Finance

Scotland’s finance minister has resigned after he reportedly sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy on social media February 6, 2020, 10:08 AM 1 min read LONDON — Scotland’s finance minister has resigned, hours before he was due to deliver his annual budget, after he reportedly sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy […]

Flights have resumed at an Istanbul airport after a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, killing three people and injuring 180 others By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press February 6, 2020, 8:17 AM 2 min read ISTANBUL — Flights resumed Thursday at an Istanbul airport after a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, killing three people

NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff is dying of kidney failure and seeking early “compassionate release” from his 150-year prison sentence for masterminding what prosecutors have called the largest Ponzi scheme ever, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Madoff, 81, suffers from terminal kidney failure and has less than 18 months to

Payment service Venmo has joined YouTube and Twitter in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer February 5, 2020, 11:08 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Payment service Venmo joined YouTube and Twitter on Wednesday in demanding that a

United Airlines is buying a flight academy to help meet its need for more pilots in the future By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer February 5, 2020, 11:38 PM 2 min read United Airlines said Wednesday it is buying a flight academy to help produce a new supply of trained pilots, an unusual approach to

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is asking a California court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by his girlfriend’s brother, Michael Sanchez By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer February 5, 2020, 7:28 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is asking a California court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed

Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff says he has less than 18 months to live and has asked a federal judge to grant him a compassionate release from his 150-year prison sentence By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press February 6, 2020, 12:07 AM 3 min read NEW YORK — Epic Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff asked a federal judge

NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak has exposed a seeming disconnect between the financial markets and science. Health experts don’t know how far the virus from China will spread and how bad the crisis will get, yet stocks are rallying as if investors are expecting no more than a modest hit to the global economy.

Drugmaker Merck beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter profit expectations, but investors weren’t as happy with the biggest move Merck’s made in years: deciding to spin off its women’s health division and other operations with $6.5 billion in annual revenues. The maker of cancer blockbuster Keytruda announced the plan along with its quarterly results, saying the two

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says Facebook has agreed to shutter the public page of a group the administration has identified as anti-Semitic February 5, 2020, 6:04 PM 2 min read TRENTON, N.J. — Facebook has agreed to shutter the public page of a group the administration has identified as anti-Semitic, New Jersey Gov. Phil