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Documents seized by FBI from Mar-a-LagoSource: Department of JusticeBoth news outlets cited sources familiar with the matter and noted that the contempt action remains under seal.The subpoena for the classified documents was issued in May.CNBC PoliticsRead more of CNBC’s politics coverage: Source: CNBC

Stocks finished lower Friday, with all the major averages posting losses for the week as worries persisted over continued rate hikes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 305.02 points, or 0.9%, to close at 33,476.46. The S&P 500 tumbled 0.73% to end at 3,934.38, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% to finish at 11,004.62.On a weekly basis, the Dow fell 2.77% to post its worst week since September. The S&P tumbled 3.37%, while the Nasdaq dropped 3.99%.Friday’s moves came after November’s producer price index showed higher-than-expected wholesale prices, which rose 0.3% last month and 7.4% over the previous year. Core PPI,…

TOKYO: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed on Friday (Dec 9) that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. Maezawa bought every seat on the maiden lunar voyage, which has been in the works since 2018 and would follow his trip on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) for a 12-day stint last year. The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and at a website…

The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo is welcoming a new addition to its animal kingdom: arctic wolves. Nuna, Anori and Inneq, which translate to ‘Earth, Wind and Fire,’ arrived last Wednesday from the Toronto Zoo.“The Toronto Zoo was a little overcrowded and they were looking for a place to be able to take some of their animals,” zoo manager Jeff Mitchell explained.Since the wolves’ arrival, zoo keepers have been slowly introducing them to their new home.“They’ve been adapting really, really great. At first, they were cautious coming in and out but you guys can see today they’re popping in and…

A former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow got the better of the prisoner swap that sent WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the United States for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout.”Putin outplayed Biden,” Sergei Markov wrote in a lengthy post on his Telegram channel. Markov called Griner an “excellent athlete” and a “simple girl” but that Bout was more important to Russia. He added that prisoner swaps between Russia and the U.S. should favor Moscow.GOP RIPS BRITTNEY GRINER DEAL FOR STRANDING PAUL WHELAN IN RUSSIA: ‘CELEBRITIES OVER VETERANS?'”But the principle of exchange with Westerners should be…

Jeremy Hunt will redraw the financial services rule book on Friday, including casting aside some safeguards designed to avoid a repeat of the 2008 crash, in an attempt to boost the City of London as a driver of growth.The chancellor will announce a package of more than 30 reforms in Edinburgh, arguing that many of the changes are only possible because of “freedoms” gained from leaving the EU.But there will also be a relaxation of rules Britain introduced unilaterally after the 2008 crash — changes that often went further than the EU — prompting warnings that they could make the…

Reigning world champion Uno Shoma will head into Saturday’s free skate at Turin’s figure skating Grand Prix Final in pole position to clinch the title. The three-time Olympic medallist from Japan scored 99.99 in the men’s short program at the Torino Palavela to lead compatriots Yamamoto Sota, 94.86, and Miura Kao, 87.07. The 25-year-old was one of two skaters to win both their Grand Prix events this season, alongside 18-year-old American Ilia Malinin. But Malinin, who became the first skater to land a quadruple Axel in September, erred in all three of his jumping passes to score 80.10 in fifth…

Real close in on EndrickSpanish newspaper Marca believe that Real Madrid are closing in on a deal to sign 16-year-old Endrick from Palmeiras. The teenager will cost around 60 million euros, the price of his release clause, but he may not join up with the team until 2024 when he turns 18. Marca also says that neither Rafael Leao nor Cody Gakpo will be considered this summer.Transfers’Why not?’ – PSG president Al-Khelaifi open to signing Rashford on a free transfer9 HOURS AGOPaper Round’s view: Endrick would be ready to step in to replace Karim Benzema in a couple of years,…

Andrew Griffith, the City minister, has pledged that the “Edinburgh” package of post-Brexit reforms for the financial services industry will make the sector “as internationally competitive as possible”.On Friday, chancellor Jeremy Hunt will launch wide-ranging consultations on rules for financial services in order to discard EU standards and make the City more competitive against global rivals.The reforms, at first dubbed Big Bang 2.0 by ministers, range from loosening insurance rules under the Solvency II regime, freeing some retail banks from ringfencing their operations, and loosening EU-imposed Mifid 2 curbs on analyst research that restricted coverage of companies and deterred investors.…