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☆ Exclusive: Russia-linked smear campaign against Hunter Biden began earlier than previously thought
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The man pushing the thumb drive was a citizen of an Eastern European country and a guest of Claremont. That evening, Rollie passed a thumb drive containing disinformation about Hunter Biden and Burisma to a Pompeo aide. Smirnov was indicted last week for lying to the FBI about Hunter Biden. The revelation about Rollie's thumb drive comes shortly after the indictment of Smirnov, for allegedly making false statements about Hunter Biden in June 2020. Like Smirnov, Rollie's materials accuse Hunter Biden of involving his father in Burisma's business and committing a vast off-the-books fraud.

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☆ 2024 is about the business impact of AI, says Boston Consulting Group CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email2024 is about the business impact of AI, says Boston Consulting Group CEOChristoph Schweizer, CEO of the Boston Consulting Group, discusses the global economy and attracting a talented workforce.

Persons: Christoph Schweizer Organizations: Boston Consulting, Boston Consulting Group

☆ Signal's president doubts Elon Musk can successfully turn Twitter into a 'super app' like WeChat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The leader of tech's favorite texting app suspects there will never be a WeChat in the U.S.Elon Musk is attempting to turn Twitter, renamed X, into just such an app. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe odds of Elon Musk turning Twitter into the next "super app" are slim, according to the president of Signal. Signal is a fully encrypted app for calls and texts that is widely used in the tech industry, including by Musk. "People have been talking about it for years, and we still don't have a super app," she said in an interview with Swiss magazine Schweizer Monat. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has also been attempting for a couple of years to build WhatsApp into something akin to a super app.

Persons: Elon Musk, Meredith Whittaker, Signal's, Whittaker, Schweizer, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Mark Zuckerberg, Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber Organizations: U.S, Elon, Twitter, Morning, Google, Swiss, Facebook Locations: China, Asia, WeChat, Japan, Kakao, Korea, U.S, West

☆ U.S. and China preparing for long term strategic competition, says TD Cowen's Roman Schweizer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailU.S. and China preparing for long term strategic competition, says TD Cowen's Roman SchweizerRoman Schweizer, aerospace and defense policy analyst at TD Cowen & Co, and Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, join 'The Exchange' to discuss Janet Yellen's trip to China, U.S. and China's economic relationship going forward, and the effort to ease international tensions.

Persons: Roman Schweizer Roman Schweizer, Michael O’Hanlon, Janet Yellen's Organizations: U.S, Cowen & Co, Brookings Institution Locations: China, U.S

THE SWISS BANKPossibly the first hurdle is a politically fraught decision on Credit Suisse's "crown jewel", its domestic business. But UBS will have to weigh that against public pressure to keep the Credit Suisse business separate with its own brand, identity and, critically, workforce. However, insiders talk of rivals aggressively wooing Credit Suisse clients and employees. Clients who would typically bank both with UBS and Credit Suisse to spread their risk, might now take some of that business elsewhere. One potential risk stems from legal challenges to the decision by Swiss authorities to write off special AT1 bonds issued by Credit Suisse.

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☆ Defense stocks still have a good long-term setup, says Cowen's Roman Schweizer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDefense stocks still have a good long-term setup, says Cowen's Roman SchweizerRoman Schweizer, Cowen defense and aerospace analyst, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the state of national security and how it could affect defense stocks.

☆ Know what's in your ETFs: Balloon incidents put focus on aerospace and defense stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The flurry of unidentified objects that have been shot down over North America this month could bring yet another boost to aerospace and defense stocks, but investors looking to use ETFs should be aware of some key differences between the largest funds. While defense stocks have outperformed the broader market over the past year, in part due to the war in Ukraine, the latest shoot downs don't appear to have significantly moved the sector. The biggest fund on the market is the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) , with about $5 billion in assets under management. Another market-cap weighted fund is the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) . The third fund on the market is the SPDR S & P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) .

☆ U.S.-China relations just got more fragile
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken indefinitely postponed his visit to Beijing due to a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the United States. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesBEIJING — U.S.-China relations look increasingly fragile, analysts say, after a now-downed Chinese balloon forced U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to indefinitely postpone his trip to Beijing. "A key question is why the Biden administration decided to publicize this balloon but not previous [reported] ones," Wildau said. While discussion of the balloon — including memes — circulated on Chinese social media, China's official Chinese-language mouthpieces have been more muted so far. "That alone would mean the Chinese leadership would be more restrained and would not want to let this balloon situation blow out of proportion."

☆ A Chinese balloon over U.S. should concern us all, says Longview Global's Dewardric McNeal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailA Chinese balloon over U.S. should concern us all, says Longview Global's Dewardric McNealCowen’s Roman Schweizer and Longview Global’s Dewardric McNeal join 'The Exchange' to discuss defense stocks as U.S.-China tensions rise.

☆ Inside the marriage of Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell, a political power couple who met later in life
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Mitch McConnell and former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao are a GOP power couple. Chao has starred in campaign ads defending McConnell's record on women's issues. In November, McConnell voted against protections for interracial marriages despite his own. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up!

☆ Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-24 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. A representative for Priorities USA Action, a leading pro-Biden super PAC, said the organization wasn't underestimating Trump's reelection forces, Mercers or no Mercers. (Bossie, like former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and many others, has recently found himself back in Trump's favor.) The Cambridge Analytica data that the Trump campaign paid for was "so stupidly wrong" and a "complete joke," Spicer added. But sources familiar with the Mercers' political spending said they have no evidence that the Mercers are doing so.

☆ Inside the marriage of Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell, a political power couple who met later in life and got married on Ronald Reagan's birthday
▼ + stars: | 2018-03-20 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mitch McConnell and former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao are a political power couple. They met through mutual friends and wed at the chapel of the US Capitol in 1993. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Thanks for signing up!

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