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☆ Live Updates: Hunter Biden’s Former Partners Describe the Toll of His Drug Abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

forward — rose in a Delaware courtroom to declare that the Justice Department’s sweeping immunity deal with Hunter Biden was not nearly as sweeping as the defense believed. His transfer coincided with efforts by congressional Republicans to portray Mr. Weiss — a Trump appointee held over by President Biden’s aides — as offering “a sweetheart deal” to the Bidens. In early 2023, he published a memoir covering the police trial, describing himself as “the prosecutor who took down Baltimore’s most crooked cops.”Mr. But he was passed over because it was believed he might clash with prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, they said. Ms. Monaco eventually chose another prosecutor from Maryland, Thomas P. Windom, to run the team.

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☆ Trump prosecutor Fani Willis and trial judge Scott McAfee will win their elections in Georgia, CNN projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who is prosecuting Trump, is projected to win her Democratic primary rematch with attorney and author Christian Wise Smith. And Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the former president’s case, is projected to win his nonpartisan election for Fulton County Superior Court. That has left the Trump case effectively at a standstill. Wise Smith, Willis’ primary opponent, finished third in the 2020 Democratic primary for Fulton County district attorney. Kemp could wind up being a witness in the Trump case.

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☆ Hong Kong's leader will deliver his policy address this week. Here's what to expect
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Vivian Kam | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

An aerial view of a residential district in Hong Kong. He expects domestic demand will continue to be the key driver to Hong Kong's expansion. A nurse examines new born chinese childs with their mums at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 30 April 2012 in Hong Kong. That's compared to 1.1 in Singapore and 1.7 in the U.S. To tackle the problem, local media reported the Hong Kong leader may consider giving 20,000 Hong Kong dollars ($2,556) to the family of every newborn baby in the territory, if at least one of the parents is a permanent resident. By offering attractive incentives ... Hong Kong can re-establish itself as an attractive destination for both local and international talent.

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☆ Reactions: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corp
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and News Corp (NWSA.O), ending a more than seven-decade career in which he created an empire spanning from Australia to the United States. His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the chairman of News Corp and continue as the chair and CEO of Fox, the companies said on Thursday. The transition cements Lachlan's role as the leader of the media empire, putting to rest questions of succession within the Murdoch family. His son Lachlan Murdoch is seasoned and capable of running the business, but of course there's no replacement for someone like the chairman, Rupert Murdoch, who founded the company and built it over decades." "The media world is unrecognisable from the one he stepped into seventy years ago and the decision to scrap plans to reunite his empire must have smarted."

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☆ Border authorities separated some migrant families amid overcrowding in facilities, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —US Border Patrol separated some migrant children from their parents while the families were in custody amid overcrowding in facilities, according to a Friday court filing. The filing, which is part of a years-long court case, underscores the humanitarian and logistical challenges facing the Biden administration following an increase in migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border. Over the course of site visits this summer, Dr. Paul Wise, a pediatrician, found that authorities at a border facility in Donna, Texas, separated children from parents while in custody. “Separated children included girls separated from mothers and boys separated from their fathers. Still, circumstances in which children are separated from their parents in government custody remain troubling for advocates.

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☆ Hunter Biden has been indicted on gun charges after his plea deal fell apart. The most serious count could send him to prison for up to 10 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jacob Shamsian | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The indictment comes after Biden's plea deal with the feds related to two tax charges fell through in late July. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe indictment comes after Biden's plea deal with federal prosecutors on misdemeanor tax charges fell apart in court in late July. AdvertisementAdvertisementProsecutors previously signaled they would bring the gun and tax charges against Biden through the ordinary process, with a grand jury. While Thursday's indictment includes three gun charges, it does not include the tax charges. A plea deal with no time behind bars was an unusually good bargain, he said.

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☆ Britain's $4.5 billion digital bank Monzo debuts investments feature
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

MonzoMonzo, the $4.5 billion digital challenger bank, launched a feature that lets users make investments —marking its first foray into the massive financial investment market. Monzo Investments will allow users to start investing with as little as £1. With Monzo Investments, you can start from £1." MonzoThe investments pots feature will appear in a new part of the home screen on Monzo called Savings & Investments. Gautam Pillai, head of fintech research at the investment bank Peel Hunt, said Monzo's new investments feature could increase customer "stickiness."

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☆ Top Wall Street analysts select these dividend stocks to enhance returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

To that effect, here are five attractive dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top experts on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. The analyst increased his price target for Verizon stock by $1 to $40, while maintaining AT&T's price target at $17. Also, he expects the prospects for improved free cash flow to lower net debt leverage and support the dividend payments. That said, with expectations of higher cash flow generation, Crum said that "the company should have more flexibility around growing its dividend going forward." (See Hasbro Stock Chart on TipRanks)Dell TechnologiesNext up is Dell (DELL), a maker of IT hardware and infrastructure technology, which rallied after its fiscal second-quarter results far exceeded Wall Street's estimates.

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☆ Fintech giant Wise allowed Russia sanctions target to withdraw money, U.K. government says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

British financial technology giant Wise allowed an individual on the Russian sanctions list to withdraw money, a U.K. government body said Thursday. The user was allowed to make a withdrawal of £250 ($316.63) from a business account on Wise, according to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation. According to the OFSI, Wise reported a suspected sanctions breach on June 30, 2022. It's one of a rare number of cases of publicly disclosed breaches by a fintech company. Wise CEO Kristo Kaarmann was previously fined by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for failing to pay his taxes on time.

