Elon Musk says random drug tests didn’t find ‘even trace quantities’ for 3 years after report claiming illegal use

Elon Musk says random drug tests didn’t find ‘even trace quantities’ for 3 years after report claiming illegal use

Elon Musk fired back after a report claimed his illegal drug use at parties worried executives and board members of his companies, saying “not even trace quantities” of drugs were found in his system during three years of random testing. “After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at NASA’s request, to do 3 years…

Boeing, Aviation Stocks Fall After Rough Start to Year for Air Travel

Boeing, Aviation Stocks Fall After Rough Start to Year for Air Travel

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 2:26 pm ET A burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024. After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting…

Barclays slashed 5,000 jobs last year in major cost-cutting drive

Barclays slashed 5,000 jobs last year in major cost-cutting drive

Barclays slashed its workforce by around 5,000 jobs in 2023 as part of a major cost-cutting drive announced last year, the bank said Monday. The majority of the cuts fell in Barclays Execution Services, the bank’s support unit, the lender said, confirming for the first time Reuters reporting from last November that the lender was eyeing thousands of…

Alaskan Airlines flight 1282: Key questions behind door plug blowout

Alaskan Airlines flight 1282: Key questions behind door plug blowout

The NTSB is carrying out a full investigation. This will involve, for example, examining the plane itself, the lost door (which has now been found in a back garden in Oregon), the contents of the flight data recorder and maintenance records, as well as interviewing flight crew, maintenance staff and employees of Boeing and Spirit…

Bill Ackman addresses wife Neri Oxman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Brad Pitt

Bill Ackman addresses wife Neri Oxman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Brad Pitt

Bill Ackman addressed his wife Neri Oxman’s reported connections to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Brad Pitt — claiming in both cases that they were thin and fleeting at best. “Neri’s lab received $150k from Epstein,” Ackman shared to X, referring to Oxman’s time working at MIT, between 2017 and 2021, when she left to…

US $34 trillion national debt is ‘boiling frog’ scenario for economy: analyst

US $34 trillion national debt is ‘boiling frog’ scenario for economy: analyst

The country’s soaring national debt — which recently surpassed a record-high $34 trillion — is akin to a “boiling frog” for the economy and Wall Street investors, a senior analyst at JPMorgan Chase warned. Michael Cembalest, who runs JPMorgan’s market and investment strategy unit in the bank’s asset management division, predicted dire consequences for the…

Hold off on filing taxes — there are two breaks that could be introduced before Tax Day

Hold off on filing taxes — there are two breaks that could be introduced before Tax Day

Taxpayers may want to delay filing their returns closer to the April 15 deadline as Congress negotiates a $100 billion bill that could offer breaks to both parents and businesses, experts said. The bipartisan group, led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), is wrangling over restoring some…

Boeing issues 737 Max 9 inspection instructions, a key step toward resuming flights

Boeing issues 737 Max 9 inspection instructions, a key step toward resuming flights

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 7, 2024. NTSB | Via Reuters Boeing has given airlines instructions on…