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☆ Analyst who provided Trump-Russia dossier information acquitted of lying to FBI
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Julia Jester | Julia Jester Is A Producer For Nbc News Based In Washington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Prosecutors alleged Danchenko provided false information to the FBI in 2017 when the agency was trying to verify information in a dossier detailing Trump’s alleged ties to Russia that was compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. The largely unsubstantiated dossier was used by the FBI to support its surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Millian has denied being a source of information for the dossier. When asked by the FBI whether he had talked to Dolan for the information, Danchenko said he had not. Trump had called the dossier fake news and evidence of a political witch hunt against him.

☆ Apple workers vote to unionize second U.S. store
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Doyinsola Oladipo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Apple Inc retail workers voted to form a union at an Oklahoma location, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said on Friday, making it the tech giant's second U.S. store to organize. Employees at the Apple Penn Square store in Oklahoma City voted 56 to 32 in support of joining the Communications Workers of America Union (CWA), securing the needed majority, according to a tally by the NLRB. Apple workers near Baltimore, Maryland, voted in June to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The CWA in May withdrew an election petition on behalf of Apple workers in Atlanta, Georgia, claiming that Apple had repeatedly violated federal labor law and the rising number of COVID infections among store employees made a fair election impossible, according to the CWA. Some current and former Apple workers last year began criticizing the company's working conditions online, using the hashtag #AppleToo.

Companies are spending billions of dollars to connect customers. Here’s a closer look at their different approaches, and the services they hope to offer.

☆ How Satellite-Based 5G Technology Works
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Drew Fitzgerald | Kevin Hand | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Reports: TechnologyWhat Will Satellite-Connected Phones Do for Us? Not Much, for Now. By Cordilia JamesNew tech in smartphones promises users an “always connected” experience. But there are limits.

☆ Durham’s Steele Dossier Case Hits Hurdles From His Own FBI Witnesses
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Igor Danchenko is accused of lying to FBI agents as they probed Russian interference in the 2016 election. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A central source for a salacious 2016 dossier on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump became a valuable informant for the FBI and agents who worked with him thought he was telling the truth, FBI employees testified this week. Their testimony, as witnesses in a case brought by the prosecution, presented serious challenges to Special Counsel John Durham ’s case against consultant Igor Danchenko on charges of lying to the FBI, the second case Mr. Durham has brought in his yearslong inquiry into actions FBI agents took as they probed Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mr. Durham engaged in heated confrontations with two of his primary witnesses, including at the end of Thursday with FBI agent Kevin Helson.

☆ 'Top Gun: Maverick' studio Skydance just scored a $400 million funding led by KKR. Meet 16 private equity players betting big on Hollywood now.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Elaine Low | Claire Atkinson | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private equity firms are investing more deeply in film and TV content companies, even amid a possible recession. Private equity accounted for 42% of deals over the last year vs. 24% in 2018, according to PwC. KKR just led a $400 million funding round for Skydance, giving the "Top Gun: Maverick" studio a $4 billion valuation. And earlier in July, Swedish firm EQT invested in UTA, which makes the private equity player the largest outside shareholder of the talent agency. And KKR is continuing to make big bets: It just led a $400 million funding round in "Top Gun: Maverick" studio Skydance that sent the production company's valuation north of $4 billion.

☆ This ex-pharmacist spent $22,000 on a startup—now she has a $600,000 'Shark Tank' deal and could make $1 million this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Now, she has two new business partners and a "Shark Tank" deal: During the episode, Barbara Corcoran and Robert Herjavec gave Farzin a combined $600,000 for 10% of Oogiebear. The investors promised to give up half of that equity if the company doesn't hit $400 million in sales within two years. So she took $22,000 from her savings, quit her full-time pharmacist job and founded Potomac, Maryland-based Oogiebear. On Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank," Farzin told investors how far she'd come: Since launching her booger-removal business, Oogiebear had made $15 million in revenue. But Farzin stayed focused on Corcoran and Herjavec, asking them for a combined $600,000 instead.

☆ Droughts, Ukraine war push global grain stocks toward worrying decade low
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

But the United States, the world's top corn producer, is now expected to harvest its smallest corn crop in three years. That would be fewer days of corn stocks than the world had in 2012, when the last global food crisis spurred riots. Ukraine is expected to harvest 25 to 27 million tonnes of corn in 2022, down from 42.1 million tonnes in 2021, following Russia's invasion, according to official estimates. read moreSanctions related to the war mean Russia has also struggled to export what is expected to be a record-large wheat crop. read moreAgricultural lender Rabobank said the next U.S. wheat crop is also at risk and will be planted in dust this autumn unless rains fall.

You can watch all the news from the Tudum event live via Netflix's YouTube channel on September 24. How to watch Netflix Tudum 2022You can watch the Netflix Tudum 2022 livestream event on Netflix's YouTube channel. What is Netflix's Tudum event? Tudum is an annual Netflix event that's a lot like Comic-Con for Netflix fans. Tudum 2022 is a chance for filmmakers to talk about popular and upcoming titles with fans.

UFC 279 will stream live on September 10, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. Chimaev versus Holland and Diaz versus Ferguson are both scheduled for five rounds. How to watch UFC 279You can watch the main event of UFC 279 on ESPN+ at 10 p.m. Ways to save on the UFC 279 pay-per-view priceIf you plan on signing up for ESPN+ to watch UFC 279, you can take advantage of a special discounted bundle. Here's the fight card for UFC 279: Diaz vs. FergusonEarly Prelims — 6 p.m.

☆ Kevin Hart sold a $100 million stake in his media company to private equity firm Abry. Here are 10 more Hollywood production shops that are hot M&A targets.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-19 | by ( Natalie Jarvey | Elaine Low | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Abry Partners' $100 million stake in Kevin Hart's company HartBeat is the latest big M&A move in Hollywood. Dealmakers said production companies are valuable amid the streaming wars and demand for content. The M&A activity had top Hollywood dealmakers telling Insider in early 2022 that practically every independent production company is a target. Many production companies make work-for-hire or don't control the rights to a project once it is sold off to a studio distributor. Based on January interviews with five entertainment industry experts and insiders, Insider identified a list of 10 production companies that could be compelling acquisition targets as M&A activity continues.

☆ A sentence that never ends: How probation kept a Pennsylvania man locked up through the pandemic — even after his release date
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

He was still a teenager when, a year after his school went under, he graduated to a new form of state supervision. Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. And such violations have bloated the probation system, with roughly 250,000 people now subject to restrictions on their freedom. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner listens during a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth was elected in the 2018 "blue wave," defeating the incumbent Republican.

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☆ How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-03 | by ( Jonathan Mahler | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +61 min

Murdoch family, 1987: Lachlan, James, Anna and Rupert. The second season of HBO’s “Succession,” whose fictional media family, the Roys, bears a striking resemblance to the Murdochs, airs this summer. ‘A press dictatorship’To understand how the Murdoch empire works, it is essential to return to its origins. The bigger Murdoch’s empire became, the more power he had to clear away obstacles to further its expansion. Like his father, Lachlan considered the idea of meddling with such an important profit driver a form of madness.

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