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☆ Former BP exec's ex-husband gets prison for insider trading after eavesdropping on her calls
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The ex-husband of a former BP mergers and acquisitions manager was sentenced to two years in federal prison for insider trading that netted him $1.76 million after he eavesdropped on her work calls about the oil giant buying another company. The ex-husband, Tyler Loudon, also was sentenced to one year of supervised release after his prison term and fined $10,000 by U.S. District Court Judge Sim Lake in Houston on Monday. The prison sentence was at the bottom end of the 24-to-30-month range requested by federal prosecutors. His purchases started after he secretly listened to his wife's work calls about BP buying TravelCenters and later discussed the deal with her in "normal" married-couple kinds of conversations, according to court records. Loudon's wife, who was not accused of wrongdoing, reported his actions to her BP supervisor, but she ended up getting fired later, court records show.

Persons: eavesdropped, Tyler Loudon, Sim Lake, Loudon's, Peter Zeidenberg, Lake, Loudon, Mr, Tyler, Zeidenberg Organizations: U.S, BP, Industry, Authority, CNBC Locations: Houston, Loudon, TravelCenters, America

Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesThe lawsuit is one of several brought by Harry in his personal mission to tame the tabloids. Another judge is currently weighing whether to award Harry damages against the publisher of the Daily Mirror for using skulduggery to dig up dirt on his life. Claimants spent 1.7 million ($2.1 million) pounds to prevail against the publisher's failed attempt to get the case dismissed, Sherborne said. The publisher is seeking up to 755,000 pounds ($945,000) in fees used to successfully block the use of the evidence from the Leveson inquiry. Other parties to the case are actor Sadie Frost, Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, anti-racism advocate Doreen Lawrence and former politician Simon Hughes.

Persons: Prince Harry’s, Duke, Sussex, Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, Harry, snoop, Matthew Nicklin, ledgers, Leveson, Princess Diana, Meghan, decamp, It’s, Hugh Grant, David Sherborne, Nicklin, Duke of Sussex, Sherborne, Adrian Beltrami, “, I’m, ” Nicklin, Sadie Frost, Elton John’s, David, Doreen Lawrence, Simon Hughes Organizations: Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers Ltd, Daily, The Sun, Associated Newspapers Locations: London, Paris

☆ The most surprising detail of Altman's ouster might be the fact that OpenAI fired him over a Google Meet call
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman was fired via Google Meet, according to his former colleague Greg Brockman. The ChatGPT maker abruptly fired its CEO, Sam Altman, around noon on Friday, shocking many inside and outside of the company. Was that a snub to Microsoft, OpenAI's lead investor, which makes its own set of workplace communication tools ? They fired Sam Altman on Google Meet? Another person joked on X, "Altman getting fired via Google Meet says everything you need to know about Microsoft Teams."

Persons: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, —, Brockman, Altman, That's, Taksale, Bing, OpenAI's GPT, Mira Murati Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Service, OpenAI Locations: OpenAI, Rishikesh

LONDON (AP) — Before he hit America, Rupert Murdoch ripped through Britain’s media like a tornado. But politicians from both right and left courted and feared Murdoch, who added The Times and Sunday Times to his stable in 1981. Like other politicians, Blair denied giving Murdoch anything in return for his support — though plenty of skeptics doubted that. For now, Rupert Murdoch remains a magnet for the powerful, and those who seek power, in Britain. The guest list for his summer party in June included Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, many members of his Cabinet and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan, Murdoch, Boris Johnson, “, Nathan Sparkes, Murdoch “, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Hunt, Britain’s, couldn’t, ”, Jacques Delors, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher’s, John Major, Sun wot, Tony Blair’s, Blair, ” Blair, Andy Coulson, Prince Harry, Lachlan Murdoch, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, James, Kathryn Murdoch Organizations: Fox, News Corp, Times, ”, Labour Party, Treasury, LBC, BBC, European, Argentine, Liverpool, Sunday Times, Thatcher’s Conservative, Sun, Blair’s Labour Party, Murdoch’s News Corp, The Sun, Sky Television, Premier League soccer, Sports, BSkyB, Comcast, AP Locations: London, Australian, Britain, British, Hillsborough, ___

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Australian media magnate whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down as leader of both Fox's parent company and his News Corp. media holdings. Fox said Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies, effective at board meetings in November. Stock in Fox Corp., while positive this year, began to decline early in 2022, due in part to lawsuits and investor anxiety over the loss of viewers to smaller media outlets. While Murdoch never ran for political office, politicians in the United States and Britain anxiously sought his approval. Murdoch dismissed them as isolated instances that were “largely political because we're conservative.”Shares of News Corp. and Fox rose Thursday in early trading.

