Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will return to court in New York on Thursday to be sentenced for his crimes. It is certain the 32-year-old will be going to jail; what is not known is how long for. read more
The US stock market has hit a record high after a string of downbeat trading sessions. All three leading stock indexes rose on Wednesday, ending a three-day lull. The S&P 500, which tracks the performance of 500 of the largest US companies, finished up 0.9 percent on Wednesday, surpassing last week's record. The rise leaves the benchmark index up more than 10 percent so far in 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite rose 1.22 percent and 0.51 percent, respectively.
Boeing's chief executive Dave Calhoun will leave the planemaker by the end of this year, the company has said. read more
Chick-fil-A is ditching its "no antibiotics ever" promise. Citing diminishing chicken supply, Chick-fil-A will back off its pledge never to serve chicken that was fed antibiotics, and instead it will embrace a looser industry standard: "no antibiotics important to human medicine." Chick-fil-A first announced that it would abandon antibiotics in 2014. read more
Donald Trump's first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the discovery issues that led to the delay of the trial on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney related to hush money payments until at least the middle of next month.
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The AI needs work... he doesn't sound anywhere near whiney enough.