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☆ Musk has a 22-year history working with Putin, now it's really alarming, says Yale’s Jeff Sonnenfeld
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMusk has a 22-year history working with Putin, now it's really alarming, says Yale’s Jeff SonnenfeldHermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder and Yale’s Jeff Sonnenfeld, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss reports that Elon Musk was in contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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☆ Bitcoin miners at Donald Trump's closed-door event say he thinks bitcoin can help win AI arms race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

Less than four hours after Trump's roundtable wrapped, the former president took to social media to extol the virtues of the bitcoin mining business. "Bitcoin mining may be our last line of defense against a CBDC," Trump posted shortly before midnight on Tuesday. "That's where you've got all these ancillary jobs; it's not just the bitcoin mining directly," said Cook. Enter bitcoin miners. Adding bitcoin miners to the portfolio of energy buyers has helped to improve the core economics of renewable power production.

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☆ 'No chance' Putin starts a nuclear war 'if we confiscate his money': Hermitage's Bill Browder
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'No chance' Putin starts a nuclear war 'if we confiscate his money': Hermitage's Bill BrowderHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.

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☆ Robo-lawyer startup DoNotPay did something almost unheard of in Silicon Valley: It paid a dividend.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In January, the legal startup DoNotPay sent more than $1 million to employees and investors in its first-ever dividend. He got the idea from one of his own angels, Sahil Lavingia, whose startup Gumroad issued a dividend last year. The expectation is that when a company sells or goes public, employees will cash in their shares for untold riches. Last year, the digital commerce startup Gumroad paid a dividend of $1 million across employees, investors, and thousands of crowdfunding backers. Cash rewardsBrowder said he wanted to offer a dividend to reward those employees and investors who bet on the startup early.

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☆ Opinion | No One Is Above the Law, Except, Apparently, Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As the week began, it looked as though Donald Trump would finally face consequences — or at least, a consequence — for his actions. Last month, a New York state trial court found the former president liable for inflating his net worth and misleading banks and insurers in order to receive favorable loans for his various businesses and commercial enterprises. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, imposed a penalty of $454 million, to be paid into the state’s general fund. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, gave Trump a 30-day grace period to secure bond as he pursued appeal of the judgment. And even if he could, Trump would need to pledge at least as much in collateral to the company.

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☆ Strongmen Find New Ways to Abuse Interpol, Despite Years of Fixes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jane Bradley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For years, strongmen and autocrats had a novel weapon in their hunt for political enemies. They used Interpol, the world’s largest police organization, to reach across borders and grab them — even in democracies. In response, Interpol has toughened oversight of its arrest alerts, known as red notices, making it harder than ever to misuse them. Abuse of this important antiterrorism tool got so bad that Interpol temporarily blocked Turkey from using it. Belarus is now subject to special monitoring after Interpol spotted a wave of politically motivated entries, officials said.

Persons: autocrats, William F, Browder Organizations: Interpol, New York Times Locations: Venezuelan, Peru, An, Australia, Russia, London, Belarus, Turkey

☆ 4 Ways Autocrats Have Used Interpol to Harass Faraway Enemies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jane Bradley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Interpol is the world’s largest police organization. It serves as a powerful bulletin board that governments and law enforcement agencies use to team up to pursue fugitives across the globe. Here are some of the ways countries can exploit Interpol:Red NoticesInterpol’s red notice, the closest thing to an international arrest warrant, has long been dogged by controversy. And William F. Browder, a London-based human rights campaigner, has been repeatedly targeted for arrest by Russia. In response, Interpol has toughened oversight, making it harder than ever to misuse red notices.

Persons: William F, Browder Organizations: Interpol Locations: Venezuelan, Peru, An, Australia, London, Russia

☆ Opinion | How Biden Can Avenge Navalny’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden said last week that he was “looking at a whole number of options” to make good on his 2021 warning to Vladimir Putin that Russia would face “devastating” consequences if Aleksei Navalny were to die in prison. As several close Russia watchers told me, however, there’s much more to be done about the first. Browder is best known as the moving force behind the Magnitsky Acts, which put sanctions on Russian officials implicated in corruption and other abuses. And it’s been resisted by U.S. government officials who fear that it exceeds what American law allows and would encourage a flight from dollar assets. As for the flight-from-the-dollar argument, it might otherwise be persuasive if the need to save Ukraine and punish Russia weren’t more urgent.

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☆ Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder says we need to save the lives of other Putin opponents
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAnti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder says we need to save the lives of other Putin opponentsAnti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, speaks to CNBC's Silvia Amaro.

