Cleer’s new Bluetooth speaker is almost half the price of JBL’s Flip 6 – and it has a mic

Cleer Audio has just released a brand new portable Bluetooth speaker it’s calling Scene – and considering the price, it’s about to cause one.  Will it debut as one of the best Bluetooth speakers of 2022? Well, Cleer isn’t backward about coming forward with it, telling us it sets a new standard in the category…

Sam Bankman-Fried urges crypto investors to put their money in exchanges that don’t do business like FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin during The New York Times DealBook Summit in New York City on November 30, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried said that crypto investors should look for “all the things I wish FTX had been able to supply” when depositing their funds. He called on exchanges to…

A dyslexic worker who was unfairly dismissed for making spelling mistakes has been awarded almost $65,000

Rita Jandu felt she was “singled out” by Marks & Spencer due to her dyslexia. Leon Neal/Getty Images Rita Jandu, who is dyslexic, lost her job for issues including concerns about errors in her emails.  She claimed disability discrimination and unfair dismissal against UK retailer Marks & Spencer. An employment tribunal awarded Jandu £53,855 after…

Sam Bankman-Fried took plenty of blame for FTX’s downfall, but denied fraudulent behavior

Hello! Dan DeFrancesco checking in on this brisk NYC morning. Today we’ve got stories on more layoffs in crypto, a secret 9/11 memo, and the people best positioned to be Bob Iger’s top deputies at Disney.  And while I’ve got you here, it’s time to start thinking about gifts with the holidays season in full swing….

Airbnb is launching a service to help renters find apartments they can let for short stays

Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and chief strategy officer of U.S. home-rental service giant Airbnb Inc., explains the company’s strategy in Japan at a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2018. Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images Airbnb is launching a program that will showcase “Airbnb-friendly apartment buildings” to rent. It will allow prospective renters to…

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman says the S&P 500 won’t hit a new high for a long time – and predicts a US recession and stubborn inflation

Leon Cooperman. Reuters/ Rick Wilking Leon Cooperman expects the S&P 500 to eke out mediocre returns for the rest of this decade. The billionaire investor predicts a US recession and stubbornly high inflation. Cooperman trashed crypto, saying he was happy the government never endorsed it. US stocks will suffer a hangover for years, and the…

American and British Airways are joining forces at New York’s biggest airport to streamline their partnership — see inside the new Terminal 8

Taylor Rains/Insider American Airlines and British Airways will become “roommates” at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Starting Thursday, both carriers will operate out of a renovated Terminal 8 to allow for easier connections. The Oneworld partners have invested $400 million into the facility to build a new check-in area, gates, and lounges. American…

Spain rocked by wave of letter bombs, with the country’s prime minister among those targeted

Police officers near the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. AP Photo/Paul White Spain’s prime minister was targeted by a letter bomb, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The envelope and its contents were similar to those used in four other incidents, it said. One bomb exploded at the Ukrainian embassy…

Sam Bankman-Fried said that if he’d spent ‘an hour a day’ thinking about risk management FTX might not have collapsed

Jabin Botsford/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried said FTX might not have collapsed if he’d spent “an hour a day” assessing risks. “I wasn’t spending any time or effort trying to manage risk on FTX,” the crypto mogul told ABC News. Its new CEO has slammed the previous leadership’s “complete failure of corporate controls.” Sam Bankman-Fried said…