In the wake of the video recording of him smoking crack cocaine again, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford yesterday released a statement saying that he is filing a leave of absence and will seek professional help, Bloomberg reported.
A copy of a letter from the US Justice Department that Bloomberg News was able to retrieve indicated that the federal agency has ended its probe on Chesapeake Energy Corp and Encana Corp from claims that both engaged in attempting to monopolize shale drilling auctions.
Billionaire Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp was able to secure a court order that would block the Russian rocket engine purchases of a Boeing Co-Lockheed Martin Corp venture.
According to former prosecutors, it is unlikely that New Jersey US Attorney Paul Fishman, whose office is conducting a probe on finding out who ordered the closure of the access lanes at the George Washington Bridge, will offer immunity to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's former loyalists to reveal the truth behind the scandal, Bloomberg said.
