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Boeing's defense and space chief is out, as company tries to fix troubled contracts

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing Co on Friday replaced the head of its defense and space business, which has been plagued by loss-making government contracts and embarrassing setbacks over its Starliner space capsule. Theodore “Ted” Colbert III has been removed from his role as president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, effective immediately, […]

Two Adams allies being eyed by feds for potentially influencing city contracts, taking kickbacks

The federal government is monitoring two top aides to Mayor Eric Adams for allegedly influencing city contracts and accepting bribes, according to information obtained by The Washington Post, a damning new lead in a wide-ranging investigation into corruption and patronage, law enforcement sources said. Federal authorities are investigating whether Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil […]

TUC warns Keir Starmer: do not water down ban on zero-hours contracts | Zero-hours contracts

Chancellor Keir Starmer has been warned against succumbing to pressure to weaken the ban on exploitative zero-hours contracts after new evidence showed they are causing financial harm to millions of people in precarious work. The bosses told the Prime Minister,Actual damage“If the government's proposals for the biggest reform of workers' rights in a generation are […]

Smartmatic Head Charged with Bribing Election Officials to Get Contracts in Philippines

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida on Thursday indicted Roger Piñate, founder and president of voting-machine maker Smartmatic, on charges of participating in a bribery and money laundering scheme connected to the 2016 Philippine elections. In addition to Piñate, a federal grand jury in Florida indicted two other “executives of voting […]

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis Orders Halt to Contracts with News Censorship Groups Like NewsGuard

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has ordered the state’s Department of Financial Services to stop contracting with entities involved in news censorship and blacklisting activities, including media censorship agency NewsGuard. “Florida rejects censorship! Today I banned @FLDFS from working with censorship and blacklisting groups like NewsGuard. These groups issue ‘credibility ratings’ to news sources […]