Persons: Bill Browder, Putin, CNBC's Silvia Amaro Organizations: Kremlin, Hermitage Capital Management

☆ Navalny death is a pre-election gambit from Putin, anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Matt Clinch | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny's death was intended as a message to political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of elections next month. Dissident Navalny, who died Friday, had been serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism in Russia, which he vehemently denied. World leaders reacted with dismay and suspicion to the death, with U.S. President Joe Biden saying "Putin is responsible." Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday said the West's reaction to Navalny's death was "self-exposing," given that no forensic medical examination had been made available at the time. Browder, the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management and a friend of Navalny, also accused the Russian leader of being behind the death.

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☆ Navalny is the latest in a long line of Putin critics who met an early death
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —When Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny returned to Russia in 2021, there were many who feared he would face an untimely end. The Kremlin has said it is investigating the critic’s death, the circumstances of which were not immediately clear. After his death, opposition leader Ilya Yashin said his friend had been working on a report about Russian troops and their involvement in Ukraine. Nemtsov’s death came two days before he was set to lead an opposition rally in the Russian capital. Alexander PerepilichnyyOver the years, suggestions have emerged of the possible use of a rare plant poison in the death of Russian financier Alexander Perepilichnyy.

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☆ 'The Davos underground': A final take on the secretive parties of the world's rich and powerful
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

"That's when you get the good s---," said a Davos attendee who is regularly selected to join the exclusive backroom of the Annual Davos Wine Forum Tasting. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards JPMorgan took over the Kirchner Museum for its annual drinks event. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The attire of the Davos set is decidedly not chic. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The color of your conference badge determined access to World Economic Forum events. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Skiing and snowboarding post panels and broadcasting was another favorite pastime of some Davos goers.

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☆ Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck that Yuzu Health, which offers AI-powered health plans for startups, used to raise $5 million from investors including Lachy Groom and Altman Capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Yuzu Health is working to bring that system to the world of startups. Yuzu Health currently powers 10 healthcare plans for thousands of members, he said. "Broadly, we're excited about being modular and, as a new player in the space, unlocking startups' abilities to get self-funded plans." Yuzu Health joins a growing ecosystem of startups that are helping other startups operate and provide better perks and conditions for their employees. Check out the 15-slide pitch deck Yuzu Health used to land $5 million in seed funding:

Persons: Lachy Groom, Vanta, Max Kauderer, Yuzu, Russell Pekala, Ryan Lee, Kauderer Organizations: One Ventures, Altman, Browder, Unicorn, Coalition, Health Locations: Yuzu, New York

☆ Elon Musk scrambled to justify blocking a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy using Starlink
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk defended his decision to block a Ukrainian attack that could have decimated Russia's navy. Per a new biography, he refused Ukraine use of his Starlink network to make the attack in 2022. Musk appears to believe that by blocking the attack he prevented a nuclear war. Musk argued repeatedly that he had avoided a nuclear war by thwarting the attack, believing that would have been Russia's response had it gone ahead. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The onus is meaningfully different if I refused to act upon a request from Ukraine vs. made a deliberate change to Starlink to thwart Ukraine," Musk wrote in another post.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Garry Kasparov, Bill Browder, Isaacson Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Russian, SpaceX Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Russia

☆ What now for Putin? Kremlin critic says Prigozhin’s apparent death will ‘cement his authority’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty ImagesProminent Kremlin critic Bill Browder believes the presumed death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will shore up President Vladimir Putin's shaken authority, saying the Russian leader "never forgives and never forgets." His comments come shortly after Russian aviation officials said Wednesday that Prigozhin was believed to have been killed in a plane crash. A view of site after a private jet, allegedly carrying Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and other passengers crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region, Russia on August 23, 2023. This will cement his authority and is standard Putin operating procedure," Browder said. The Wagner boss had struck an apparent deal with the Kremlin in the aftermath of the June rebellion.

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☆ Russian Putin critics like Prigozhin who met an early death
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

No evidence has been presented that points to the involvement of the Kremlin or Russian security services in the crash. Nemtsov’s death came two days before he was set to lead an opposition rally in the Russian capital. Alexander PerepilichnyyOver the years, suggestions have emerged of the possible use of a rare plant poison in the death of Russian financier Alexander Perepilichnyy. ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesRussian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian prison in 2009. The most prominent voice of dissent in Putin’s Russia, the lawyer, politician and corruption activist for years orchestrated massive street protests.

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A cameraman films a wreckage of the private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin near the crash site in the Tver region, Russia. Neither referenced the plane crash in which 10 people were said to have been killed. A Reuters reporter at the crash site on Thursday morning saw men carrying away black body bags on stretchers. Unnamed sources told Russian media they believed the plane had been shot down by one or more surface-to-air missiles. SECOND PLANE LINKED TO PRIGOZHINFlightradar24 online tracker showed that the plane had dropped off the radar at 6:11 p.m. (1511 GMT).

