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Silicon Valley Bank vice president sentenced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

(KRON) -- A former Silicon Valley Bank vice president will spend 15 months in prison for falsifying documents, according to U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp.Mounir Gad of Los Gatos was convicted on Wednesday for his part in a securities fraud violation in connection with an insider trading scheme.  Fire causes heavy smoke near Port of Oakland On Jan. 13, 2022, a federal grand jury indicted Gad, charging him with three counts of tampering with documents, three counts of tampering, six counts of identity theft and one count of criminal contempt, according to the United States Attorney's Office. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to all charges without a plea agreement. In addition to the prison term, Gad will spend 36 months under supervised release, pay a $10,000 fine along with a $1,300 special assessment.

Derrame químico en la I-270 ocasiona retrasos en el tráfico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Todos los carriles hacia el sur de la I-270 se cerraron cerca de Bethesda el jueves por la mañana y al menos dos personas fueron revisadas en busca de lesiones debido a de que un camión que transportaba pesticidas se volcó, según las autoridades.El incidente ocurrió entre la división y Democracy Boulevard, dijeron los bomberos del condado Montgomery.“Espere retrasos significativos”, anticipó la Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias y Seguridad Nacional del Condado de Montgomery (OEMHS, en inglés).Varios vehículos estuvieron involucrados y al menos dos personas fueron evaluadas por lesiones, añadieron las autoridades.Todos los carriles hacia el sur se cerraron a partir de las 8:20 a.m.Quédate con Telemundo 44 para obtener más información sobre esta historia en desarrollo.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source

Brookfield Corp.: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — Brookfield Corporation (BN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $81 million.On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had profit of 3 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 75 cents per share.The asset management company posted revenue of $23.67 billion in the period.Brookfield Corp. shares have risen roughly 5% since the beginning of the year. The stock has fallen 34% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BNSource

Las tres propuestas clave de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta para buscar la presidencia de Argentina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

(CNN Español) — Horacio Rodríguez Larreta arrancó su carrera preelectoral tras el cierre de listas del 24 de junio hacia las primarias presidenciales. ¿Cuáles son sus propuestas para quedarse con el votante de JxC de cara a las elecciones presidenciales de octubre?Larreta, considerado por muchos como la carta moderada de Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) ―la coalición opositora de mayor peso en Argentina―, arrancó su carrera preelectoral tras el cierre de listas del 24 de junio hacia las primarias presidenciales.“Terminar con el kirchnerismo para siempre” es su bandera más clara, la insignia fundamental de su espacio político, y así lo destacó en un acto que encabezó la semana pasada en la provincia de Corrientes, acompañado por su precandidato a vicepresidente, Gerardo Morales.Elecciones Argentina 2023: así quedaron las alianzas que buscarán la presidenciaPero más allá del eslogan, Larreta busca diferenciarse de su principal competidora interna, Patricia Bullrich, la precandidata qu...

Circor: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Circor International Inc. (CIR) on Thursday reported a loss of $8.6 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Burlington, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 42 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 57 cents per share.The maker of valves and other engineered products posted revenue of $208.8 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CIR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CIRSource

Aston Villa midfielder Emiliano Buendia sustains serious knee injury ahead of Premier League season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa midfielder Emiliano Buendia will miss the start of the Premier League season and faces a lengthy spell out after sustaining a knee injury in training.Villa said Thursday the Argentine playmaker “has suffered a significant knee ligament injury” and will undergo a scan and further consultation with a knee specialist.The injury happened on Wednesday.Buendia has scored nine goals in 73 Premier League appearances for Villa since joining from Norwich in 2021 and has been in good form in preseason.The injury is major blow to manager Unai Emery, whose team begins the Premier League at Newcastle on Saturday and will play in the Europa Conference League this season.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Trump valet pleads not guilty in classified documents case; property manager’s arraignment postponed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s valet, Walt Nauta, appeared before a judge on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to conspiring with the former president to obstruct the investigation into his possession of classified documents at his Florida estate.But the property manager of Mar-a-Lago, Carlos De Oliveira, was again unable to enter a plea in the case because he still hasn’t secured a Florida-based attorney, which is required under local court rules.The magistrate judge also formally accepted the latest not guilty plea of Trump, who told the judge in court papers last week that he is not guilty and waived his right to appear at the hearing in person.De Oliveira and Nauta appeared in the federal court in Fort Pierce, Florida, on an updated indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith alleging they schemed with the Republican former president to try to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance video sought by investigators.Trump, Nauta and De Olivera face charges including c...

Soccer player Da’vian Kimbrough, 13, becomes youngest professional athlete in US team sports history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

(CNN) — Soccer team Sacramento Republic announced on Wednesday that it had signed 13-year-old Da’vian Kimbrough to a professional contract, making him the youngest professional athlete in US team sports history.Kimbrough signed the contract with the team in the USL Championship – the second-tier of US soccer – aged 13 years, five months and 13 days.“Da’vian’s journey with Republic FC is just beginning. He is a remarkable talent who has committed to his dream of becoming an elite player, from competing with players in older age groups, thriving at top competitions, to stepping on to the first team training grounds,” Sacramento Republic’s president and general manager Todd Dunivant said in a press release.“We are honored that the Kimbrough family and Da’vian have chosen Republic FC to support his professional pathway, and we look forward to taking the next steps together.”Kimbrough joined the team’s academy set-up in 2021 aged 11, scoring 27 goals in 31 matches as he spearheaded a tea...

Poland will deploy 10K soldiers at Belarus frontier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Poland will station up to 10,000 troops at its border with Belarus, Warsaw’s Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said Thursday. “About 10,000 soldiers will be on the border — 4,000 will directly support the Border Guard, 6,000 will be in reserve,” he said while speaking to Polish Radio 1.Błaszczak said Poland is moving the army closer to the border “to deter the aggressor, so that he does not dare to attack us.” This comes in response to what the minister called multiple “provocations” by Belarus, including the violation of Polish airspace and an increase in attempts to illegally cross the border.So far this year, there have been more than 19,000 attempts to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border, an increase on last year’s total of 16,000. The month of July saw almost 4,000 attempts, the highest number so far this year, according to the Polish Border Guard.Błaszczak said Poland is not ruling out closing the border, if these “provocations” continue. “Everything that...

Trump and one co-defendant plead not guilty to latest charges in classified docs case; another arraignment is postponed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Ft. Pierce, Florida (CNN) — Donald Trump’s body-man Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to new criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, while the arraignment for his co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira has been postponed because he still doesn’t have a Florida lawyer.De Oliveira, the property manager at Trump’s Florida resort, and Nauta appeared in federal court in Fort Pierce, Florida. They have been charged with multiple offenses related to Trump’s allegedly unlawful retention of documents after leaving office, including classified material.Trump and Nauta were first indicted in this case in June. De Oliveira was added as a co-defendant in a superseding indictment last month, along with new charges against Trump and Nauta. The former president previously waived his appearance in court and his lawyers officially entered a not guilty plea.De Oliveira is now scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, August 15. His lawyer said in court that he...