Trading disrupted as outage hits banks and brokers – Financial Times
Stay up to date with free updates Just sign up Financial Services myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Global banks, brokerages and financial technology companies including JPMorgan Chase, UBS and Bloomberg were affected by a global IT outage on Friday, leaving some traders unable to access systems to process trades. JPMorgan’s trade execution […]
Ohio Woman Convicted After Falsely Calling 911 Nearly 400 Times, Resulting In One Death
An Ohio woman has been convicted of making nearly 400 false 911 calls, including one that resulted in a death, Law & Crime reported. Keisha S. Kennedy was convicted of multiple felonies for making hundreds of false 911 calls, which overwhelmed local emergency services with tragic results. according to Reported to Law&Crime : Authorities said […]
HSBC promotes Georges Elhedery to chief executive – Financial Times
Get your free copy of Editor’s Digest FT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. HSBC has appointed Georges ElHedery as chief executive officer, entrusting an insider with the difficult task of running the bank amid rising tensions between the West and China. HSBC said on Wednesday that El Hedery, who […]
‘It’s Insulting, Actually’: Black Voters Tell New York Times They’re Sick Of Left-Wing ‘Pandering’
The New York Times held a focus group with 11 black men who told the paper they were sick of Democratic Party “pandering” and all expressed the likelihood they’d vote for Trump in November. One man, who the Times identified as Jeremy, a 34-year-old microbiologist from Georgia, told the paper the Democrats believed “that every […]
The 152nd Open Championship: How to watch, preview, tee times, more
American golf fans are in for another week of “Breakfast Golf” as the 152nd British Open Championship gets underway at Royal Troon Golf Club. This week players from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will be teeing up. This year’s Open will see 158 players from around the world take part, and Royal Troon […]
5 times JD Vance sparred with the media
Former President Donald Trump on Monday picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his 2024 running mate, putting the fiery first-term senator on his shortlist for the GOP presidential nomination as the party seeks to retake the White House this fall. As CNN covered Trump’s announcement of Vance’s selection, anchor Caitlin Collins asked the former president’s […]
NY Times photojournalist Doug Mills recalls capturing ‘1 in a million’ image of bullet whizzing by Trump at Pa. rally
The photographer who took the “one in a million” image of a bullet grazing the side of Donald Trump’s head was using a camera shooting 30 frames per second when gunfire erupted at the former president’s rally in Pennsylvania. New York Times photojournalist Doug Mills said Monday he didn’t realize he’d taken a historic photograph […]
NY Times defends printing scathing editorial after assassination attempt
New York Times editorial editor Kathleen Kingsbury defended the paper against intense criticism over the timing of a Sunday editorial declaring former President Donald Trump “unfit to lead” just hours after the assassination attempt on him. Kingsbury argued in his essay: Condemning political violence The scathing editorial was printed before Saturday’s assassination attempt on the […]
Biden finally grants RFK Jr. Secret Service protection — after denying him five times
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. finally Receive Secret Service protection. Two days after a lone gunman nearly assassinated Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that Kennedy would receive Secret Service protection. “I’m grateful to President Biden for giving me Secret Service protection.” “In light of the events of […]
New York Times Convenes Focus Group of Black Men Who Back Trump
a The New York Times A focus group of 11 black men who support former President Donald Trump said they had deep respect for the Republican front-runner and his record, and disputed Democrats’ claims that he is a “racist.” of Focus Groups This is part of a series aimed at revealing what both Republicans and […]