Bank CEOs handed pay raises while junior bankers face stingy bonuses
Bank executives will enjoy pay increases in 2023, while rank-and-file employees were given an extra year of stingy bonuses, according to this week’s earnings report. Nowhere was this more evident than at Standard Chartered, whose chief executive Bill Winters reported a 22% rise in his pay. bloombergHe said, citing the London-based bank’s 2023 earnings report […]
Kevin O’Leary: ‘Rogue judge’ handed down Trump fraud verdict
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary on Wednesday slammed former President Trump’s $355 million corporate fraud verdict in New York, predicting it would soon be thrown out by an appeals court. Mr. O’Leary said the decision was the result of a “rogue judge” who went far beyond the norms of the law, putting New York business […]
Woman who handed over British girl, 3, for FGM in Kenya given seven years | Female genital mutilation (FGM)
A woman who was found guilty of handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Amina Noor, 40, was found guilty last year of helping a Kenyan woman undergo surgery abroad in 2006. The conviction marks the first conviction […]
Thailand’s former PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat handed suspended sentence in latest legal blow | Thailand
A Thai court has handed down suspended sentences to former prime ministerial candidate Pita Rimjaroenrat and seven other politicians for holding an illegal assembly in 2019. The case comes after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled last week that the party had undermined the monarchy and national security in its campaign to change the law that […]