NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried has left Manhattan federal court after his parents signed a $250 million personal recognizance bond. He wore an electronic monitoring bracelet as he rushed to a car Thursday to head with his parents to their California home to await trial. Bankman-Fried is accused of swindling investors and … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – If tamales are part of your holiday celebrations, but you don’t have time to make them homemade, you may find yourself hitting up local businesses to fill your family’s bellies. KSAT looked at recent health inspections for local food businesses that sell tamales to find out what’s happening behind their kitchen doors. … Read more
Rebecca Viagran, the former City Councilwoman on the Southeast Side, is the new president and CEO of the South Texas Business Partnership, formerly known as the South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Viagran succeeds Al Arreola Jr., who resigned in October and accepted a job as president and CEO of the United Corpus Christi Chamber … Read more
Some San Antonio doctors participated in a kickback scheme with a chain of vascular clinics, a whistleblower lawsuit alleges. Phoenix-based Modern Vascular sold small interests to investing doctors and paid them dividends — or “kickbacks” — to get them to refer patients, the suit states. And last week, the Justice Department intervened in the case … Read more
Mei-Lon and Toni Jimenez, the “sisterpreneurs” behind the San Antonio-based cosmetics company Chica Beauty, recently received an unexpected early Christmas gift on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” when the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning host welcomed the siblings for an on-set interview and surprised them with a $25,000 small-business grant from Bank of America and … Read more
Like a lot of public school teachers, Phillip Sada was feeling burned out after teaching through the pandemic. The recent death of his mother also was weighing heavily on the middle school art teacher when he happened upon the 2013 documentary Sign Painters. The documentary delves into the U.S. history of this commercial art form … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The North New Braunfels Phase 1 Project on the East Side is now expected to be complete by fall 2023. Frustrated business owners along North New Braunfels Avenue say they’ve spent the last year trying to make it work while the city tries to finish the $9 million project. “Either make it … Read more