A new chapter in the Sam Bankman-Fried saga: On Friday, federal prosecutors asked a New York judge to sentence the founder and former head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX to between 40 and 50 years in prison. They cited claims that Bankman-Fried participated in a “historic fraud” and cost customers and investors at least $10 billion as the rationale behind the hefty jail time. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have argued that five or six years behind bars would be appropriate, maintaining that he’s not an...
Boeing leaders leaving: Boeing announced earlier this week that its CEO, Dave Calhoun, plans to step down at the end of this year. The departure comes as the aircraft manufacturer has had multiple safety-related incidents with its planes over the past few months. Other leaders leaving their positions include both the company’s board chair and its commercial airplanes division president. This is not the first time a Boeing CEO has exited during troubled times, as Calhoun’s predecessor was fired...
Dems on TikTok: Critics say President Joe Biden is hurting his own reelection campaign with a potential ban on TikTok, which he said he would sign should it pass in the Senate after getting approval from the House on Tuesday. Political strategists say TikTok has become a place for discourse among Democrats in the past few years, and its user base now has an outsize number of Democratic voters—meaning Biden’s campaign could see big gains, especially among Gen Z, from using the platform. Full...
The SDF was formed to fight Isis and is now battling to maintain stability in its territory. But it is surrounded by enemies and if it buckles the area will implode into war
Newly released internal emails show how Infrastructure Canada staff raced to clarify Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s controversial remarks on federal road funding.
In athletics, there is rarely an occupation with a higher turnover rate than a coach. Researchers from the Stanford Graduate School of Business recently found that 30 and 21 percent of NBA and NFL teams, respectively, have a coach leave in an average year. These numbers typically are higher for assistant coaches who are trying
The proposed line would focus on passenger transportation
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