Новости за 11.02.2024

Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has been memorialized as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of the dream during a service in Atlanta. Dexter Scott King died Jan. 22, 2024, at the age of 62 at his home in Malibu, California, after battling prostate cancer. Saturday's memorial for Dexter King was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where his father once was pastor. Among others paying homage were his wife, Leah Weber King, brother Martin Luther King III and sister, the Rev. Читать дальше...

Jeff Bezos has filed a statement with federal regulators indicating his sale of nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2 billion. The Amazon executive chairman notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of the sale of 11,997,698 shares of common stock on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. The collective value of the shares of Amazon, based in Seattle, was more than $2.042 billion. The stocks were grouped in five blocks between over 1 million to more than 3.2 million. In a separate SEC filing... Читать дальше...

Workers have turned out hunting rifles, shotguns, carbines, revolvers and more at the Remington plant in upstate New York for about two centuries. Now locals are bracing for Remington’s exit from the village of Ilion. The nation’s oldest gun-maker is consolidating operations in Georgia and recently announced plans to shutter the Ilion factory in early March. The move will eliminate 300 local jobs. The current owners of Remington Firearms blamed “production inefficiencies” for the plant closing in a letter to union officials. Читать дальше...

The chief of one of Nigeria’s largest banks has died in a helicopter crash in Southern California. Access Bank's CEO Herbert Wigwe died along with his wife and son on Friday evening when a helicopter they were riding in went down in the Mojave Desert. Also killed was Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former chair of NGX Group, the Nigerian stock exchange. Their deaths were confirmed Saturday by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who is now the director-general of the World Trade Organization. Читать дальше...

A pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, has died. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported a family member of J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton confirming that he died Friday in Alabama. Van Eaton was known for a bluesy playing style that powered classic early-rock hits of the 1950s at Sun like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” by Lewis and “Red Hot” by Riley. Van Eaton resumed performing in the 1970s as interest in rockabilly grew. Читать дальше...