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A man has been arrested over an alleged threat to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made in a social media post. The arrest relates to a post made on X which was reported to police on 8 May, a day after the local and mayoral elections.The Met Police said a man in his 20s was arrested in south London on Tuesday this week on suspicion of sending threatening communications to a Member of Parliament.He was been bailed pending further inquiries.The arrest came six days after Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe was killed at her Devon home.The Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday announced a $24 million effort to help revive American shipbuilding, his latest move under the bank’s $1.5 trillion security project aimed at bolstering industries critical to U.S. economic and national security.The figure includes $18 million in loans and $6 million in grants to finance a new submarine manufacturing facility at the Philadelphia Navy Yard being built by Rhoads Industries, expand lending to maritime-related small businesses and strengthen regional suppliers, JPMorgan said.”The arsenal of democracy has been reignited,” Dimon told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin.”People said it couldn’t happen, but here you have Hanwha shipbuilding…

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Shortly after the opening bell, we will be buying another 100 shares of Intel at roughly $110 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,100 shares of INTC, increasing its weight the portfolio to about 3% from 2.7%. We’re making another purchase of Intel, which Jim has frequently described as his favorite stock in the portfolio. He’ll go into the Intel opportunity in more detail at Thursday’s Investing Club monthly meeting, which will be livestreamed at noon ET. We also added to our Intel position on Monday. Shares were up a couple of dollars in premarket trading…

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche looks on, on the day he is to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 15, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersTodd Blanche, who first drew national attention as a criminal defense lawyer for President Donald Trump, faces a Senate Judiciary hearing Wednesday to review his nomination by the Republican president to become the attorney general of the U.S.Blanche, 51, has served as acting attorney general since early April, when Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling…

U.S. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks during a press conference to unveil the official Trump Accounts website, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | ReutersThe U.S. Treasury Department is putting top official Frank Bisignano in charge of implementing the expansion of its popular Trump accounts, the department told CNBC on Wednesday.The move is an expansion of authority for Bisignano, who will retain his roles as chief executive of the Internal Revenue Service and commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Bisignano resigned as chief executive of financial-technology firm Fiserv in 2025 to…

Investing.com — Electra announced Wednesday it has signed a production agreement with France’s Safran Helicopter Engines for turbogenerators as the hybrid-electric aircraft startup works toward certification. The deal includes an initial order for 250 TG600 turbogenerators, which will allow production to scale with demand for the EL9, the company’s nine-passenger Ultra Short aircraft. The EL9 is expected to make its first flight in late 2027 or early 2028. The agreement arrives as advanced air mobility companies secure suppliers for critical aircraft systems and pursue regulatory approval before commercial launches. Electra, which is backed by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Honeywell, was…

Forget the sale of the century. The auction house Sotheby’s has geared up for the sale of the epoch. On July 14 it opened live bidding on assorted fossils, but the pièce de résistance is lot 20, a rare 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The specimen—dubbed Gus—is billed as one of the largest, most complete T. rexes ever found. Gus is expected to fetch up to $30 million and will go to the highest bidder, whether public museum or private collector. The latter have played an increasingly prominent role in buying fossils, with auction houses, according to paleontologists, contributing to the trend by…

Thames Water is a major test for Andy Burnham and may help determine what the incoming prime minister’s ambition to bring key utilities back under “public control” really means.Despite returning to profit after hiking bills 40%, the deeply troubled company is far from out of the woods.Its debt pile is growing and its cash reserves are dwindling as the money customers are paying in bills is nowhere near enough to fund the massive infrastructure upgrades needed after years of underinvestment.The company reported a post-tax profit of £113m for the 12 months to the end of March, swinging from a £1.51bn…

Ted Pick, CEO Morgan Stanley, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18th, 2024.Adam Galici | CNBCMorgan Stanley on Wednesday posted record revenue and profit for the second quarter, driven by a 69% surge in equities trading revenue. Here’s what the company reported:Earnings per share: $3.46 vs. $2.94 LSEG estimateRevenue: $21.35 billion vs. $19.64 billion estimate The company said profit jumped 58% from a year earlier to $5.58 billion. Revenue climbed 27% to $21.35 billion.Like at peers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, a massive beat in equities trading drove the quarter’s…