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General Motors' troubled robotaxi service Cruise on Tuesday endured a public lashing from a California judge who compared the company to the devious TV character Eddie Haskell for its behavior following a ghastly collision that wrecked its ambitious expansion plans. After a vehicle driven by a human struck a San Francisco pedestrian in early October, a Cruise robotaxi named “Panini” dragged the person 20 feet (6 meters) while traveling at roughly seven miles per hour (11 kilometers per hour). He also reminded Mason that Cruise could still face other repercussions beyond California, with both the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probing the robotaxi service's conduct. But Mason indicated that he is leaning toward letting the case continue through the entire hearing process rather than approving a settlement. Tuesday's hearing came less than two weeks after Cruise released a lengthy report reviewing how the company mishandled things after the pedestrian was hurt.

Persons: Motors, Cruise, Eddie Haskell, Haskell, ”, Robert Mason III, Panini ”, Panini, specter, Mason, Jerry Mathers, ” Mason, Craig Glidden, Glidden, ” Cruise, ” Glidden, didn't, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart, Sullivan, Cruise’s, Kyle Vogt Organizations: Administrative, California Public Utilities Commission, General Motors, Cruise, U.S . Justice Department, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission Locations: California, San Francisco

☆ Eminem tells GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his music
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Eminem has demanded Vivek Ramaswamy stop using his music on the campaign trail — and the Republican presidential candidate looks ready to let the issue go. In a cease-and-desist order sent to Ramaswamy's lawyer on Aug. 23, music publisher BMI said Eminem took issue with the use of his music during Ramaswamy's campaign events. In response, the Ramaswamy campaign signaled the GOP hopeful will not perform the song again. To the American people's chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady," a spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign told NBC News. Many politicians have been sent similar cease-and-desist orders in past election cycles over their campaign song choices.

Persons: Eminem, Vivek Ramaswamy, BMI, Ramaswamy, Eminem's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Vivek, Donald Trump, Adele, Pharrell Williams Organizations: Roll Hall, Microsoft Theater, Republican, Fair, BMI, NBC News, Daily Mail, GOP, NBC Locations: Los Angeles

Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed on Monday. "BMI has received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign's use of Eminem's musical composition (the "Eminem Works") and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement," BMI says in the letter. Ramaswamy's campaign told CNN it will comply with the request to stop using Eminem's music. The 38-year-old tech entrepreneur was at the center of many of last week's first Republican primary debate's most dramatic moments.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Brian Snyder, Eminem, Ramaswamy's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler Organizations: Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Daily Mail, BMI, CNN, Florida Governor, Trump, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Florida, Washington

☆ Eminem is teaching Vivek Ramaswamy not to mess with the real Slim Shady, sending a cease-and-desist letter to get the presidential candidate to stop rapping his music on the campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy's days as a rapping presidential candidate may be over. Ramaswamy's campaign received a request from rap star Eminem to stop using his music. Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy's campaign spokesperson, told CNN they will comply with Eminem's request to stop using his music. @Eminem," Ramaswamy quipped in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. Representatives for Eminem, Ramaswamy, and BMI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy's, Eminem, Ramaswamy, Vivek Ramaswamy, licencer, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Eminem's, Vek, Busta, Tricia McLaughlin, Vivek, Slim, McLaughlin, isn't, who's, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, licencer BMI, Daily Mail, CNN, BMI, Marshall, Fair, Harvard Crimson, Harvard, GOP, New Zealand National Party Locations: Wall, Silicon, Iowa

☆ Eminem Tells Vivek Ramaswamy to Stop Rapping His Songs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As it turned out, Vivek Ramaswamy only got one shot to lose himself in the music. Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as the rapper Eminem, has told Mr. Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, that he is no longer to use Eminem music on the campaign trail, just weeks after Mr. Ramaswamy broke into an impromptu version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair. At the fair, Mr. Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old political newcomer, had told Gov. “Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose,” his campaign spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said on Monday. “To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady,” another of Mr. Mathers’s nom de plumes.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Marshall B, Mathers, Eminem, Ramaswamy, didn’t, Kim Reynolds, “ Vivek, Tricia McLaughlin, “, Slim, ” Organizations: Mathers III, Republican, Fair, BMI, Daily Locations: Iowa

☆ One year since COVID claimed 1 million US lives
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Dr. Joseph Varon, 58, the chief medical officer at United Memorial Medical Center, hugs Christina Mathers, 43, a nurse from his team who became infected with COVID-19, at United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), during the coronavirus outbreak, in Houston, Texas, July 25, 2020. Mathers was told she tested positive for COVID-19 after she reported feeling ill during one of her shifts. "That's the hardest thing to ever hear... It messes with you," said Mathers, who has been working every other day since April 29. "But I wouldn't go anywhere else but here."

☆ Credit Suisse, SEC letters show months-long reporting errors debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Chris Prentice | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engaged in a months-long debate over the severity of reporting deficiencies that led the Swiss bank to delay its annual report last month. Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) said in March it had postponed the annual filing after a "late call" with the regulator which raised questions about earlier financial statements. Correspondence published in the SEC's online database on Tuesday show that agency staff first raised questions with Credit Suisse officials in July 2022.Credit Suisse and the SEC declined to comment. The last-minute delay concerned analysts and sent Credit Suisse shares to near an all-time low. In the March 10 letter to Joshi, SEC staff acknowledged discussions with the bank on March 8-10.

☆ North Carolina power grid attack stokes fear in rural LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

However, authorities are considering the timing overlap and recent attacks on similar events nationwide as they proceed with their investigation. Regardless of whether investigators connect the two events, Sandhills Pride Director Lauren Mathers said repeated efforts to shut down what was billed as a family friendly drag performance have left the county’s LGBTQ community feeling vulnerable. The FBI posted a notice seeking information related to the North Carolina investigation, and Gov. Of the 124 incidents documented across 47 states as of late November, at least 10 occurred in North Carolina. Opponents of drag events catered toward families often falsely claim they “groom” children, implying attempts to sexually abuse them or somehow influence their sexual orientation or gender identity.

☆ Eminem îşi ia fanii prin surprindere cu un nou album, inspirat de filmele lui Hitchcock
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Eminem a lansat pentru a doua oară în secret un album nou, inspirat de filmele lui Alfred Hitchcock, acesta fiind cel de-al 12-lea album de studio al lui Marshall Mathers. Noul album vine în continuarea celui lansat în ianuarie 2020, denumirea acestuia fiind „Music to Be Murdered By: Side B”. Cum și-a făcut Eminem lansareaEminem a anunţat albumul la scurt timp după lansarea sa pe iTunes cu o copertă care le spunea fanilor: „Unchiul Alfred te-a auzit ţipând pentru mai mult … bucură-te de partea B”. Fanii au speculat că Eminem ar urma să lanseze un album surpriză după ce un comunicat de presă a fost difuzat pe Twitter cu o listă de melodii. Ultimele două albume recente ale lui Eminem au fost şi ele lansate fără avertisment prealabil.

Persons: Eminem, Alfred Hitchcock, Marshall Mathers, Alfred Organizations: iTunes

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