The US government has filed a $100m (£75.6m) lawsuit against the owner and operator of a cargo ship that crashed into and destroyed a Baltimore bridge. Justice Department officials said the companies, Synergy and Grace Ocean, were “well aware” of the issues with the Dali before it lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott … Read more
EPA Train drivers have accepted a pay deal that will see the end of more than two years of strike action in England, Scotland and Wales. Aslef union members accepted an offer which included a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022-23, a 4.75% rise for 23-24, and a 4.5% increase for 24-25. The walk outs … Read more
The UK operator of TGI Fridays has gone into administration, putting 4,500 jobs at risk. A total of 87 of the chain’s restaurants have been put up for sale as owner Hostmore, a hospitality company, struggles with debt and heavy losses. It hopes to complete a sale by the end of September, which would keep … Read more
Getty Images Boeing is suspending the jobs of tens of thousands of staff in the US in response to a strike that has shut down production of some of its airplanes. The aerospace giant said US-based executives, managers and staff would be asked to take one week of furlough every four weeks as long as … Read more
A hotel operator based in India is buying a classic piece of Americana — budget motel chain Motel 6. Oravel Stays, the parent company of global travel technology company Oyo, will pay current owner Blackstone $525 million for franchisor G6 Hospitality and its Motel 6 and Studio 6 extended-stay brands, the New York-based investment firm … Read more
The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. In a lawsuit filed this week at a Texas court, Cards Against Humanity alleges SpaceX has essentially treated the game company’s property — located in … Read more
Brian Moynihan has his hands full running Bank of America, the nation’s second largest lender, which is why he raised some eyebrows in July when he took on the volunteer position as chancellor of the Corporation of Brown University, the governing body of his alma mater. Those eyebrows got even wider when Brown took idiotic wokeness … Read more
MILAN — Celebrities swarmed Milan Fashion Week on the last big day of runway shows on Saturday, sending crowds of adoring fans from venue to venue. Madonna sat in a front-row seat at Dolce & Gabbana, along with Naomi Campbell and Victoria De Angelis of Maneskin. Her bandmate, Maneskin frontman Damiano David, showed up at … Read more
GULFPORT, Miss. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway used for flood control. U.S. District Court Judge Louis Guirola Jr. ruled Wednesday that local governments and business groups that … Read more
LONDON — Four Greenpeace activists arrested for scaling the country estate of former U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and draping it in black fabric to protest his plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have been cleared of criminal charges. Judge Adrian Lower in York Magistrates’ Court threw out the charges … Read more