DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Republicans are urging Texas to ignore the Supreme Court at the border
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The ruling allows for federal agents to cut through Texas' wire fencing at the southern border. Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy suggested that the state should tell the Supreme Court to "go to hell." "And if the Supreme Court wants to ignore that truth, which a slim majority did, Texas still had the duty, Texas leaders still have the duty, to defend their people." Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said in a Tuesday interview on Fox News that the Supreme Court ruling makes him "angry." AdvertisementDespite the Supreme Court's ruling allowing federal border agents to remove the wire fencing, Texas Gov.

Persons: Chip Roy, —, Biden, Roy, Texas Republican Sen, Ted Cruz, Joe Biden, Republican Sen, Mike Lee of, Glenn Beck's, Glenn Beck, Lee, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Andrew Mahaleris, Mahaleris Organizations: Texas GOP, Service, Texas, GOP, Lone Star State, Fox News Digital, Twitter, US Border Patrol, Biden, Texas Republican, Fox News, Republican, Glenn Beck Program, US Justice Department, Texas National Guard, Border, Texas Gov, National Guard, Biden Administration, DPS, Department of Public Safety Locations: Mexico, Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, . Texas, Rio Grande, Eagle

☆ Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Coney Barrett split with conservatives to give Biden a border win
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court cleared the way for federal agents to cut through barbed wire that Texas put up along the southern border. It's a huge win for the Biden administration in its border fight with Texas. AdvertisementTwo of the Supreme Court's conservative justices just handed Joe Biden a major win at the southern border. The 5-4 ruling is a huge win for the Biden administration, with Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett splitting with the court's other conservatives and siding with liberal justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The appeals court put that decision on hold while it reviewed the case, prompting the Biden administration to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

Persons: John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Biden, —, Joe Biden, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh Organizations: Texas, Service, US Border Patrol, Fifth Circuit, US Justice Department, Texas National Guard, Justice Department Locations: Texas, Rio Grande, Mexico

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre are renewing demands for criminal charges after a scathing Justice Department report again laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history. The Justice Department report says the FBI has assisted the Rangers but is not doing its own investigation. But she pushed back that timeline in December and said Thursday that she will need time to review the voluminous Justice Department report. Produced by a Justice Department office that supports local police, the document is among the most comprehensive accountings to date of what went wrong. The Department of Justice report faults state and local officials with undercutting the public's trust in law enforcement by repeatedly releasing false and misleading information about the police response.

Persons: “, ”, Velma Lisa Duran, Irma Garcia, Uvalde, General Merrick Garland, Will, Joe Biden, Pete Arredondo, Attorney Christina Mitchell, ” Mitchell, Uvalde's, Sen, Roland Gutierrez, Brett Cross, Uziyah Garcia, Garland, Mitchell, Greg Abbott, Jesse Rizo, Jacklyn Cazares, ___ Bleiberg, Zeke Miller Organizations: —, Department, Robb Elementary School, U.S, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers, The, FBI, Rangers, Texas DPS, Attorney, Republican, Democratic, Justice Department, Associated Press Locations: UVALDE, Texas, , Texas, Uvalde County, San Antonio, Dallas, Washington

☆ Premarket stocks: Airline stocks are getting pummeled. Here are four reasons why
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —It’s been a tough month for shares of airline companies. Here’s why investors are getting out of airline stocks. Boeing’s “can of worms”: Boeing’s problems began on Jan. 5, when the door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 detached mid-flight. Oil prices are volatile: Investors are also concerned about a possible spike in oil prices. United Airlines Holdings shares have declined 8% so far in January and American Airlines Group shares have fallen 6%.

