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☆ The college student tracking Elon Musk's jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he'll keep posting.
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Twitter banned the personal account of the college student who tracks Elon Musk's jet. "I really didn't think he'd suspend my personal account," Sweeney told Insider, speaking about Twitter honcho Elon Musk. Insider was interviewing Sweeney about his jet-tracking account's ban when Sweeney realized his personal account also had been banned. The social media site said his personal account had been suspended for violating its rules against "platform manipulation and spam." When Musk first offered to buy Twitter, Sweeney said he thought it was likely that Musk would try to shut down the account.
☆ Factbox: Pay increases reached by UK workers following strike action
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Below is a summary of some of the deals reached following strike action:AIRPORTSIn July, British Airways (ICAG.L) staff at London's Heathrow Airport represented by two unions called off strike action after accepting a new pay offer. Earlier that month the airline's check-in staff at Heathrow airport also suspended a strike after an improved pay deal was agreed. Wage rises were also agreed at bus operators Arriva and Go-Ahead, with Arriva's drivers in Kent securing a 13.92% pay rise in October and Go-Ahead's London workers getting a 10.5% increase. WASTE COLLECTIONWaste collection workers in various areas around the country have agreed pay rises after undertaking strike action which disrupted waste collections. Among agreements reached by the GMB were a 17% rise for some workers in Windsor and Maidenhead, just outside London, and increases of between 8% and 22% for refuse workers in Manchester.
☆ How Spotify stayed No. 1 in streaming audio even with Apple, YouTube and Amazon aiming for it
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Barbara Collins | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
Spotify, once a Swedish startup tasked with tackling music piracy issues, is now the most popular audio streaming subscription service in the world. The platform disrupted the audio streaming field – being named to the CNBC Disruptor 50 list in 2013, also making appearances on the list in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 – and set the blueprint for audio streaming services to come. Spotify's success quickly caught the eye of major technology competitors, who have since released their own streaming music platforms such as Apple Music, YouTube Music and Amazon Music. 1 audio streaming service and has kept pace on subscription prices. The pricing tweaks continue between the players in the streaming music space.
☆ A judge sentenced a Capitol rioter to more than 7 years in prison, saying he'd assaulted Officer Michael Fanone like 'he was your prey'
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Calling him one of the "most serious offenders," a federal judge on Thursday sentenced Capitol rioter Albuquerque Head to more than 7 years in prison for pulling then-police Officer Michael Fanone into the pro-Trump mob during the January 6, 2021 attack. Prosecutors alleged that Head grabbed hold of a riot shield during the January 6 attack and used it against police officers protecting the Capitol. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack, Fanone has emerged as one of the highest-profile police officers who protected the Capitol that day. Ahead of Head's sentencing, prosecutors recommended that he receive an 8-year prison term. Prosecutors showed scarring on Michael Fannone's neck in a court filing recommending an 8-year prison term for Albuquerque Head.
☆ Sachem Head's Ferguson says replacing CEO among tough jobs for activists
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Sachem Head invests with chemicals company Olin Corporation, flavors and fragrance company IFF and food service distributor US Foods Holding and each one replaced its chief executive officer after Sachem Head became involved. He praised the company's plan for share buybacks, saying it was eyeing buying back 20% of outstanding shares a year. The company's CEO Pietro Satriano also left the company. Activists often try to push for changes by influencing the board, sometimes by trying to get seats on the board. In a recent regulatory filing, Sachem Head said that it had made investments in FedEx and Hasbro, both of which have had activist investors pushing for changes this year.
☆ Hammerhead plans rare U.S. listing of Canadian gas producer in over $1 bln SPAC deal
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah MoonSept 26 (Reuters) - Hammerhead Resources Inc plans to list on the Nasdaq by merging with blank check company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV (DCRD.O) in a C$1.39 billion ($1.02 billion) deal, a rare U.S.-listing for a Canadian oil and gas producer. Its decarbonization investment campaign across its asset base is estimated to require $240 million of capital between 2023 and 2029. CIBC Capital Markets and Peters & Co. Limited are acting as financial and capital markets advisers to Hammerhead. ($1 = 1.3652 Canadian dollars)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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