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Ten Percent of Meta’s 2024 Revenue Tied to Suspected Scam Ads

Meta internally projected late last year that roughly 10% of its 2024 revenue, or approximately $16 billion, would come from advertising tied to scams and banned goods, according to company documents reviewed by Reuters.

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How the Trumps Struck Crypto Gold from Questionable Sources

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have turned a family-branded cryptocurrency venture into a cash machine that eclipses the Trump Organization’s traditional businesses, according to a Reuters investigation that traces opaque token purchases by overseas investors and a wave of U.S. policy shifts friendly to digital assets.

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SEC Closes Swedbank AML Inquiry without Penalty

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has officially closed its 6-year investigation into Swedbank’s anti-money laundering (AML) efforts without imposing an enforcement action.