By Julie CHABANAS WASHINGTON, March 10, 2024 (AFP) – The popularity of remote work in the United States has emptied office buildings, a cause for worry as their value falls and owners risk losses on property loans — in turn putting pressure on smaller banks. “There will be bank failures, but this is not the big banks,” said US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday. In San Francisco, Washington and even New York, offices […]
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SC allows P5-million civil suit vs Trillanes over “Hacienda Binay dummy” remark vs businessman
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes’ bid for the dismissal of a P5-million civil suit filed against him by a businessman he had called a “dummy” owner of what he called the “Hacienda Binay” estate in Batangas. In denying Trillanes’ petition for certiorari, the High Court’s first division effectively affirmed the orders of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 101 Judge Evangeline Castillo-Marigomen that allowed businessman Antonio Tiu to file the suit against Trillanes, who […]
Tennis: Devastated Venus sobs over fatal car crash
by Steven Griffiths Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom — Venus Williams broke down in tears during a Wimbledon press conference on Monday when she was asked about her involvement in a fatal car crash. Williams is being sued by the estate of an elderly Florida man who died last month after his vehicle was hit by a car driven by the American star. The 37-year-old is accused of running a red light, inattentive driving […]





