EU NatGas Hits 2023 Energy Crisis Levels As Trump's "Economic D-Day" Clouds Hormuz Reopening

$270 Million In Suspicious Student Aid Fraud Flagged By Treasury Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has discovered roughly $270 million in suspicious financial activity likely associated with student aid program fraud. FinCEN issued an alert in July asking financial institutions to report suspicious activities linked to student aid fraud. A review of submitted reports identified more than 20,000 potentially suspicious transactions since February this year. FinCEN has reported approximately $270 million in suspected fraud to federal investigators for further investigation,...

Rolls-Royce Bags Third European SMR Deal While Adding Gas-Cooled Reactor Design Rolls-Royce SMR just added its third major European contract. Videberg Kraft, backed by Sweden’s utility Vattenfall, selected the UK design for three units on the west coast, making it Sweden’s first new nuclear plant in more than forty years.  The multibillion-pound export win, actively supported by UK government trade efforts, lands on top of existing deals in the UK and Czechia and makes Rolls-Royce the only SMR developer with multiple binding commitments across the continent. We tracked when the UK advanced...

Wall Street Set For Largest Bonuses In Industry History This Year New York's financial industry is enjoying an extraordinary earnings boom, with profits potentially topping $90 billion this year and setting the stage for the biggest round of Wall Street bonuses on record, according to Bloomberg. According to a new analysis from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, securities firms generated more money during the opening six months of 2026 than in any comparable period previously recorded. If that performance continues, the industry could blow past its $65.1 billion earnings record from 2025. Much...