April 25, 2024
Finance

Boeing’s financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company

Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calhoun said the company is in “a

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Finance

Skadden hires Linklaters London finance partner

The US legal giant has recruited financial regulation partner Sebastian Barling from the Magic Circle law firm, according to people familiar with the situation. Barling spent nearly 13 years at Linklaters and was promoted to partner in 2018. He previously spent four years at Reed Smith. Linklaters has been hit by a string of partner exits

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Crypto

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. Though he described Bankman-Fried as “extremely smart,” U.S. District Judge

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