Manhattan DA's office must turn over documents related to former JPMorgan exec in bank lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein connections
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office must turn over documents related to former JPMorgan Chase executive James "Jes" Staley in response to a subpoena from the bank in ongoing federal lawsuits that allege JPMorgan enabled and benefited from longtime banking-client Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes.
2023-05-27 06:48
New York City outlaws discrimination on the basis of weight, height
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion
2023-05-27 06:21
X marks the spot: Yellen tells Congress US could run out of money to pay all its bills by June 5
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told Congress that the U.S. could default on its debt obligations by June 5 if lawmakers do not act in time to raise the federal debt ceiling
2023-05-27 06:19
Yellen pushes back forecast of potential US default date
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday extended the deadline for raising the federal debt limit, saying
2023-05-27 05:16
After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders at the height of the opioid crisis
2023-05-27 04:45
How Americans plan to travel this Memorial Day
(Corrects to add dropped word in last bullet) The upcoming Memorial Day weekend is expected to see millions
2023-05-27 02:45
Fed 'pause' on rate hikes in doubt after strong US data
By Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers got a dose of unexpectedly strong U.S. economic data
2023-05-27 00:51
Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch
A Tokyo company whose lunar lander slammed into the moon says a software issue and a last-minute switch in the touchdown location led to the crash
2023-05-26 23:20
First Republic hit with 1,000 job cuts after California bank was seized and sold to JPMorgan
About 1,000 employees of First Republic Bank are being let go about a month after it was seized by regulators and acquired by JP Morgan Chase
2023-05-26 23:16
Hugh Grant's lawsuit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid cleared for trial
A London court has rejected an attempt by the publisher of The Sun newspaper to throw out a lawsuit by actor Hugh Grant alleging that journalists and investigators it hired illegally snooped on him
2023-05-26 23:15
Stock market today: Tech leads more gains in early trading on Wall Street
Stocks rose on Wall Street, led by more gains in technology stocks as another chipmaker reported strong demand related to artificial intelligence
2023-05-26 22:24
UK's Treasury chief accepts that recession may be necessary to get inflation down
Britain’s Treasury chief says he would be prepared to see the British economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation
2023-05-26 21:47