• Today’s top business headlines: Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing, Apple’s $490 million settlement, and a conversation with Delta’s CEO

    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...

  • Today’s top business headlines: Boeing turbulence, Microsoft’s AI deal, DJT, Baltimore’s bridge collapse

    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...

  • Selling Sunset’s Chelsea and Jeff Lazkani’s Relationship Timeline

    Selling Sunset star Chelsea Lazkani and Jeff Lazkani’s love story began on Tinder. “We spoke about 15 times before getting together,” she told the Daily Mail in November 2022, confessing that Jess was her first date from the app after moving to Los Angeles. “I don’t want to waste my time and give my energy to somebody if I don’t think it will be worth it. I felt like I knew him before we even met and the connection was immediate.” Chelsea and Jeff exchanged vows in August 2017 in Newport...

  • U.S. Small Business Administration offers loans to business impacted by wildfire

    Officials with the U.S. Small Business Administration released information regarding Texas Declaration #20223 and #20224 after the Smokehouse Creek fire.

  • St Patrick’s Day: An expert’s guide to a perfect pint of Guinness

    The best way to pour a pint of Guinness has divided drinkers for aeons. Notoriously difficult to get right, the right way to serve the black stuff comes down to the right angle, patience, and the perfect dome. As St Patrick's Day celebrations kick off, we visited bar manager Andy at The Guinea in London's Mayfair - where they sold 2,000 pints of Guinness on 17 March last year - who told us the secrets to a good pour and the history of the widely-celebrated cultural holiday.

  • Annual Small Business Awards shine a light on northwest PA’s local businesses

    One organization is shining a spotlight on outstanding visionary leaders and dedicated teams. Gannon University's Small Business Development Center hosted the 2024 Small Business Awards on Wednesday. Those in the community were able to nominate owners and entrepreneurs who showcase sustainability in a unique way. Six awards were given to businesses in Erie, Warren, Crawford []

  • U.S. business leaders meet with China’s president as Beijing seeks closer ties

    NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing, where a number of U.S. business leaders, including the CEOs of Blackstone, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, Chubb and FedEx, met with the Chinese president

  • Today’s top business headlines: Biden’s stance on TikTok, DTC store closures continue, Sanders proposes 4-day workweek

    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...

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    Housing minister mocks Doug Ford’s concerns with fourplexes. Here’s what happened at Ontario’s Queen’s Park this week

    Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...

  • The Guide #130: Shōgun’s TV mastery

    In this week’s newsletter: A beautiful, blood-splattered adaptation of James Clavell’s historical novel is just the kind of weighty drama we’ve been waiting for• Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article hereIt’s been a little quiet for TV so far in 2024, hasn’t it? Sure, One Day was a treat, Mr Bates v the Post Office was significant to say the least and The Traitors was nothing short of an event – and, yes, there’s also been Mary & George, Mr & Mrs Smith,...

  • Derry’s St Mary’s is Ireland’s Choir of the Year!

    The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...

  • Ollie Watkins told he’s playing his way out of being Harry Kane’s England back-up and it’s Ivan Toney’s time to shine

    Ollie Watkins’ chances of booking a plane ticket for Euro 2024 could be ended on Tuesday night. That’s according to Arsenal great Perry Groves, who expects Ivan Toney to play and shine agains