Boeing CEO Gave Up $2.8 Million Bonus Over Mid-Air Door Blowout

Boeing CEO Gave Up .8 Million Bonus Over Mid-Air Door Blowout

Boeing announced that David Calhoun would step down as CEO at the end of the year New York: Boeing’s CEO received $33 million in compensation for 2023 but declined a potential $2.8 million bonus following the near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident in January, the company said Friday in a securities filing. David Calhoun, who is set … Read more

Peru’s embattled president dismisses ‘Rolexgate’ investigation as a ‘smoke-screen’ | Peru

Peru’s embattled president dismisses ‘Rolexgate’ investigation as a ‘smoke-screen’ | Peru

Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has dismissed an investigation into her use of luxury watches as a “smoke-screen”, denying wrongdoing and saying that the items had been loaned to her, though she admitted to journalists that it was a “mistake” to have accepted them. Earlier on Friday she faced closed-door questioning by prosecutors which lasted nearly … Read more

NSW weather: significant flooding threat remains for parts of Sydney despite heavy rain easing | Australia weather

NSW weather: significant flooding threat remains for parts of Sydney despite heavy rain easing | Australia weather

Sydney may have woken up to blue skies on Saturday, but flood levels were continuing to rise across parts of New South Wales with evacuation orders issued after an overnight deluge broke rainfall records. Suburbs on the city fringes were facing the threat of significant flooding after copping more than a month’s worth of rain … Read more

Jim Cramer recommends five small-cap health-care stocks

Jim Cramer recommends five small-cap health-care stocks

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he thinks it could be a good year for small-cap stocks, and shared his top five lesser-known companies in the health-care sector. “I think 2024 could ultimately be the year that small-cap stocks get their mojo back,” he said. “This is a group that went out of style when interest rates … Read more

Qantas responds to disgruntled customer who slammed airline over handling of lost AirPods

Qantas responds to disgruntled customer who slammed airline over handling of lost AirPods

Qantas has responded to a disgruntled customer who slammed the airline over its handling of his lost AirPods. David lost his AirPods earlier this year, when he was transferring to the international terminal at Sydney Airport. “(The AirPods) must have slipped out of my pocket when I sat down at the transfer section in T3,” … Read more

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles New York City, northeast US

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles New York City, northeast US

An earthquake has shaken the densely populated New York City metropolitan area, the US Geological Survey says, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the northeast of the country. The agency reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7, centred near Lebanon, New Jersey, or about 70km west of New York City and 80km … Read more