Month: February 2022

Oil Surges Above $100 After Putin Orders Military Action Against Ukraine

Click here for live updates Oil prices surged above the $100 per barrel mark on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of military action against Ukraine. U.S. crude futures were up by 5.46 percent and trading at $97.56 per barrel as of 10:27 a.m. GMT, while Brent crude futures were up 6.47 percent at $103.32, the first…


8 Dead, 14 Wounded as Russia Launches Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine: Officials

Click here for live updates Moscow-led attacks on military units in Ukraine killed at least eight people and wounded 14 others, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday. Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday, explosions were reported across the country, including in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv,…


Russia’s Gazpromtrans Stops Accepting Orders for LPG Shipments to Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, the oil freight rail line Gazpromtrans, a subsidiary of the Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom, said that it had stopped taking orders for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Ukraine on Feb. 18 onward due to rising political tensions between the two countries. Gazpromtrans told its clients…


Florida Senate Approves DeSantis’ Pick Dr. Joseph Ladapo for Surgeon General

Dr. Joseph Ladapo was confirmed by the Florida Senate on Wednesday as the state’s next Surgeon General. The Senate voted 24-15 in favor of Ladapo after roughly 40 minutes of debate, making him the state’s 6th Surgeon General, despite opposition from Democrats over his views on COVID-19 mandates. Ladapo, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, was appointed by DeSantis…


Dodgers Fan Says He Was Partially Blinded by LAPD Projectile at World Series Celebration

Kevin Rector Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Dodgers fan alleged in a lawsuit this week that he suffered permanent eye damage when an LAPD officer fired a projectile at him during an unruly World Series celebration. Isaac Castellanos, who at the time was a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, said…


Dodgers Fan Says He Was Partially Blinded by LAPD Projectile at World Series Celebration Images

Kevin Rector Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Dodgers fan alleged in a lawsuit this week that he suffered permanent eye damage when an LAPD officer fired a projectile at him during an unruly World Series celebration. Isaac Castellanos, who at the time was a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, said…


Husband of Cinematographer Killed on ‘Rust’ Movie Blames Alec Baldwin, Safety Violations for Wife’s Death

By Anousha Sakoui From Los Angeles Times Matthew Hutchins, husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins—who was killed during filming of the movie “Rust—expressed outrage over actor Alec Baldwin’s response to the shooting. In a preview of an interview that will air Thursday morning on NBC’s “Today” show, Hutchins blamed the actor as well as a lack…


Ford CEO: No Plan to Spin Off EV Business, but Change Coming

DETROIT—The CEO of Ford Motor Co. says the automaker has no plans to spin off its electric vehicle or internal combustion businesses, but is reinventing itself by removing costs and ramping up for large-scale EV and software sales. Ford CEO Jim Farley told the Wolfe Research virtual global auto technology conference Wednesday that the company…


Washington’s Policy Failure in Ukraine

Commentary The Biden administration seems to have thought it could scare the Russians away from Ukraine, so refused, on principle, to negotiate. The Russians were not scared off, and we and our allies (not to mention the Ukrainians) are without much of a policy. In fact, the Biden administration has failed to execute both a…


iHeartMedia Clocks 13.5 Percent Revenue Growth in Q4

iHeartMedia Inc reported fourth-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 13.5 percent year-on-year to $1.06 billion, beating the consensus of $1.04 billion. The Q4 revenue was up 25 percent Y/Y, excluding the impact of Political. Digital Audio Group revenue grew 58.7 percent Y/Y to $273.2 million. Podcast revenue rose 130 percent Y/Y to $96.6 million. Digital revenue excluding Podcast…