Persons: — Rupert Murdoch, Fox, Murdoch, Lachlan, Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Michael Wolff, ”, Paolo Pescatore, ” Murdoch, James, Elisabeth, Prudence, Donald Trump, Wolff, Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Britain's, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, ___, Kelvin Chan, Jill Lawless Organizations: Fox News, News Corp, Fox Corp, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Street Journal, New York, Walt Disney Co, Marvel, Geographic, Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Stock, “, Foresight, HBO, Forbes, Florida Gov, Sky, Sunday Times, Sun Locations: Adelaide, Australia, United States, Britain, Sky, London

☆ Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman, sending shockwaves through media and politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Rupert Murdoch, the powerful right-wing media mogul who built and oversaw one of the world’s most influential news empires, announced Thursday that he will step down as chairman of his companies, Fox Corporation and News Corporation. Lachlan Murdoch steps inLachlan Murdoch will take over as chairman of Fox and News Corporation. Evan Agostini/Invision/APStepping into his shoes, Murdoch’s eldest son, Lachlan, who already serves as chief executive of Fox Corporation, will become sole chairman of both companies. In 1986, Murdoch got into the television business after he purchased several US television stations and created Fox Broadcasting. In recent years, under Murdoch, Fox News has advanced baseless conspiracy theories, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, ” Murdoch, Murdoch, Donald Trump’s, Lachlan Murdoch, Evan Agostini, Lachlan, ”, Rupert, “, ” Rupert Murdoch, Trump, oilman Marvin Davis, Donald Trump, Bill Hemmer, Hemmer, Dana Perino Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox Corporation, News Corporation, “, ”, Fox and News Corporation, Wall Street Journal, New York, Republican Party, Fox News, CNN, Australian, UK’s, The Times, Sunday Times of, Century Fox, Fox Broadcasting, Sky, Comcast, Fox, Disney, Fox Sports, Fox News Fox News, Voting Systems, Dominion Locations: New York, cahoots, Sunday Times of London, Britain, America

☆ Opinion | Jackie on My Mind
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — I think about Jackie Kennedy several times a day. Tour groups come by my house in Georgetown to see John Kennedy’s bachelor pad, where he was living when he met Jacqueline Bouvier at a dinner party. “Jackie told Jack he needed to get out of this dump,” the guide said. (Never a Heathcliff type, Jack sometimes treated her, as Jackie once told Gore Vidal, as though she were a campaign asset, like Rhode Island.) Carl Sferrazza Anthony’s new biography, “Camera Girl,” offers a lovely snapshot of Jackie’s single years in D.C., working at The Washington Times-Herald.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Jackie Kennedy, John, Jacqueline Bouvier, “ Jackie, Jack, we’ll, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Jackie, Gore Vidal, Carl Sferrazza Anthony’s Organizations: D.C, The Washington Times, Herald Locations: Georgetown, Rhode

☆ Years of cat-and-mouse end as top mafioso cornered in Italian clinic
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He liked wearing designer clothes, expensive sun glasses and Rolex watches, he loved video games and had a taste for luxury foods. Messina Denaro was born in the southwestern Sicilian town of Castelvetrano in 1962, the son of a mafioso. A mass of these notes was found in 2006 when police caught Bernardo Provenzano, who had led Cosa Nostra after Riina's arrest. In a letter to a contact, Messina Denaro said he couldn't believe how careless Provenzano had been. Nonetheless, the fact he managed to escape arrest for so many years showed he had a fierce, loyal following.

☆ Russian hackers launched attacks on 3 US nuclear research laboratories, says Reuters investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of Russian hackers targeted three US nuclear research laboratories. Russian hackers have used malware in phone apps to track Ukrainian artillery units. Russian hackers have used malware in phone apps to track Ukrainian artillery units and have sent propaganda to Ukrainian phones using simulators that imitate cell towers. Ukrainians have also reportedly tracked Russian generals making unsecured calls and used the information to launch attacks, Insider's Christopher Woody reports. In 2018, it was reported that the Russian military had been able to jam some US drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operationsx

☆ Russia's war in Ukraine shows why troops need to learn to put their phones away, top US Marine general says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

To do that, younger troops will have to unlearn some habits, the Marine Corps' top general says. New Marine recruits turn in cell phones at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in October. Targeting cell phones has been a feature of the fighting between Russia and Ukraine since 2014. Ukrainians and foreign governments have eavesdropped on Russian troops using unsecured phones to talk to each other and to their families in Russia. A Marine records a Drum and Bugle Corps performance at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in March 2014.

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