Persons: New York CNN — It’s, Wells, “, Max, JetBlue’s, Patrick T, Fallon, Brent, Ed Bastian, Antony Blinken, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Bryan Mena, Read Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, NYSE, Alaska Airlines Boeing, Max, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, US Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety, FAA, ”, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit, CNN . Spirit Airlines Airbus, JetBlue Airlines Airbus, Los Angeles International Airport, Getty, US Justice Department, Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Holdings, US, . West Texas, Delta Air Lines, Delta, United Airlines Holdings, American Airlines Group, Blinken’s Boeing, Commerce Department Locations: New York, Washington, Boston, AFP, Iran, Yemen, Davos, Zurich, deplane

☆ Why Calvin Klein ads still get people talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Joan Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The strategy was classic Calvin Klein, a brand which has been synonymous with sexy, conversation-starting campaigns since the 1970s. From Calvin KleinBut the White ads were just the start of the headlines for Calvin Klein. Adorning a New York City phonebooth, Mark Wahlberg is seen in a 1992 Calvin Klein campaign. Meanwhile, no one besides the ASA seems to be admonishing Calvin Klein over the FKA Twigs ads. For Calvin Klein, both sets of ads are an example of that old adage — there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

Persons: CNN —, Jeremy Allen White’s, Calvin Klein, —, Calvin, White, Bottega, Kendall Jenner, FKA, “, Milan Jaros, Kate Moss, Brooke Shields, innuendos, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, ”, Matt Kissane, Landor, Calvin Klein’s, Moss, Wahlberg, Marky Mark ”, Justin Bieber’s, Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein, Stacy Walsh Rosenstock, he’s, popstar Rosalía, Amy Kommatas, Jenner, Hadid, Allen Adamson, Alas, Adamson, Henry McGee, Launchmetrics, Jeremy Allen White, “ They’ve Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, Authority, Standards Agency, Standards Authority, ASA, Bloomberg, Getty, Hulu, Business, US Justice Department Locations: SoHo, Prague, Czech Republic, Zara, York's, Los Angeles, New York City

☆ Spirit Airlines shares plunge after judge blocks JetBlue merger
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Krystal Hur | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Spirit Airlines shares tanked 52% on Tuesday after a federal judge in Boston ruled against JetBlue’s proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of the discount airline. The Biden administration has argued since taking office there needs to be greater competition between businesses, especially in the airline industry, to lower costs for consumers. “If not blocked, the merger of JetBlue and Spirit would result in higher fares and fewer choices for tens of millions of travelers across the country. The Biden administration has taken a much more aggressive approach in fighting mergers and combinations, including in the airline industry. There is one other merger now being sought in the US airline industry, a proposed $1.9 billion deal to combine Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.

Persons: JetBlue’s, ”, William Young, Biden, General Merrick Garland Organizations: New, New York CNN — Spirit Airlines, Defendant Airlines, JetBlue, CNN, US Justice Department, Spirit, The Justice, “ Companies, — American Airlines, United, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Northeast, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Holdings Locations: New York, Boston, American, Northeast United States

☆ US Supreme Court to scrutinize controversial opioid crisis settlement that would give Sackler family immunity
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Barring individual victims from pursuing their own lawsuits against the Sackler family “raises serious constitutional questions,” the department argued. OxyContin’s commercial success helped the Sackler family earn billions of dollars and the family became known for philanthropy around the world. As the country’s opioid crisis worsened, attention shifted to the role played by Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Many of the suits allege that the Sackler family knew of OxyContin’s addictive properties but, nevertheless, continued to promote the drug. The Supreme Court hearing comes at a time of devastating losses due to drug overdoses in the US.

Persons: Los Angeles CNN —, Sackler, Mortimer, Raymond Sackler, “, George Frey, Elizabeth Prelogar, ” Anthony Casey, , –, Purdue Frederick, ” Lindsey Simon, ” Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Purdue, New, US, US Justice Department, Purdue Pharma, Supreme, Knoa Pharma, Purdue Pharma L.P, Bloomberg, Sackler, ”, University of Chicago, school’s, Law, Finance, Guggenheim, Centers for Disease Control, “, Emory University Locations: New York, Purdue, Provo , Utah, U.S, United States, Paris

Prosecutors felt they needed an industry insider to flip on others in the business, explain the intricacies of lending agreements and serve as a narrator on the witness stand. In Mr. Braun, who had made clear he was desperate to get out of prison, they thought they had an ideal candidate. They were still going back and forth with his lawyer about a deal that would have freed him from prison when Mr. Trump commuted his sentence. Prosecutors instantly lost their leverage over Mr. Braun. The investigation into the industry, and Mr. Braun’s conduct, remains open but is hampered by the lack of help from an insider.

