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☆ Meet 12 Republican officials crusading against BlackRock and ESG investing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A group of vocal conservative officials are criticizing aspects of ESG investing. Players in the ESG ecosystem, like S&P Global and BlackRock, the world's largest money manager and an influential proponent of ESG investing, are often the subject of their critiques. Instead, officials often paint large financial firms' ESG strategies as functions of left-leaning agendas. Here are key GOP players who are taking aim at ESG investing. Abbott, who is seeking reelection in November, was early to denouncing ESG investing.

☆ Elon Musk points to Volkswagen's Nazi links after Alyssa Milano swaps her Tesla for a VW over 'hate and white supremacy' on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Alyssa Milano tweeted that she had traded in her Tesla for a Volkswagen and "loved it." Elon Musk liked a response pointing out that VW was founded by Adolf Hitler's government. Publicly traded company's products being pushed in alignment with hate and white supremacy doesn't seem to be a winning business model." Milano is one of many celebrities to voice their opposition to Musk's Twitter, which saw a spike in hate speech following his takeover. A study by Bloomberg Intelligence predicted the German automaker would dethrone Tesla as the world's biggest EV maker by 2024.

☆ China locks down major iPhone making city as Covid cases jump to a record high, sparking concerns that lockdowns could stretch beyond 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China posted a record number of daily Covid cases on Wednesday, amid a surge in the Omicron strain. It stepped up lockdowns in affected areas such as Zhengzhou, home to the world's largest iPhone plant. The restrictions come amid a surge of COVID-19 infections in China. China reported a record high 31,444 local infections for Wednesday, including asymptomatic cases, according to the country's National Health Commission. Despite the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, the Chinese and Hong Kong markets are flat at midday on Thursday.

☆ Plant-based meat startup Heura just raised $20 million as it aims to become Europe's industry leader. Here's the 35-slide pitch deck it used to raise the funds.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Spanish alternative protein startup Heura just raised $20 million through a crowdfunding campaign. We got an exclusive look at the 35-slide pitch deck it used to raise the funds. Alternative protein startup Heura just raised 20 million euros (around $20 million) as sales of its alternative meats more than doubled in the first half of the year. The pair set about creating healthy meat alternatives that look, feel, and taste like animal-based meat while just using plant-based ingredients. Heura remains committed to growing the plant-based food sector across Europe, as it has done in Spain, Añaños told Insider.

☆ Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren blast the $25 billion merger between grocers Kroger and Albertsons, one calling it an 'absolute disaster' for consumers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren blasted the Kroger-Albertsons merger. Sanders called it "an absolute disaster" for consumers that would result in higher grocery costs. The grocery store chains announced Friday that they've entered into a merger agreement that values the combined company at about $24.6 billion. "That's good for small businesses, it's good for consumers, and it actually, in many cases, reduces the need for regulatory oversight. And without local competition offering lower prices, consumers are stuck with nowhere else to stop.

☆ Elon Musk's trove of private text messages is a bad look for him — and another win for Twitter, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hundreds of Elon Musk's texts could work against him in his court battle with Twitter, experts say. The messages appear to show Musk was aware of issues with bots ahead of offering to buy the company. The hundreds of texts between Musk and some of Silicon Valley's most powerful players offer fresh insight into Musk's plans for Twitter. But Musk's private texts appear to tell a story that is "in tension with his lead argument," Schettenhelm told Insider. "Purging fake users will make the numbers look terrible, so restructuring should be done as a private company," he texted Taylor, according to the cache of documents released Thursday.

☆ Elon Musk takes another loss in Twitter battle as his request to delay trial is denied — but judge says he can add whistleblower allegations to his suit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Grace Kay | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter has already seen negative effects on its business during the case so far, the judge said. Musk's team cannot do any kind of extensive additional discovery that will delay the case, with the judge only allowing "incremental" and "targeted" requests for more document production from Twitter. She rejected the billionaire's request to delay the trial, his second attempt to do so, reiterating that any further delay poses an outsized risk to Twitter as a business. "I am convinced that even four weeks' delay would risk further harm to Twitter too great to justify." While Zatko's whistleblower claims mainly revolve around security issues at Twitter, Musk seized on them to prove his allegations of fraud.

☆ Microsoft хочет купить Discord за 10 миллиардов долларов
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Сервис для видео- и голосовых чатов Discord ведёт переговоры с возможными покупателями, среди которых Microsoft, пишет Bloomberg со ссылкой на источники. По словам одного источника, Discord скорее выйдет на биржу и станет публичной, чем продаст бизнес, пишет vc.ru. У Discord около 140 млн пользователей в месяц, а выручка в 2020 году составила $130 млн, хотя компания пока не прибыльна, сообщала The Wall Street Journal. Discord бесплатный, но компания зарабатывает деньги за счёт подписок Nitro — $9,99 в месяц с пользователя. По словам источников, близких к Microsoft, компания пытается нарастить активы, которые обеспечат ей доступ к большим сообществам пользователей: в 2020 году она хотела купить TikTok и вела переговоры о приобретении Pinterest.

Persons: Джейсон Цитрон, Мэтью Кантерман Organizations: Microsoft, Bloomberg, Epic, Street, Bloomberg Intelligence

☆ Цена биткоина впервые превысила $34 000
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Стоимость биткоина впервые в истории превысила $34 000. Цена биткоина впервые в истории превысила $34 000, следует из данных онлайн-биржи Coindesk. По сравнению с началом 2020 года цена биткоина выросла примерно в 4,7 раза. Выше $30 000, а затем и $33 000 стоимость биткоина поднялась в субботу, 2 января. Агентство напоминает, что 26 ноября цена криптовалюты упала на 14% из-за предупреждений о необходимости коррекции.

Persons: Bloomberg Nexo, Энтони Тренчев, Скотт Минерд, Майк Макглоун Organizations: Bloomberg, Guggenheim Investments, Bloomberg Intelligence

☆ La ce vaccinuri pentru Covid-19 lucrează marile companii farmaceutice
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-15 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +2 min

Mai multe companii de top şi-au unit forţele pentru a găsi leacul la cea mai gravă criză medicală din acest secol, conform Fox News. Luna trecută, Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii (OMS) a estimat că va dura măcar 18 luni până la găsirea unui vaccin pentru noul coronavirus. Compania a trimis o serie de vaccinuri pentru teste şi în Statele Unite. Inovio a mai lucrat în trecut pe un vaccin pentru un alt coronavirus, MERS, potrivit Bloomberg Intelligence. Compania ar putea să-şi folosească cercetările anterioare pentru găsirea rapidă a unui leac, potrivit Mediafax.

Persons: Clover, Johnson, J, Sanofi Pasteur, Sanofi, Inovio Organizations: Fox News, OMS, Moderna Inc, Compania Moderna Inc, Glaxosmithkline, american, Mediafax Locations: Statele Unite, Philadelphia

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