by Michael Washburn | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
NEW YORK—The civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump ground onward Wednesday as defense witness Rosemary Vrablic, a former managing director of Deutsche Bank, explained how, under direct orders from her superiors, she actively sought to expand the global...
by Michael Washburn | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
The U.S. real estate market is in an uproar following an Oct. 31 verdict in a Missouri federal court finding that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and several brokerages conspired to artificially inflate commissions paid to real estate agents. They were...
by Michael Washburn | Nov 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
After Texas weathered its second-hottest summer on record and faced unprecedented demands on its power grid, the future of energy supply and use in the state—and the country—has become the subject of national discussion.Air conditioners were in constant use in Texas...
by Michael Washburn | Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Now that a Manhattan jury has taken just four hours to find Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, guilty of an array of felony charges, the question remains of what penalty the former crypto entrepreneur should receive at his...
by Michael Washburn | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
News Analysis The media and public should brace themselves for the most heated phase of the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump when courtroom proceedings resume on Nov. 13—if past interactions among the defense, the judge, and government lawyers are...
