All posts tagged "American Express"

Buried in a U.S. House report that alleges Rep. George Santos (R-NY) misused campaign funds on Botox treatments, Sephora products and OnlyFans, and personally benefited from all sorts of self-enriching misdeeds, House investigators also revealed that the freshman lawmaker failed to file an annual congressional financial disclosure report.

That last bit might sound a little … technical.

But members of Congress who don’t publicly disclose their personal finances in a timely manner are in violation of rules outlined by the House and Senate ethics committees as well as federal law: the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. These laws are designed to safeguard against the very kinds of financial malfeasance for which Santos is accused. ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell warned that his company was in danger of "collapsing" after American Express reduced his line of credit from $1 million to $100,000.

During a Thursday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Lindell explained how his company had spiraled downward after retailers stopped selling his merchandise and Fox News made a "dirty deal" to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. Lindell is also facing a lawsuit from the voting machine company.

"When that happened, I had vendors get very nervous, and banks get very nervous about my bills," he recalled. "They're calling me up. I said, no, that doesn't even go into court 'til next year." ...

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Longstreth

American Express has teamed up with Twitter to allow users to synchronize their credit cards with the micro-blogging site and take advantage of store discounts with a simple tweet.

Christmas may be over, but US shoppers will fill stores this week to use their new gift cards, look for post-holiday bargains -- and to exchange some unwanted presents, industry trackers say.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least a dozen U.S.-listed companies have been told by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose business activity in and with Syria, Iran and others deemed "state sponsors" of terror by the state department, the Financial Times said on Sunday.