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As President Joe Biden fought to remain in the presidential race this summer, advisers often argued there existed a “Biden coalition” — a cohort only the incumbent could hold together. A coalition of labor groups targeting union members in battleground states is pointing to Biden’s term in office. Coons noted the vice president has campaigned in Pennsylvania’s biggest cities, but also in places like Wilkes-Barre, Johnstown and Erie to reach the kinds of voters Biden has long considered his base. And for some voters whom Biden won in 2020, the message has shifted away from being about him. The union has held rallies and other organizing events there and in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada targeting its own and other union members.

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☆ Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Emily Baumgaertner | Alex Kalman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Ballistic armor companies are marketing protective products designed for the military to parents and schools. A snippet from a series of demonstration video on First Line Furniture's website. Bulletproof Collapsible Safe RoomsA snippet from a demonstration video on the KT Security Solutions website. Still, with another back-to-school season in full force, some educational leaders are deeply troubled by the proliferation of armored products. “Arm us with books, counselors and resources, not bulletproof vests,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

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☆ SentinelOne CEO on CrowdStrike outage: We will never deploy a fleet-wide update
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSentinelOne CEO on CrowdStrike outage: We will never deploy a fleet-wide updateTomer Weingarten, SentinelOne CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, if CrowdStrike's outage could've happened to anyone, and customer appetite to spend on cybersecurity.

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☆ Harris blasts Trump vision of 'chaos, fear and hate' in fiery teachers' union speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention in Houston, Texas, on July 25, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris in a fiery speech Thursday blasted the policy agenda of former President Donald Trump as one of "chaos, fear and hate," after telling members of the nation's second-largest teachers' union that she was running for president because of her first-grade public school teacher and "many people like you." Are you ready to elect the next president of the United States?" "Is because of Mrs. Frances Wilson and so many people like you that I stand before you as vice president of the United States, and because I am running to become president of the United States," she said. Harris said that teachers like Wilson "are visionaries, you have a vision of the future ... you see the potential in every child."

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☆ A major student-loan company is being sued over claims it mismanaged 8 million borrowers' accounts, blocking them from lower payments and debt relief
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA major student-loan company just got hit with a lawsuit over claims it harmed the millions of borrowers it services. The lawsuit claims that MOHELA's mismanagement has harmed the 8 million borrowers it services and requests that a judgment be entered requiring MOHELA to provide relief to harmed borrowers for violating consumer protection law. "Individually, any one of MOHELA's failings would be sufficient to cause financial, mental, and emotional distress," the lawsuit said.

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☆ Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Read previewBefore his 2019 death in jail, Jeffrey Epstein spent hours being interviewed on camera by Steve Bannon. AdvertisementAlexandra Preate, a spokesperson for Bannon, told BI in December 2021 that the documentary about Epstein would be screened "probably around Labor Day." In the 2000s, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein fought over Trump's purchase of a Palm Beach mansion that Epstein coveted. Mark Epstein said Jeffrey Epstein told him he wasn't subpoenaed for any depositions at that time. "You were the only person I was afraid of during the campaign," Bannon told Epstein, according to Wolff's book.

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☆ AFT President on using AI in the classroom: The human can never be substituted by the machine
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | 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 EmailAFT President on using AI in the classroom: The human can never be substituted by the machineRandi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the Federation's new guidelines on AI in schools, potential uses of classroom technology, and more.

Persons: Randi Weingarten Organizations: American Federation of Teachers

☆ Britney Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart no longer representing singer after finalizing litigation for her conservatorship
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, served as the singer’s conservator for most of its 13-year duration, overseeing his adult daughter’s finances and medical decisions. Within two months of working with Rosengart, the court suspended Spears’ father as her conservator, and then ultimately terminated the conservatorship less than two months later. When Rosengart was hired in July 2021, Spears posted to her Instagram: “Now with real representation today … I feel GRATITUDE and BLESSED ! Throughout Spears’ legal battle, many accusations were made against her father in legal filings pertaining to financial misuse and abusing his role as conservator. “As she desired, her freedom now includes that she will no longer need to attend or be involved with court in this matter,” Rosengart told CNN, in April.

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☆ Software stocks got pummeled this week after a cluster of troubling earnings reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

And Veeva's CEO said on his company's earnings call that generative artificial intelligence has been "a competing priority" for customers. Add it all up and it was a brutal week for software and enterprise tech. "Every enterprise software company kind of has adjusted" since after the pandemic, Benioff said on his company's earnings call. "Macroeconomic headwinds are still out there," Okta finance chief Brett Tighe said on the company's earnings call. Veeva CEO Peter Gassner cited "disruption in large enterprises as they work through their plans for AI."