Persons: Braun, Trump, Prosecutors, Braun’s, — Organizations: Department, U.S, Prosecutors, Justice, Trump Locations: Manhattan

☆ What's next in Google's court battle with the US Justice Department?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | October | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will rule sometime in 2024 on whether any of Google's actions broke antitrust law. APPEALS LIKELYNo matter who prevails when Mehta issues his ruling, experts say there will be an appeal. Google's default search agreements have prevented this from happening, they say. Google may also be required to spin off its Chrome browser, which has the Google search engine as its default. Chrome has almost 60% of the computer browser market, according to the Justice Department's amended complaint filed in 2021.

Persons: Amit Mehta, Mehta, Megan Gray, Lee Hepner, Bing, Satya Nadella, Department's, Diane Bartz, Matthew Lewis Organizations: U.S . Justice Department, Google, U.S, District, Supreme, Justice Department, Apple, Android, American Economic Liberties, Thomson Locations: Columbia, Washington

“Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit,” the report concluded. Ethics panel concludes sexual harassment allegation against Santos was not substantiatedThe House Ethics panel said there was not substantial evidence to support a sexual harassment allegation brought against Santos. But the report also indicates that there was some tension between the overlapping DOJ criminal probe and House ethics probe. The ethics panel reached out to the Justice Department to deconflict their investigations, and top DOJ officials asked them in March to pause the ethics probe. The House report says DOJ’s “deferral requests” prevented them from getting to the bottom of certain allegations.

Persons: George Santos, Santos, Santos ’, ”, Ubers, ” Santos, Mary Altaffer, AP Santos, –, “, Nancy Marks, Santos “, ‘, it’s, DOJ’s Organizations: New York Rep, US, Republican, “, US Justice Department, Santos ’, New York University, Baruch College, ”, New York's, AP, Federal, Commission, ” “, Santos, Resources, CNN, Justice Department, ISC, DOJ Locations: ”, Washington, Florida, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Jericho , New York, CityMD, Huntington , New York, Rhinebeck , New York, Queens , New York, Glen Cove , New York, United States, Santos ’

☆ Not having a jury has turned Trump's fraud trial into an ugly screwball comedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Trump's lawyers complain to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron that their gag order prevents them from complaining more. With no jury, Trump is the audienceThe trial is a bench trial, meaning there's no jury. he quipped to one of Trump's lawyers, Christopher Kise, who had objected to one of his rulings about how to structure several questions. AdvertisementJudge Arthur F. Engoron presides over former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court. Trump's lawyers have hemmed and hawed about Greenfield, Engoron's principal law clerk, who has donated to Democratic politicians.

Persons: Trump's, there's, —, Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron, Michael Cohen's, Trump, Letitia James, Engoron, James, Eric Trump, Donald Trump , Jr, Allen Weisselberg, Jeff McConney —, Jamie White, litigator, who's, White, Alina Habba, Christopher Kise, Seth Wenig Engoron, Kise, He's, Randy Zelin, Hillary Clinton, Engoron's, Allison Greenfield, — Trump, Arthur F, Donald Trump's, Mike Segar, Jean Carroll, Carroll, defaming, Trump —, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Donald Trump Jr, David Dee Delgado, Zelin, he's Organizations: Service, Trump Organization, New York, York, AP, US Justice Department, Cornell Law School, Fox News, New York Supreme, Trump, Democratic Locations: York, Manhattan, New, New York, earshot, Greenfield, Woodstock

☆ Opinion: Trump testifies in court. Nothing has prepared him for this moment.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Monica Sarkar | Dennis Aftergut | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

On the issue of intent, in last week’s testimony, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump both attempted to shift the blame onto their accountants. First, the judge has already rejected a key route Trump tried to avoid an admission that he intended to defraud the victims. He fined Trump’s lawyers for doing just that. Again, the attorney general wins whether Trump denies it, or whether he doubles down on what the judge has called Trump’s “fantasy world” financial claims. If the past is prologue, Trump likely will continue to deny liability: Blowing smoke is simply in the nature of a narcissist.

