US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…

US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…

US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

US regulator probes banks’ climate risk planning | Reuters News Agency

Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…

Want a Shohei Ohtani Dodgers jersey? They’re selling faster than Messi, Ronaldo jerseys

Want a Shohei Ohtani Dodgers jersey? They’re selling faster than Messi, Ronaldo jerseys

Shohei Ohtani jerseys are now available for purchase at Dodger Stadium. If you want one before Christmas, though, you might want to hurry — and also double-check how much you have in your bank account. The Top of the Park gift shop received its first shipment of replica jerseys featuring No. 17 and the name…

Column: A new initiative by Biden that might finally bring drug prices down

Column: A new initiative by Biden that might finally bring drug prices down

The most frustrating thing about America’s failure to rein in drug prices is that a weapon against Big Pharma’s profiteering has been hiding in plain sight — and never used — for more than 40 years. But it’s now being unsheathed by the Biden White House. We’re talking about a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act…

A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech’s future. Who’s right?

A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech’s future. Who’s right?

On the Shelf Two versions of the tech future Wrong WayBy Joanne McNeilMCD, 288 pages, $18 The Techno-Optimist ManifestoBy Marc Andreessen If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. You could be forgiven for thinking the robots have taken over already. Your…

Column: This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers

Column: This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers

Strike 3 Holdings is a Southern California maker of pornographic films that identifies its products as “high-end, artistic, and performer-inspiring motion pictures produced with a Hollywood style budget and quality.” It has bragged that Greg Lansky, a former owner and the firm’s leading auteur, has been called the porn industry’s “answer to Steven Spielberg.” There’s…