Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: ASGN Inc., up$ 7.20 to$ 131.26. The staffing company announced a$ 350 million stock buyback program and several leadership changes. Blackbaud Inc., down$ 1.31 to$ 78.08. The software and services provider serving the non-profit sector is buying EVERFI for$ 750 million in a cash and stock deal. Ford Motor Co., up$ 2.54 to$ 24.31. The automaker plans to nearly double the annual production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup tr

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Sam Bankman-Fried concluded his testimony and his defense case shortly before noon Tuesday.... Print Sam Bankman-Fried, during his last hours on the witness stand, struggled through a withering cross-examination focused on the last days of his FTX crypto exchange. Assistant U.S. Atty.... Danielle Sassoon drilled down on Bankman-Fried’s claims that others were to blame for the failures that led to the collapse of FTX in November 2022 and its affiliated hedge fund, Alameda Research....

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Listen 7 min Share Comment on this story Comment Entire neighborhoods leveled.... Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia’s war in Ukraine.... More than 3, 000 people have been buried, Libya’s health minister said Monday, though there is still no official death toll. Here’s what to know about the state of affairs in Libya, a country battered by war and without a central authority. Why is Libya divided between two governments?...