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Trump’s calls to dismiss Fed governors undermine independence, Citadel CEO writes in WSJ op-ed

Trump’s calls to dismiss Fed governors undermine independence, Citadel CEO writes in WSJ op-ed

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump‘s criticism of the Federal Reserve risk undermining its independence, which could boost inflation and increase borrowing costs for the government, Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin and Chicago Booth Business School professor Anil Kashyap wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece on Sunday. The United States faces two key challenges – an unsustainable fiscal path and …

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At 16, Teen Prodigy Leaves SpaceX to Join Citadel Securities

At 16, Teen Prodigy Leaves SpaceX to Join Citadel Securities

AI labs wanted him. Big Tech did too. But in the end, it was quant finance that won over teen prodigy Kairan Quazi. The 16-year-old, who garnered worldwide attention in 2023 for graduating from college and landing a job as a SpaceX engineer at age 14, starts this week as a quant developer at systematic trading giant Citadel Securities in …

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