By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines is “anxious” to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier’s CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday. Boeing must first win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its smaller MAX 7 before…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines is “anxious” to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier’s CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday. Boeing must first win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its smaller MAX 7 before…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rights advocates in Washington demanded that President Joe Biden publicly call out what they described as India’s deteriorating human rights record, saying the U.S. approach of raising the issue in private with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a failure. In a press briefing on Wednesday, activists and academics…
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rallied for a third straight day after hitting its highest level since mid-April, boosted by BlackRock’s plan to create a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) even as the sector faces U.S. regulatory scrutiny. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, filed last week for the exchange which would allow investors to get stakes in…
(Reuters) -Bankrupt SVB Financial Group said on Wednesday it is continuing to evaluate strategic alternatives for SVB Capital, its venture capital and credit investment arm, as well as other assets and investments. The disclosure comes days after the company agreed to sell its investment banking division, SVB Securities, to a group led by the segment’s…
By Michael Erman and Raghav Mahobe (Reuters) -A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday recommended that new vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections be available to older adults in the U.S. but stopped short of saying all of them…
(Reuters) – The $250,000-a-head expedition that vanished this week en route to the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic ocean liner is just one example of extreme tourism that is becoming more commonplace for those who can afford it. From Earth’s tallest peaks to suborbital space, here are some of the other exploits that can be…
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Law firm Fenwick & West has hired its own outside legal team as it faces scrutiny over its role advising now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, including from the company’s indicted founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Silicon Valley-founded Fenwick has turned to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as its advice becomes a focus of Bankman-Fried’s…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A former Goldman Sachs banker was convicted of insider trading by a New York jury on Wednesday, after prosecutors said he passed tips about potential mergers to a friend. At the trial that began in Manhattan on June 12, prosecutors said Brijesh Goel, a former Goldman Sachs vice president, tipped…
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Alden Bentley, Breaking News Editor for Finance & Markets, Americas. The week’s main attraction, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, came and went without rearranging the pieces on the table much. The Japanese yen…