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☆ SentinelOne CEO on Q1: Pleased with performance but software buying habits are changing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | 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 EmailSentinelOne CEO on Q1: Pleased with performance but software buying habits are changingTomer Weingarten, SentinelOne CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results and guidance, where corporations are spending their software dollars, and how AI changes the customer's focus.

Persons: Weingarten Organizations: SentinelOne

☆ Britney Spears settles long-running legal dispute with estranged father, finally bringing ultimate end to conservatorship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“It has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears,” the singer’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, said in a statement to CNN. “Although the conservatorship was terminated in November 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete. “He wants the best for Britney, nothing less.”Spears’ conservatorship was terminated back in November 2021. A 13-year conservatorship ended in 2021In June 2021, Spears gave explosive testimony, marking the first time she had spoken in open court throughout the 13 years. In September 2021, less than two months before her conservatorship was terminated, a judge suspended Spears’ father, Jamie, as his daughter’s conservator.

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☆ SentinelOne CEO on Q4 results: Our progress towards profitability is 'second to none' right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | 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 EmailSentinelOne CEO on Q4 results: Our progress towards profitability is 'second to none' right nowTomer Weingarten, SentinelOne CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, why the company's trying to force profitability, and much more.

Persons: Tomer Weingarten Organizations: SentinelOne

☆ Sam Altman says he harbors 'zero ill will' towards former OpenAI board member Ilya Sutskever
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI's Sam Altman says he has "zero ill will" towards cofounder Ilya Sutskever. Sutskever, a former OpenAI board member, had previously voted to fire Altman as CEO. AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he has no hard feelings towards former board member Ilya Sutskever. Besides reinstating Altman, OpenAI welcomed a new initial board comprising Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo. Taylor, who is OpenAI's new board chair, said on Wednesday that OpenAI backer Microsoft would be given a non-voting board observer seat.

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☆ Ilya Sutskever did not attend OpenAI's party celebrating Sam Altman's return as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ilya Sutskever was nowhere to be found Tuesday night at the impromptu party OpenAI staff threw to celebrate the return of Sam Altman as CEO. Sutskever was directly involved in Altman's abrupt removal as CEO last Friday by OpenAI's board, of which Sutskever was a member. With Altman now back leading the company, a new smaller board in place, and additional members imminent, staff are unsure if Sutskever will return at all. Another person familiar with both men thinks it is possible Sutskever could return and mend fences, however unlikely. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and another co-founder who quit in solidarity with Altman, is less magnanimous, the person said.

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This time, liberal and moderate candidates took control in high-profile races in conservative Iowa, and the swing states of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Pennsylvania saw a number of Democratic victories in school boards, particularly in districts that have recently seen GOP-led school boards adopt policies targeting transgender students, as well as reading materials and curriculum on LGBTQ+ history. Turn PA Blue, a partisan political organization, said Democrats gained control of at least seven school boards and gained ground in a half-dozen others in Pennsylvania, a swing state. In the Central Bucks School District north of Philadelphia, Democrats flipped three seats, ousting the incumbent school board president, and retained two others, giving the party majority control. School board politics have also become contentious in Virginia since 2021, when Republican Gov.

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The nearly week-old United Auto Workers strike against Ford (F.N), General Motors (GM.N) and Stellantis (STLAM.MI) is viewed as a signal of the strength of the U.S. labor movement that has garnered national support from Americans. The UAW members from two striking plants gathered in Toledo were rolling out for the one-hour, 45-mile (72 km) drive to Wayne, Michigan, where Ford workers also walked off the job last week. In Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, the three states where workers are currently striking, models made by the Big Three dominate the leaderboard of new auto registrations. The United States is still the second-largest car market in the world, trailing only China. Union membership has fallen steadily over several decades in the United States.

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☆ Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other tech leaders in closed Senate session about AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hosted the panel of tech executives, labor and civil rights leaders as part of the Senate's inaugural "AI Insight Forum." Google CEO Sundar Pichai, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. Working toward legislationSchumer said in his prepared remarks that the event marked the beginning of "an enormous and complex and vital undertaking: building a foundation for bipartisan AI policy that Congress can pass." Successful legislation will need to be bipartisan, Schumer added, saying he'd spoken with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was "encouraging." Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who leads the Commerce Committee, predicted lawmakers could get AI legislation "done in the next year."

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden 's treasured assertion that he's the most pro-union president in U.S. history. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“I think the American public as a whole realizes the impact that the American auto workers have on the economy," Killian said. But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn’t have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job. Nowhere will the political fallout of an auto workers strike be felt more than Michigan, which Biden won by nearly 3 percentage points in 2020. And Ray Curry, the former UAW president who was unseated by Fain, had worked with Biden in the past, even attending White House ceremonies.