Persons: Dennis Aftergut, —, kingpins, Donald Trump, Letitia James, ”, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, James, James ’, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Trump’s, Mary ”, ” Trump, don’t, Michael Cohen, brag, there’s, that’s Organizations: Defending American Democracy, CNN, New York, Trump Organization, Trump, US Justice Department, District, Prosecutors, Newsweek, Forbes, Department Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, York, New York, ”

☆ A tide of election worker resignations raises alarms ahead of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A wave of departures by election officials in key states risks adding new stress to the nation’s election system ahead of next year’s presidential contest, voting rights groups and several state election chiefs warn. The growing alarm over the resignations and retirements comes as officials say election workers continue to face a barrage of threats and harassment and partisan interference in their duties, first ignited by false claims of a stolen White House election in 2020. In King County, Washington – which includes Seattle – Julie Wise, the county election director, recalled receiving a letter over the summer with a rant about elections. Election watchdogs say more action is needed – including boosting federal funding and extending a federal law that criminalizes the release of restricted personal information about federal workers to cover election officials. Brinson Bell began tracking the departures when she became the state’s election chief that year.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Adrian Fontes, Pennsylvania –, Republican Al Schmidt, “, Nick Penniman, Schmidt, Donald Trump’s, ” Schmidt, Seattle – Julie Wise, Wise, ’, ” Penniman, Meagan Wolfe, Trump, Wolfe, there’s, Roy Cooper, Critics, Karen Brinson Bell, Brinson Bell, Kathy Holland, Holland, –, Brinson, ” Adam Byrnes, he’s, ” Byrnes, Fontes, ” Fontes, that’s Organizations: CNN, Democrat, Republican, US Justice Department, National Conference of State Legislatures, Committee, ” Workers, GOP, supermajorities, Gov, North Carolina State Board, Emory University, “ Locations: Arizona, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, King County , Washington, Seattle, In Wisconsin, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Alamance County, Swain County, Georgia

☆ Google reportedly paid Apple a whopping $18 billion in one year to keep its search engine the default on iPhones
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google paid Apple $18 billion in 2021 to remain the default search engine on iPhone, NYT reports. And we now know just how much Google has been paying Apple and other device makers to ensure its search engine remains the default on many devices, including the iPhone. In 2021, Google paid Apple about $18 billion to stay as Apple's top search engine, according to The New York Times, which cites two sources familiar with the deal. Back in 2014, Google paid Apple $1 billion to stay on iOS devices, court documents revealed in a separate case involving Oracle. Still, Kent Walker, general counsel of Google's parent company Alphabet, said in a response letter that people use the Google search engine because it is superior to its competition, not because they are pushed to use it.

Persons: it's, —, Apple —, Bernstein, Kent Walker, Walker, Eddy Cue Organizations: Apple, Google, US Justice Department, Service, Justice Department, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Oracle, of Justice, DOJ

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has sought documents and issued subpoenas to Tesla (TSLA.O) as it scrutinizes the automaker's driver assistance system Autopilot and vehicle driving range, among other issues, the company said on Monday. Tesla said in a regulatory filing it has received requests for information "including subpoenas, from the DOJ. These have included requests for documents related to Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD features" and other requests "associated with personal benefits, related parties, vehicle range and personnel decisions." Reuters reported in October 2022 that Tesla was under a Justice Department criminal investigation over claims the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, citing people familiar with the matter. The company's spending is, however, expected to return to the $7 billion to $9 billion range in the next two years, a regulatory filing showed.

Persons: Mike Blake, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Aditya Soni, Juby Babu, David Shepardson, Maju Samuel, Savio D'Souza, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Tesla, Beta, REUTERS, U.S . Justice Department, DOJ, Reuters, Justice Department, Street, Chief, Traffic, Administration, Thomson Locations: Encinitas , California, U.S, Mexico

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is also accused of extorting and defrauding the teen’s mother. But Kelly confirmed to CNN that van der Sloot intends to plead guilty in connection to the case. The 18-year-old was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and two other men, brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. They were rearrested and charged in 2007 for “involvement in the voluntary manslaughter of Natalee Holloway or causing serious bodily harm to Natalee Holloway, resulting in her death,” Aruban prosecutors said at the time. Van der Sloot confessed to killing Flores and was sentenced to 28 years in a Peruvian prison.

