Don McCree is spearheading Citizens Bank’s push into New York. He has just overseen the acquisition of HSBC’s branches in the city, and was in town this week for Citizens’ official launch into the Big Apple.

Don McCree, vice chairman, Citizens Bank Citizens Insider's Banker of the Week series appears in our weekday newsletter, 10 Things on Wall Street. This week we're highlighting Don McCree, vice chairman and head of commercial banking at Citizens Financial Group. McCree was in New York this week for Citizens official launch in the city. The […]

Putin says Russia’s not responsible for the EU’s energy crisis — it just needs to ‘push the button’ on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to get more natural gas

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe's "green agenda" started the bloc's energy crisis. Getty Images Europe is dependent on Russia for natural gas, but Gazprom has turned off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Russian President Putin said the EU just has to turn on Nord Stream 2 for more natural gas. The Nord Stream 2 […]

Goldman Sachs raises its Fed rate hike forecast to 75 basis points for September as Fed officials push hawkish messages

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters Goldman Sachs raised its forecasts for the size of Fed rate hikes at the September and November meetings.  The investment bank late Wednesday said it now sees a September increase of 75 basis points and a November increase of 50 basis points.  Fed officials have delivered hawkish […]

A Webb Telescope image is being used to push malware

One of the first images taken by the James Webb Telescope that was released by NASA was the "sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date." It's a wondrous photo showing a detailed cluster of galaxies. It's also currently being used by bad actors to infect systems with malware. Security analytics platform Securonix has […]

Transfer news LIVE: West Ham and Liverpool done deals, Chelsea request, Man Utd push

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE Arsenal transfer target Ivan Perisic asks to leave Inter Milan Atletico Madrid fans do not want flop Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata Callum Hudson-Odoi has handed in a transfer request at Chelsea Manchester United first to move to snap up Steven Bergwijn Liverpool have signed a French gem in Billy Koumetio, claim ESPN […]

Researchers get gene drive to push mice beyond Mendel

Enlarge (credit: Rene Schwietzke) Gene drive is both a promising and disturbing technology. It allows us to engineer a stretch of DNA that, once inserted in a specific location in an organism’s genome, will convert other versions of the gene so that they also carry the insert. Once started in a population, gene drive will […]

Inside the People’s Vote campaign final push to stop Brexit

Nicola Tree/Getty Images The People’s Vote campaign is preparing for the key months ahead in its mission to stop Brexit in 2019. The campaign expects two Conservative MPs, including a current minister, to join next month. One of the campaign’s leading groups has set up a unit for creating ads targeted at constituencies. The unit […]

Red-hot Stamkos notches hat trick to push past 700 career points

Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning are piling up points. Stamkos had three goals to become the first player from the 2008 draft to reach 700 points, and the NHL-leading Lightning won their seventh consecutive game by beating the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night. ​"Stammer is finding his groove," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. Stamkos scored power-play […]