Economic news from the New York Times – August 23 – 08/23/2024 at 07:43

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– The US Department of Justice has opened a wide-ranging criminal investigation into Americans who worked with Russian state television networks, in an aggressive effort to combat Kremlin influence operations at home in the run-up to an election. the president in November.

– Almost all freight rail traffic in Canada was paralyzed on Thursday after the closure of the country’s two main railway companies, the Canadian National Railway Company

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and Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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the federal government asked an industrial tribunal to end the shutdown and ordered arbitration.

– The US Department of Justice plans to file an antitrust complaint against real estate software company RealPage on Friday, alleging that its software allowed landlords to band together to raise rents .

– Michelle Bond, a former digital currency industry lobbyist, was charged with campaign finance fraud by federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday, the latest criminal charge stemming from the collapse of the crypto exchange -FTX currencies.

– Robert Kennedy Jr. has filed papers to withdraw from the presidential race in Arizona, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Secretary of State’s office said Thursday night.