Three years on, most of the largest US companies are sharing data on the race and gender makeup of their workforce — information that many of them previously only gave privately to the federal government. Despite the recent debate over the future of diversity efforts in American workplaces, experts expect the recent trend for openness to continue.

Sam Bankman Fried stands accused of utilising customer funds to support his own high-risk investments at Alameda Research, a hedge fund he established in 2017. The most recent witness to testify is Gary Wang, FTX's co-founder, who is providing testimony as part of a plea agreement. Wang has revealed in federal court that he engaged in financial misconduct alongside Bankman Fried while at FTX.

U.S. nationwide crude stocks fell by 2.2 million barrels to 414.1 million barrels in the week to September 29, but stocks at Cushing, Oklahoma rose for the first time in eight weeks, according to the EIA.

The sanctions are financial penalties meant to block access to funds held in the U.S. and to prevent the people and entities from doing business with American people and firms.