Persons: Natalee Holloway, Joran van, Sloot, Holloway, John Q, Kelly, It’s, van der Sloot, NBC’s, ” Kelly, Beth Holloway, Natalee’s, der Sloot, Deepak, Satish Kalpoe, ”, van der, van, Stephany Flores, Van der Sloot, Flores Organizations: CNN, Alabama, “, FBI, US Justice Department, US Locations: Aruba, Natalee’s, Caribbean, Alabama, Peru

☆ Rite Aid just filed for bankruptcy and could be closing more of its 2,100 stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisementRite Aid filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey on Sunday — a move that could see the drugstore chain close more of its 2,100 stores. Rite Aid has received a commitment for $3.45 billion in new financing from some of its lenders. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn March, the US Justice Department sued Rite Aid, accusing the company of missing "red flags" when pharmacists filled opioid prescriptions. A company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal: "We expect to negotiate a resolution of the opioid-related lawsuits with the various parties involved."

Persons: —, Jeffrey S, Stein, Elizabeth Burr Organizations: Service, Aid, US Justice Department, Rite Aid, Wall Street Locations: New Jersey

☆ Rite Aid files for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“It was always a matter of when, not if, Rite Aid would file for bankruptcy,” said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, in a note to investors. As part of the bankruptcy plan, Rite Aid appointed a new CEO, Jeff Stein, who will also serve as the head of restructuring and a board member. The government accused Rite Aid of missing “obvious red flags” when it filled the prescriptions for addictive pain killers. Rite Aid is a distant third-largest nationwide standalone pharmacy chain in the United States — and the seventh largest pharmacy overall, when taking into account big box chains. Ultimately, in 2017, the companies agreed to a smaller, $4.4 billion deal, in which Walgreens bought just under 2,000 Rite Aid locations, leaving Rite Aid diminished in stature and unable to compete at the scale of its bigger rivals.

Persons: —, ”, Neil Saunders, GlobalData, Jeff Stein, Stein, “, Aid’s, General Merrick Garland, — CNN’s Nathaniel Meyersohn, Juliana Liu Organizations: New, New York CNN — Rite, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Costco, US Securities and Exchange Commission, ”, Aid, Rite Aid, Solutions, “, Justice, US Justice Department, US Centers for Disease Control, ., United States — Locations: New York, United States

CNN —A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Authorities were called to the residence in unincorporated Plainfield Township, roughly 40 miles southwest of Chicago, shortly before noon Saturday after a woman called 911 saying her landlord had attacked her, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described him.

Persons: Joseph M, General Merrick Garland, Czuba, ”, “, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Joseph Czuba, Hanaan Shahin, Wadea Al, Bidens, Shahin, ‘, Justice Department “, ” Garland, ’, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea, Ahmed Rehab, Rehab, Wadea’s, ” Czuba Organizations: CNN, Sheriff’s, US Justice Department, House, White, Sunday, Authorities, Islamic Relations, Czuba, CAIR, Justice Department, Department, Justice, Illinois State Police, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Illinois Gov, “, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will County , Illinois, America, Plainfield Township, Will, Illinois, Gaza, Israel, United States

☆ It's official: 2023 is the year of Microsoft's glow-up
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Its big bet on AI appears to be paying off while blockbuster deals are getting greenlit. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's a history that is firmly behind the company: 2023 looks set to be the year Microsoft completes its glow-up. But by and large, 2023 has been a remarkable year for Microsoft.

Persons: —, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Nadella, Bing Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Apple, Google, The, Activision Blizzard, Markets Authority, Sky News, IRS, Treasury Locations: Ballmer

They’re opportunistic and adaptive,” said former CIA analyst Yaya Fanusie, now an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security. It’s unclear how much money Hamas has received in cryptocurrency, but there’s evidence they have amassed significant amounts. Another $94 million was allegedly held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant partner of Hamas, according to Elliptic, another analytics firm. Hamas additionally raises funds through informal taxes and smuggling, according to a Congressional Research Service report from May. Investigators were able to seize 150 cryptocurrency accounts “that laundered funds to and from” Hamas accounts, according to a DOJ news release.

