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☆ Elon Musk's X has lost tons of advertisers. The platform's solution is to sue them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

X is suing a group of advertisers, alleging they violated antitrust law. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk's X is suing a group of advertisers, alleging that they violated antitrust laws by ganging up on the social media company in an advertising boycott.

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☆ 2 Chinese EV companies seem to be ganging up on Elon Musk's Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

EV company Nio is launching a new affordable EV brand in China. The alliance between the two companies will likely intensify pressure on Tesla in China. BYD will reportedly provide a small battery pack for one version of the Onvo EV, with Chinese battery maker CALB supplying a larger 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack. AdvertisementThe alliance between Nio and BYD will likely intensify pressure on Elon Musk in China, where Tesla sales have slumped amid brutal competition for EVs. Once again, however, he is likely to face stiff competition from BYD and Nio, who are developing their own driving assistance software.

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☆ China has a sweeping vision to reshape the world — and countries are listening
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

All this coincides with longstanding calls from countries across the developing world for an international system where they have more say. Beijing, he added, sees the US as merely “paying lip service” to the “liberal order” to hurt other countries. Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/ReutersIn recent years, even some countries that have for decades embraced a close partnership with the US have drawn closer to China and its vision. “Is China really trying to promote multipolarity — or does China just want to (become a) substitute (for) US influence over the world?” he asked. They also raise questions about how a more militarily and economically powerful China would behave globally, if left unchecked.

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☆ House Censures Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib Over Israel Remarks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Katy Stech Ferek | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Photo: Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—House lawmakers voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), the only Palestinian-American in Congress, over comments she made about Israel that were widely criticized by colleagues. The censure resolution, which passed 234-188, centers on statements that Tlaib made after Hamas attacked Israel and Israel retaliated with strikes on Gaza. Critics said Tlaib’s “from the river to the sea” pro-Palestinian comments parroted language of anti-Israel groups, and she also repeated the now-discredited allegation of Israel’s culpability for a strike at a Gaza hospital. Opponents of the measure said Tlaib’s comments fell well short of censure, with allies saying lawmakers were ganging up on her unfairly.

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☆ People are criticizing a major women-in-tech event, saying its jobs fair was dominated by pushy men
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

People are criticizing a women's tech conference after it was flooded by men. AdvertisementAdvertisementA tech conference celebrating women and non-binary people in computer science sparked a backlash after people said it was dominated by men. "Instead of feeling inspired and energized, I feel drained and overwhelmed," one woman named Nandini Agarwal wrote, saying she waited in line for hours to get in. "Chaos was the word of the day," wrote a woman named Preeti Ladwa. Another woman named Nivrithi Garimella said left one line "due to unchecked men displaying aggressive behavior, ganging up to trample women completely."

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☆ Trump is explaining exactly how wild and extreme his second term would be
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | Trump S Authoritarianism May Make The Election A Profound Choice | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’s really a threat to democracy while they trample our rights and liberties every single day of the year,” he said. This followed a March rally in which he billed his 2024 campaign and potential second term as a vessel of “retribution” for supporters who believe they’ve been wronged. In a recent CNN poll, for example, only 28% of Republicans thought Biden legitimately won sufficient votes to win the 2020 election. This comes after years of Trump incessantly denying he lost, and despite courts throwing out his multiple challenges to the result. “Indict my opponent, he’s doing well,” Trump said, implying that was exactly what Biden had done.

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☆ Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +88 min

Iger told Chapek that he lived for those "two-shower days," according to people familiar with the conversation. In January 2020, Iger told Chapek the plan was back on. During his 27 years at the company, Chapek had only attended one annual meeting — as a guest in the audience. Bob Iger, Disney CEO, during a CNBC interview, Feb. 9, 2023. WATCH: Disney CEO Bob Iger's exclusive July 2023 CNBC interviewTake the 'A'During Chapek's tenure as CEO, Disney lost more than a quarter of its market value.