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☆ SentinelOne raises full-year forecast, adds partnership with Wiz still on
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Akshita Toshniwal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 31 (Reuters) - SentinelOne Inc (S.N) raised its annual revenue forecast on Thursday, riding on resilient adoption of its AI-backed security offerings as macroeconomic fears abate. The cybersecurity company also clarified that it had just canceled a "reselling agreement" with Wiz and their partnership with the startup was still on. Startup Wiz said last week that it was considering a potential bid for SentinelOne, which has struggled to become profitable, after reports that it was considering putting itself up for sale. The Mountain View, California-based company expects revenue for the full-year to be $605 million, up from the $590 million to $600 million range it had forecast in June. The cybersecurity company also forecast revenue of $156 million for the third quarter, higher than analysts' estimate of $154.20 million.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Tomer Weingarten, Wiz, Akshita, Shailesh Organizations: SentinelOne Inc, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike Holdings, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, View , California, Bengaluru

☆ SentinelOne CEO says the cybersecurity company is not for sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

SentinelOne , a cybersecurity company that went public in 2021 and has yet to see its stock price exceed highs from that year, is not for sale, Tomer Weingarten, its co-founder and CEO, told CNBC in an interview Thursday. Bloomberg reported security startup Wiz was considering an acquisition of SentinelOne, pointing to comments from a Wiz spokesperson. SentinelOne shares rose more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results. The best way to do that is to remain a publicly traded independent company, Weingarten said. Excluding the after-hours move, SentinelOne shares have risen about 14% so far this year, trailing the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF, which is up about 22% during the same period.

Persons: Tomer Weingarten, Weingarten, SentinelOne Organizations: CNBC, Bloomberg, Revenue, CrowdStrike, VMware, Microsoft, Incumbents, Wiz, Trust Nasdaq

☆ As student loan payments restart, can employers be a firewall for borrowers? Some groups hope so
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images17% of employers offer some kind of student loan aidFew employers offer student loan benefits, which can take many forms. Seventeen percent offer some type of student loan assistance, according to a 2021 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The most popular workplace programs don't offer direct relief for student loan payments. The expanded tax break for student loan payments is temporary, however. Starting in 2024, employers will also be allowed to pay a 401(k) match to borrowers making student loan payments, a provision enacted by a 2022 law known as Secure 2.0.

Persons: Will Hansen, We're, Derrick Johnson, Johnson, Luis Alvarez, SHRM, We've, Randi Weingarten, " Hansen Organizations: Research, of America, NAACP, Digitalvision, Getty, American Federation of Teachers Locations: Albuquerque , New Mexico, Washington, Orange County , Florida

☆ The biggest takeaways from Microsoft's courtroom showdown with the FTC over Activision Blizzard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +21 min

The impulse to expand Microsoft's gaming business on mobile devices at least in part inspired the Activision acquisition. The impulse to expand Microsoft's gaming business on mobile devices at least in part inspired the Activision acquisition. Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, wasn't happy with a Microsoft-generated list of Activision Blizzard games that would remain accessible on the PlayStation after the acquisition closes. Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, wasn't happy with a Microsoft-generated list of Activision Blizzard games that would remain accessible on the PlayStation after the acquisition closes. Activision Blizzard and Microsoft have agreed to terminate the deal if it's not done by July 18.

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The deal had been announced in January 2022 and the FTC sued to stop it in December last year. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco pressed FTC lawyers on where their economist got the data to show the deal would harm consumers. The FTC has said that if Microsoft bought Activision, Microsoft would have the incentive and the ability to harm competition in markets related to consoles, subscription game services and cloud gaming. "The harm here is we think is substantial in locking up Activision content," said FTC lawyer James Weingarten. To address the FTC concerns, Microsoft has agreed to license "Call of Duty" to rivals.

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☆ Founder of US 'orgasmic meditation' group to challenge forced labor charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Nicole Daedone, founder and former CEO of OneTaste Inc., arrives for a hearing at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) - The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach "orgasmic meditation," plans to challenge a federal criminal charge that she surveilled group members and withheld promised wages, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Daedone, who also served as OneTaste's chief executive until 2017, and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz have each pleaded not guilty to one count of forced labor conspiracy. Jenny Kramer, a lawyer for Cherwitz, told Gujarati her client denied the charges. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nicole Daedone, Brendan McDermid, Reid Weingarten, Diane, Weingarten, Rachel Cherwitz, Jenny Kramer, Cherwitz, OneTaste, Luc Cohen, Matthew Lewis Organizations: OneTaste Inc, Brooklyn Federal, REUTERS, U.S, District, Netflix, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, California, New York

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | 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 EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer WeingartenTomer Weingarten, SentinelOne CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's Q1 earnings, which missed on the top line, the cybersecurity sector at large, the impact of the A.I. threat, and more.

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