Persons: Wise, Kristo Kaarmann, Kaarmann, Harsh Sinha, Jefferies, Sinha, Kristo Organizations: OFSI, Customs, Financial, Wise, PayPal, eBay, Jefferies Locations: Ukraine

☆ Wise shares spike 18% as higher interest rates help fintech triple profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Online money transfer firm Wise's shares soared nearly 18% Tuesday as the company reported a spike in profits thanks to rising interest income. The company said in a statement to the stock market that its profit before tax tripled to £146.5 million ($186.5 million). Wise benefited from surging interest rates, which last week were raised by the Bank of England to 5% as policymakers grapple with persistently high inflation. Like other fintechs, Wise has been able to accrue income from interest on funds sitting in customer accounts. Overall income reported by the firm rose to £964.2 million, up 73% year-on-year.

Persons: Wise, Kristo Kaarmann, Kaarmann, Harsh Sinha, Sinha Organizations: Bank of, Starling Bank, Customs, Financial, BBC Radio, BBC Locations: Bank of England, Abu Dhabi

☆ Fintech firm Wise's shares fall after announcing CFO is resigning, CEO to go on leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of British fintech firm Wise slipped Monday, after the company announced its CFO Matt Briers is leaving the company next year, while its CEO Kristo Kaarman will go on paternity leave starting September. Wise shares were down around 4% as of 9:45 a.m. London time. Briers will step down as Wise CFO in March 2024, once Kaarman has returned from a sabbatical break, the company said in a press release Monday. In his time as CFO, Briers took Wise from a scrappy money transfer upstart to a publicly-listed financial technology giant. Briers is the second CFO of a major U.K. fintech firm to announce his departure this month — on May.

☆ Former FBI Agent Charged With Egging On Jan. 6 Mob at Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Police body-camera footage showed former FBI agent Jared Wise, in black cap, at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Department of JusticeWASHINGTON—A former FBI agent has been arrested and accused of urging a mob of Trump supporters to kill police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors said, adding to the tally of people with military or law-enforcement experience charged in the riot. Police body-camera footage showed the former supervisory agent, Jared L. Wise , tangling with officers outside the Capitol, investigators wrote in court filings filed Monday, calling them Nazis and encouraging rioters attacking the police line to “Kill ‘em!

☆ Former F.B.I. Agent Charged in Jan. 6 Riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Adam Goldman | Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past two years, scores of rioters with military experience have been arrested in connection with the Capitol attack. Wise is the rare former federal agent to have been charged. Thomas E. Caldwell, a member of the Oath Keepers who was convicted in November of felony charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot, had once worked with the F.B.I. And Mark S. Ibrahim, an active-duty agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, was charged in July 2021 in connection with the riot. Wise worked on counterterrorism matters at the F.B.I.

☆ Wise’s tougher times raise risk of mission drift
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

He now has 6.1 million customers, results released on Tuesday showed, up 33% from a year ago. Wise’s volumes per retail customer dipped 7% year-on-year during the three months ending on March 31. Raising prices and tacking on other revenue-generating services could help to offset the hit to Wise’s top line. But pulling harder on those levers would arguably undermine one of the appeals of Wise’s business model for investors and customers: simplicity and ever-lower prices. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Tupperware: How a plastic bowl with a 'burping seal' gave women a means to an income
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Tupperware stereotyped women as much as it empowered themTupperware parties became popular social and marketing events in the 1950s and 60s. They wanted to present an upscale version of themselves because these were also events where women were recruited into the Tupperware sales force,” he said. Tupperware products were the centerpiece of the event, carefully stacked and presented to be shown off. Wise, a divorced single mother living in Florida, held her own Tupperware parties in the 1940s and 50s and became a budding entrepreneur. Like Blockbuster, the Tupperware brand will never go away,” he said.

☆ Leaked Oracle emails show a key exec is leaving amid more layoffs and changes to its advertising business
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Oracle Advertising laid off another round of employees this month and the unit's chief product officer, Derek Wise, is leaving, according to internal emails viewed by Insider. Previously called Oracle Data Cloud, Oracle renamed its cloud-based advertising and customer relationship management software to Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience. Oracle Advertising now falls under Edward Screven, Oracle's executive vice president and chief corporate architect who reports to founder and CTO Larry Ellison. "Over the past few days we have had to make some very tough choices about the future of Oracle Advertising," Vlaovic wrote in a Jan. 17 email. "Our strategy in Oracle Advertising moving forward is to be more focused and be able to self-fund our growth."

☆ King dollar commands surge in remittances
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Harish Sridharan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. dollar index , which measures its performance against a basket of major currencies, is up 14.5% this year. The dollar's long rallyTransfer volumes at Remitly (RELY.O) leapt 44% to $7.5 billion in the September quarter. Larger rival Wise (WISEa.L) said volumes were up 49% to 24.4 billion pounds ($28.2 billion) in the July quarter. MoneyGram International (MGI.O) and PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) have also posted an uptick in turnover and transactions in their third quarter. "Some of us get to match or not get too affected by inflation because we earn in U.S.

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