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☆ A Famous Hippie Freetown Is Ganging Up on Drug Criminals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Photographs Janus Engel For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China blasts US for forcing it to accept South China Sea ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Filipino activists gather outside the Chinese consular office to commemorate the anniversary of the Philippines' victory against China in the UN arbitral ruling on the South China Sea, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 12, 2023. The ruling, handed down by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague seven years ago, concluded that Beijing's claim to almost the entire South China Sea was groundless. China, whose actions in the South China Sea have been the subject of hundreds of diplomatic protests filed by the Philippines, also maintained that it does not accept any claim or action based on the ruling. "We firmly reject attempts to deliberately diminish or undermine the Award's definitive legal effects in international law," Philippines Foreign Ministry undersecretary Theresa Lazaro told a forum on the South China Sea. About $3 trillion worth of sea-borne goods pass through the South China Sea every year.

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☆ U.S. exempts Britain, New Zealand from foreign investment reviews -Treasury
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday extended the status of Britain and New Zealand as countries exempt from the U.S. foreign investment screening program, the Treasury Department said, having determined that those countries' own screening programs are robust enough. U.S. Treasury's powerful Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) said it made the decision based on the countries' use of their own "robust foreign investment screening program." "The United States thoroughly reviews foreign investment for national security risks, and it is critical that our allies also identify and address risks from malign foreign investment," Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Paul Rosen said. "Today’s actions reflect that our Five Eye allies have all stood up and implemented their own robust foreign investment screening programs. We look forward to continuing to coordinate with all of them on matters relating to investment security."

☆ Biden 'outraged' after release of 'horrific' videos showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden released a statement on the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols on Friday. The City of Memphis released four different graphic videos related to the incident. One video shows officers beating Nichols for minutes on end. "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death," Biden said. "My heart goes out to Tyre Nichols' family and to Americans in Memphis and across the country who are grieving this tremendously painful loss."

CNN Business —Adidas will begin an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Kanye West, with whom the company had a partnership that it ended in October. In a statement released Thursday, Adidas said “it is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. “I think Adidas felt like cause everyone was ganging up on me that they had the right to just take my designs,” West told a small crowd. In the video, West did not apologize for his antisemitic remarks but seemed to try to distance himself from any “hate group.”“I have no association to any hate group,” West said as he closed his remarks in prayer. In 2016, Adidas expanded its relationship with the rapper, calling it “the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand.”West doesn’t currently have an attorney or publicist representing him in this matter.

☆ Kanye West comments on fallout from his antisemitic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After a week of financial fallout following antisemitic remarks on social media and in interviews, Kanye West is commenting on those thoughts, as well as what he’s said about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. “I think Adidas felt like cause everyone was ganging up on me that they had the right to just take my designs,” West told the small crowd. Period,” West said in response to someone in the crowd who asked if he was worried that he had ruined his legacy. “God is alive.”Antisemitic demonstrators referenced West in signs raised in Los Angeles last weekend and Jacksonville, Florida this weekend. In the video, West did not apologize for his antisemitic remarks but seemed to try to distance himself from any “hate group.”“I have no association to any hate group,” West said as he closed his remarks in prayer.

☆ UN General Assembly applauds Ukraine, shuns Russia in tense meeting just hours after deadly missile strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The UN General Assembly on Monday greeted Ukraine's delegate with applause, according to CNN. The body met Russia's ambassador with silence. The special session came just hours after Russia launched a barrage of attacks across Ukraine. On Monday, The General Assembly handily vetoed Russia's attempt to conduct the annexation vote via secret ballot, according to the outlet. "A trail of blood is left behind the Russian delegation when it enters the General Assembly," he said, "and the hall is filled up with the smell of smoldering human flesh."

☆ Putin expected to proclaim annexation of Ukraine territory within days
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Russian-backed authorities claim to have carried out the referendums over five days on territory that makes up around 15% of Ukraine. "This farce in the occupied territories cannot even be called an imitation of a referendum," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in video address overnight. Russian officials have said any attack on annexed territory would be an attack on Russia itself. Russia's planned annexation of Ukrainian territory has been rejected globally, with even traditional allies of Moscow such as Serbia and Kazakhstan saying they will not recognise it. For now, Russian officials at the checkpoint were letting some people leave.

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