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Billionaire investor: US Treasury buybacks hurt credibility

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on Monday criticized the Treasury Department’s buyback expansion plan, arguing it represents an artificial attempt to interfere in the bond market. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Druckenmiller noted bond yields dipped after the Treasury unveiled the plan on Wednesday but rose back to their previous levels the next day....

Billionaire investor: US Treasury buybacks hurt credibility

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Visa and Bluefin Introduce Card-Present Acceptance Offering

Visa has launched a partnership with payment and data security infrastructure firm Bluefin. This collaboration has yielded a new card-present acceptance offering that combines Visa’s global payment capabilities and Bluefin’s security infrastructure, the companies announced Tuesday (Aug. 25).

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