Tag: Crime/Legal Action
Oil prices slide as traders brush off U.S. airstrikes
Oil futures fell early Monday, extending the previous week’s steep decline, as traders looked past a series of retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed militants by a [Read more about this post…]
Tesla settles California hazardous-waste lawsuit for $1.5 million
Tesla Inc. will pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed earlier this week by 25 California counties accusing the electric-vehicle maker of mishandling hazardous [Read more about this post…]
California counties sue Tesla for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste
A new lawsuit accuses Tesla Inc. of repeatedly mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities in California. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in San Joaquin County [Read more about this post…]
Big Tech faces another day of reckoning on Capitol Hill over kids’ online safety
Big Tech was in the crosshairs yet again Wednesday as a handful of executives fielded blistering questions in a Senate hearing about the impact of [Read more about this post…]
Markets seen on edge after drone attack kills U.S. troops, escalates Mideast crisis
A drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in northern Jordan, blamed by the White House on Iran-backed militants, marks a major escalation of [Read more about this post…]
GM’s Cruise autonomous-car unit discloses DOJ, SEC probes into pedestrian crash
Autonomous-vehicle company Cruise confirmed Thursday that the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are among agencies that have opened investigations into an [Read more about this post…]
Australia sanctions Russian man for role in Medibank cyberattack
Australia has sanctioned a Russian individual for his role in a cyberattack on health insurer Medibank MPL, -2.61%, the first time that Australia’s cyber sanctions [Read more about this post…]
Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy following crash of its stablecoins in 2022
Terraform Labs filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, following the collapse of its TerraUSD and Luna crypto coins in 2022. In a statement, Singapore-based [Read more about this post…]
Russian hacking group accessed Microsoft executive emails, company says
Microsoft Corp. said Friday a Russian hacking group illegally gained access to some of its top executives’ email accounts. In a regulatory filing, the software giant [Read more about this post…]
Spirit Airlines’ odds look shaky after judge blocks JetBlue merger, Fitch says
With more observers bracing for a future where JetBlue Airways Corp. and Spirit Airlines Inc. have to go it alone, Fitch analysts on Wednesday became [Read more about this post…]
