacerbate global warming and threaten their futures. Roger Sullivan, an attorney for the young plaintiffs, painted a sweeping picture of the costs and consequences…

Source: AdobeUS customers using social investing platform eToro US will no longer be able to open new positions in Algorand, Decentraland, Dash and Polygon after those cryptocurrencies got caught in a US regulator’s crosshairs.Beginning on July 12, customers will no longer be able to open those new positions, eToro US tweeted on Monday afternoon. “We remain a supporter of cryptoassets and believe in the importance of offering our users access to a diversified range of asset classes, which includes stocks, ETFs, and options,” the firm said. “We are committed to working closely with regulators around the world to shape the future…

It is the topic the nation just can’t delete from its political conversation: Hillary Clinton’s emails.In the days since Donald J. Trump became the first former U.S. president to face federal charges, Republicans across the ideological spectrum — including not only Mr. Trump and his allies, but also his critics and those who see prosecutors’ evidence as damaging — have insistently brought up the eight-year-old controversy.They have peppered speeches, social media posts and television appearances with fiery condemnations of the fact that Mrs. Clinton, a figure who continues to evoke visceral reactions among the Republican base, was never charged.The two…

gokhanilgaz Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) on Monday said it would suspend most of its motorcycle manufacturing operations at its York facility due to a new supplier quality issue. Shares of the company initially fell 1.5% to $32.80 after hours, then reversed course to go up 0.9%. The company said it had been recently notified of a potential quality issue relating to brake hose assemblies provided by a second tier supplier – a Bain Capital portfolio company called Proterial Cable America (PCA). Based upon the latest information provided by PCA, HOG said it now anticipates restarting full motorcycle manufacturing operations at the York…

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The US Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to stop Microsoft from closing its $75bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, in a move that piles pressure on the gaming industry’s biggest deal.The antitrust watchdog last year sued to block the transaction through its own in-house court proceedings, which are set to get under way in August. But on Monday it filed a separate request in a California federal court to prevent Microsoft from closing the deal before a decision is handed down. Challenging a deal is more difficult after it is completed. The FTC has asked the court to…

By Jody Godoy A former Goldman Sachs (NYSE:) banker leaked details of potential corporate mergers to a friend who traded on the information, a prosecutor told a New York jury during opening arguments of a trial on Monday. Former Goldman Sachs Vice President Brijesh Goel faces securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges for allegedly tipping his friend Akshay Niranjan to deals the bank was considering funding in 2017 and 2018. Prosecutors say Goel gleaned the information on at least six occasions about potential transactions – including Japanese chemical manufacturer Kuraray’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Calgon Carbon Corp -…

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Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden and Hunter Biden kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with them as an “insurance policy,” citing the FBI FD-1023 form that the bureau briefed congressional lawmakers on. Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed from the Senate floor Monday what was said to be a redacted reference in the FBI-generated FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national that involved influence over U.S. policy decisions. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IO).  (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Fox News Digital exclusively reported on the contents of…

Investors are awaiting the consumer-price index data due Tuesday, one day before the Federal Open Market Committee concludes its meeting on Wednesday. The consensus is that the Fed will keep its interest rate unchanged at the conclusion of this week’s meeting. Fed fund futures traders are pricing a 76.9% likelihood that the Federal Reserve will keep its interest rate stable this week, leaving the main policy rate target in the range of 5% to 5.25%, according to the CME FedWatch tool.  But that could change, if the May inflation numbers arrive hotter than expected, some analysts said.  Economists polled by…