Caroline Ellison, Bankman-Fried’s colleague, said she agreed with him to hide the loans from FTX investors.Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives have received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul’s Alameda Research, the hedge fund’s former chief told a judge in the United States when she pleaded guilty to her role in the exchange’s collapse. Caroline Ellison, former chief executive of Alameda Research, said she agreed with Bankman-Fried to hide from FTX’s investors, lenders and customers that the hedge fund could borrow unlimited sums from the exchange, according to a transcript of her December 19 plea hearing…
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In a set of corresponding moves on Friday, the Edmonton Oilers activated forward Ryan McLeod (ankle) and placed defenceman Ryan Murray (back) on the injured reserve. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; McLeod has missed the last 13 games with a high ankle sprain suffered against the New York Rangers on Nov. 26. He has three goals and five assists in 21 games so far this season. He’s set to rejoin the fourth line, flanked by Dylan Holloway and Derek Ryan. Murray meanwhile has been having back issues, something he’s dealt with his entire career and hasn’t appeared in…
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has been diagnosed with a stress injury in his right foot, the team announced Friday. Davis is out indefinitely. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowskithe pain in Davis’s foot has subsided in recent days and he’s expected to be re-evaluated in 7-10 days, with the hope a procedure can be avoided. Davis — who leads the Lakers with averages of 27.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, numbers that had him in the NBA’s MVP conversation — was injured in the first half of the Lakers’ win over…
Tens of millions of Americans are enduring bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard-like conditions, power outages and cancelled holiday gatherings due to a winter storm that forecasters say is nearly unprecedented in its scope. More than 200 million people, or about 60 percent of the United States population, were under some form of winter weather advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service said. The agency’s weather map “depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever”, forecasters said in a statement. More than 4,200 flights within, into or out of the US were cancelled by midday Friday,…
A merger would create a financial data and news giant, further firming up the world’s 12th-richest man’s stronghold.Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the owner of Bloomberg LP, is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones or the Washington Post, news website Axios has reported, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Such a merger would create a financial data and news giant, further firming up the world’s 12th-richest man’s powerful hold on the business and likely allowing his company to sell more Bloomberg Terminals – the main source of its revenue. According to the Axios report, Bloomberg sees…
Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, the Bloomberg news agency has reported, citing minutes from an internal meeting of the country’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday. In all, the report which was published on Friday said about 18 percent of the country’s population – 248 million people – are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December. China is witnessing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases since it dropped its controversial zero-COVID policy following widespread protests in recent weeks. Under the zero-COVID…
The French FA has made a complaint against Emiliano Martinez following his antics in the aftermath of Argentina’s World Cup final win over France.Martinez was a key figure in Argentina’s penalty shootout win over France and has since been spotted carrying a doll with Mbappe’s face taped to it during the victory celebrations in Buenos Aires. He even called for a mock minute’s silence for Mbappe in the dressing room after the final in Qatar It has led to French FA president Noel Le Graet revealing he has written to his Argentinian counterpart Claudio Tapia, urging the Argentina FA to…
Meloni, who is in Baghdad on her first bilateral trip outside Europe, hailed Iraqi-Italian ‘cultural cooperation’.Iraq’s prime minister appeals to his visiting Italian counterpart for closer economic ties, as oil-rich Iraq continues to suffer from power cuts and decaying infrastructure. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who leads the eurozone’s third-largest economy, is on a pre-Christmas visit to Italian troops posted in Iraq – her first bilateral trip outside Europe. “We expressed our disposition to develop economic cooperation in all fields, especially agriculture, water and health,” Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said at a joint news conference on Friday. Meloni, who…
Family denies the Palestinian citizen of Israel had attempted to ram Israeli officers with a car in Kafr Qasim.Israeli police have shot dead a Palestinian citizen of Israel in the central city of Kafr Qasim in an incident that also left at least three police officers injured, authorities and medics said. Family members of the man killed on Friday were quoted by the Palestinian Arab 48 website as denying police allegations that the man had been attempting to attack the officers. Israeli police said its officers had been lured into an ambush in Kafr Qasim, a Palestinian city in Israel…
England star all-rounder Sam Curran was signed for a record £1.85m in the Indian Premier League auction, while new batting sensation Harry Brook was snapped up for just over £1.3m.The deal makes Brook the second most expensive English player to be sold at an IPL auction behind only Ben Stokes in 2017. The Yorkshire and England star, who scored 468 runs at both an average and strike rate of over 93 in the recent Test series in Pakistan, was ultimately signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad after a bidding war also involving Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.The 23-year-old has 372 runs…