Persons: launderers, European Union –, “ There’s, ”, Yaya Fanusie, –, Dmitry Machikhin, Arda Akartuna, Akartuna, Jake Sullivan, Iran “, Sullivan, Asher Perlin, Yitzchak Weinstock, Weinstock, “, al, Perlin Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Justice, Justice Department, European Union, Center, New, New American Security, Department of Homeland Security, ’, Reuters, Wall Street, Brigades, Palestine Islamic, US State Department, US Treasury Department, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Treasury, US Treasury, White, National, Congressional Research Service, US Justice Department, ”, Investigators, DOJ Locations: Iran, cryptocurrency, Israel, Washington ,, United States, New American, New Jersey, bitcoin, Jihad, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon, Lebanese, Syria, Tehran, Jerusalem

☆ Hamas proudly committed war crimes. Is Israel's government about to do the same?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is no special carve-out in international law that allows the victims of war crimes to commit war crimes in return. War crimes are seldom punished if they are endorsed by a superpower. Even during the bloody post-9/11 period, Western governments refrained from announcing that they intended to commit war crimes. When it came to terrorists, he said during his first campaign, "you have to take out their families," an explicit endorsement of war crimes. But it took Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine to fully put Trump's stated doctrine into practice — a modern military, in uniform, openly committing war crimes at scale.

Persons: Biden, Netanyahu, —, Michael Sfard, Tom Dannenbaum, Dannenbaum, Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marco Rubio, Mahmud Hams, Netanyahu's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, institutionalizing, Vladimir Putin's, Trump's, Vladimir Putin, weren't Organizations: Service, Israeli Defense Forces, Tufts, Terrorists, CIA, Prosecutors, Hague, US Justice Department, ICC, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Afghanistan, Ukraine

☆ TikTok is testing a partnership with Google as it looks to beef up its search features
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikTok is testing a search partnership with Google, a move that underscores the rapid pace at which the way people search online is evolving. Clicking on the link takes the user to an in-app browser, which displays Google's search results for the query. TikTok is also running a disclaimer that it "does not endorse or take responsibility for search results from Google," per Oncescu's screenshots. A TikTok spokesperson confirmed the company is experimenting with third-party integrations within the TikTok app, including a test with Google. "This partnership is a great way for both companies to learn about new behaviors of search in a different journey than traditional Google search," Cicero said.

Persons: Radu Oncescu, inputted, Oncescu, Matt Navarra, Navarra, Nick Cicero, Cicero Organizations: Google, Brands, US Justice Department, Apple, Samsung, DOJ

☆ George W. Bush says it was 'shocking' to learn that Yevgeny Prigozhin once served him dinner in St. Petersburg: 'All I know is I survived'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A photograph from 2006 shows Yevgeny Prigozhin serving dinner to then-President George W. Bush. Prigozhin was running catering for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, earning the name "Putin's chef." The former president was then asked if he thought Russian leader Vladimir Putin could "survive" the consequences of the Ukraine war if the conflict does not end in Moscow's favor. Russian leader Vladimir Putin listens to his US counterpart George W. Bush prior to a dinner 14 July 2006. In those days, Prigozhin had earned himself the nickname "Putin's chef" because he provided catering services to the Russian leader.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, George W, Bush, he'd, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin —, Wagner, —, It's, Laura Bush, Putin, DMITRY ASTAKHOV, US Justice Department —, Weeks Organizations: Service, Yalta European Strategy, Getty, World Trade Organization, US Justice Department, Wagner, Kremlin Locations: Wall, Silicon, Yalta, Kyiv, St . Petersburg, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow's, Russia, Constantine, Washington, Moscow, Concord

☆ US indicts nine alleged members of Russian cybercrime gang that targeted hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“The offer has been proven to be highly valuable to us and our operations against cybercriminals,” a senior FBI official told CNN. US officials have considered alleged Russian hackers in US custody as potential candidates in prisoner swap negotiations for Americans detained in Russia. The Conti ransomware has been used on hundreds of organizations worldwide, including almost 300 in the US, according to the senior FBI official. “Conti went away, but the actors didn’t necessarily,” the senior FBI official conceded. The FBI official declined to comment on the current whereabouts of the nine newly indicted men, or how the FBI tracks them.

Persons: Alexey Navalny, “, ”, Conti, Conti ransomware, hasn’t, “ Conti, didn’t, We’re Organizations: CNN, US Justice Department, State Department, cybercriminals, FBI, Treasury Department, US, Western, TrickBot Locations: Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Tennessee, Ukrainian

Search resuls for: "US Justice Department"

25 mentions found