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☆ What caused the Embraer plane reportedly carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin to crash near Moscow?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The plane was a private Embraer jet carrying seven passengers and three crew members, according to Russia’s emergency services ministry. The bodies of eight people have been found at the crash site, according to Russian state media. Video published by Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti showed a plane plummeting with one wing missing. It’s not yet clear what caused the plane to crash. Video Ad Feedback Why Russia expert thinks Putin could be behind plane crash 01:30 - Source: CNNWhat’s the public reaction so far?

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Who is Mr. Prigozhin? Europe and the United States have been trying to shut down Prigozhin’s sprawling business operations for years. On the F.B.I.’s most wanted list, Mr. Prigozhin rose quickly in Putin’s Russia — from being the president’s favored caterer to winning major contracts that bankrolled Wagner Group, his private mercenary operation. Mr. Prigozhin also relies on a global network of corporate lawyers to fend off Western authorities, according to a separate F.T. Bill Browder, a former investor in Russia who has become one of Mr. Putin’s biggest critics, told DealBook that the president would look to reassert his authority by whatever means necessary.

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☆ Anti-Putin activist Bill Browder says a 'purge of monumental proportions' is coming to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAnti-Putin activist Bill Browder says a 'purge of monumental proportions' is coming to RussiaAnti-Kremlin activity Bill Browder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, discusses the implications of the attempted mutiny in Russia and says President Vladimir Putin will deploy brutal tactics to regain his hold on power.

Persons: Bill Browder, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Putin, Russia Anti, Hermitage Capital Management Locations: Russia

☆ 5 jaw-dropping things GPT-4 can do that ChatGPT couldn’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the next-generation version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its viral chatbot tool, ChatGPT. The company said GPT-4 recently passed a simulated law school bar exam with a score around the top 10% of test takers. Providing more precise responsesCompared to the prior version, GPT-4 is able to produce longer, more detailed and more reliable written responses, according to the company. One early user said it provided in-depth suggestions for pickup lines based on a question listed on a dating profile. “They can produce inaccurate information from time to time and can be black-box in nature.”For now, OpenAI said GPT-4 users should exercise caution and use “great care” particularly “in high-stakes contexts.”

☆ 'Robot lawyer' DoNotPay is being sued by a law firm because it 'does not have a law degree'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DoNotPay, which uses AI to provide legal services, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit. The complaint argues: "Unfortunately for its customers, DoNotPay is not actually a robot, a lawyer, nor a law firm. DoNotPay does not have a law degree, is not barred in any jurisdiction, and is not supervised by any lawyer." DoNotPay claims to use artificial intelligence to help customers handle an array of legal services without needing to hire a lawyer. It was founded in 2015 as an app to help customers fight parking tickets, but has since expanded its services.

DoNotPay "is not actually a robot, a lawyer, nor a law firm," Chicago-based law firm Edelson said in a proposed class action in San Francisco state court dated March 3 and posted to the court's public website Thursday. Browder said Edelson founder Jay Edelson "inspired me to start DoNotPay," claiming Edelson and lawyers like him enrich themselves through class actions with little benefit to consumers. Browder founded DoNotPay in 2015 with a focus on tasks such as fighting parking tickets, and it has expanded to include some legal services, the lawsuit said. The lawsuit said DoNotPay violated California's unfair competition law by engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The case is Faridian v. DoNotPay Inc, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco, No.

☆ The West should confiscate Russia's currency reserves to help Ukraine while easing risk to US dollar's dominance, says anti-Putin hedge fund manager
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian currency reserves should be confiscated and used to help Ukraine, Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder said in the FT.To avoid weakening dollar dominance, the US must be joined by others, the long-time critic of Vladimir Putin added. Sign up for our newsletter to get the inside scoop on what traders are talking about — delivered daily to your inbox. But Browder argued those assets should be seized and put to use in the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine. If the US alone confiscated Russian reserves, that would risk the dollar's dominance in global finance, as countries would shift to other currencies out of fear that the same could be done to their foreign reserves, Browder said. To avoid this, he argued that other countries with a reserve currency must join the US, leaving investors with little alternative.

☆ 10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Carter Thallon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Movies and television shape what people think about ancient Egypt. Here are 10 things that "Moon Knight", "The Mummy", and others got wrong and one they got right. When it comes to ancient Egypt, they can draw the portrait of pharaohs ruling Egypt with an iron fist, cruel torture, and wicked booby-trapped pyramids. "All of the sarcophagi that I've seen in Egypt were made of stone," said Browder, an author of several books on ancient Egypt. The curse that set Imhotep on his murderous path in "The Mummy" has no historical basisIn "The Mummy," Imhotep was mummified alive.

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