2024-12-16

Why it’s getting harder to get a free first-class flight upgrade

Passengers deplane through the business class seating area on an American Airlines flight, London Heathrow Airport, Aug. 14, 2018. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Cheap seats aren’t enough for airline passengers anymore. Since the pandemic, travelers have shown airlines that they’re willing to pay up to sit at the relatively spacious front of the cabin….

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2024-10-11

TD Bank pleads guilty, will pay $3 billion in fines

A TD bank stands in Brooklyn on June 04, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple criminal charges and agreed to pay a whopping $3 billion in fines and other penalties to the Department of Justice and financial regulators for failing to monitor money laundering by drug traffickers and…

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2024-09-21

Largest port on East Coast begins preparations for a strike

Port of New York/New Jersey executives tell CNBC they have begun preparations for a potential complete work stoppage by the International Longshoremen’s Association, the largest North American union for maritime workers. The ILA represents more than 85,000 longshoremen and a strike would shut down five of the 10 busiest ports in North America, and a total of 36 ports…

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