Boeing stock slides after FAA grounds 737 Max 9s
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max-9 aircraft grounded at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Boeing tumbled roughly 8% in premarket trading Monday, as investors digested the news that the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered airlines to ground dozens […]
My late father’s ex-wife, his fiancée and my two half-siblings are hiding details about his estate. What can I do?
My father recently passed away at 75, without a will. At the time, he was divorced from his fifth wife and had a fiancée. He left behind three children: Me, the oldest at 57, from his first marriage, and a son and daughter, 29 and 32, from his fifth marriage. He was quite well off, […]
Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet after section blows out midair
An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alaska Airlines will temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a section of the plane blew out midflight on Friday, forcing […]
This peanut butter, banana and bacon-flavored whiskey honors Elvis Presley.
The bottle Elvis Whiskey’s Midnight Snack whiskey, $34.99 The back story It’s time to toast The King on his birthday, with a one-of-a-kind whiskey crafted in his honor. If he was still with us, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, would have turned 89 this upcoming Monday. But while Elvis left the building […]
FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out
Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., on Jan. 5, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram/@strawberrvy | […]
Radio giant Audacy files for chapter 11 bankruptcy, as ad sales plunge
Radio and podcast giant Audacy Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday amid a cratering advertising market. Philadelphia-based Audacy AUDA, +5.50% announced a “comprehensive restructuring” Sunday, seeking to reduce about 80% of its $1.9 billion of debt, to roughly $350 million. “The perfect storm of sustained macroeconomic challenges over the past four years facing […]
Boeing 737 Max failure on Alaska Air flight invites renewed scrutiny
Boeing’s new 737 MAX-9 is pictured under construction at their production facility in Renton, Washington, Feb. 13, 2017. Jason Redmond | Reuters Boeing‘s plan to get back on solid footing after a series of quality flaws in its best-selling jet suffered a near-disastrous blow Friday when a plane panel blew out during an Alaska Airlines […]
Saudis cut crude prices to all regions amid oil-price weakness
Saudi Aramco on Sunday said it would cut crude prices to all regions, including its largest market in Asia — a move that comes amid weaker global oil prices and increased production by producers outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. In a notice, state producer Aramco said February prices for various grades of […]
The 2023 U.S. economy, in charts
A pedestrian holds an umbrella as they walk along a street in the rain in Times Square, New York, on Sept. 26, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images The state of the U.S. economy may be a chief concern among Americans, but 2023 wound up as a pretty good year for the macroenvironment. […]
My sister and her ex-husband promised, in their divorce decree, to repay my loan. They never did. Is this legally binding?
Twenty years ago, my sister’s husband left her. She had two small kids, and lots of debt. I was in the position to loan her money to pay off those debts. Their divorce decree mentioned that each was to pay me back half. Of course, they never did. Fast forward to now. Her current husband […]
