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☆ Ron DeSantis was offered a participation trophy for his presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIt's not every day you shrug off a man trying to hand you an award, but that's exactly what Ron DeSantis found himself doing on Saturday at a campaign event in Iowa. Before DeSantis could begin a speech to voters holding their GOP caucus on January 15, a prankster interrupted to present the Florida governor with a "participation trophy" for his long shot presidential campaign. DeSantis, I want to present to you this participation trophy," Davram Stiefler of the prankster duo "The Good Liars" said, eliciting laughter from the crowd. AdvertisementRon DeSantis receives a participation trophy with campaigning in Atlantic, IA. Stiefler and representatives for the DeSantis campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Casey, motioned, Stiefler, Wayne LaPierre, Vivek Ramaswamy, Jason Selvig, Ramaswamy Organizations: Service, Business, NRA, Biden, Trump, USA Locations: Iowa, Florida, Atlantic, Ankeny , Iowa

☆ 'The NRA is not Wayne LaPierre,' gun lobby lawyer tells NY corruption jury, distancing the group from longtime leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe National Rifle Association continued walking a fine line in fighting New York's civil corruption charges on Tuesday, praising outgoing leader Wayne LaPierre as "visionary" in opening statements while also calling themselves his victim. AdvertisementThe NRA told its membership in a surprise announcement on Friday that LaPierre will step down on January 31. Advertisement"You will learn from members of the NRA board that the NRA continues to honor the legacy of Wayne LaPierre," she told the jury, before repeating, "but the NRA is not Wayne LaPierre." New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the gun lobby, LaPierre, and three other longtime NRA leaders three years ago. The jury must determine if the NRA, LaPierre, Phillips and Frazer are liable for breaking state not-for-profit law, and what amount of money, if any, should be repaid to the NRA.

Persons: —, Wayne LaPierre, Sarah B, Rogers, LaPierre, Sonya Rowling, Wayne, Mr, Letitia James, Joshua Powell, Wilson, Woody, Phillips, John Frazer, Powell, Frazer, Joel Cohen, Nick Suplina, Suplina Organizations: Service, Rifle Association, Business, NRA, New, AG, New York, Safety, Chaos Locations: Manhattan, Texas, Lyme, New York, Wayne's, Orange

☆ Wayne LaPierre resigns as NRA leader, days before start of his civil trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Melissa Chan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending his decadeslong reign over the prominent gun rights group, days before the start of his civil trial in New York. "My passion for our cause burns as deeply as ever," LaPierre said in a statement. The attorney general claims LaPierre spent more than $500,000 of the NRA's assets to fly himself and his family members to the Bahamas. The civil trial in Manhattan is expected to begin Monday and will last for six weeks. The attorney general is seeking both remedies, which Cohen would decide on during a second phase of the trial.

Persons: Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Letitia James, Wilson, Woody, Phillips, Joshua Powell, John Frazer, Powell, Joel Cohen, Cohen Organizations: National Rifle Association, NRA, Fox News Digital, New York Locations: New York, Bahamas, Manhattan

☆ Mick Schumacher to race for Alpine in world endurance
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Formula One F1 - Qatar Grand Prix - Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar - October 7, 2023 Mercedes' reserve driver Mick Schumacher ahead of the sprint shootout REUTERS/Rula Rouhana/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - Mick Schumacher will race for Alpine in the world endurance championship next season while continuing as Formula One reserve driver for Mercedes. Alpine announced the 24-year-old German, son of seven-times F1 world champion Michael, on Wednesday as one of six drivers competing for them in two A424 Hypercars. Schumacher will join French drivers Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin as well as Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg. Mercedes confirmed separately that the German, who raced for Haas in Formula One in 2021 and 2022, would continue as their reserve. "A new chapter is beginning for me with Alpine," said Schumacher.

Persons: Mercedes, Mick Schumacher, Rula, Michael, Schumacher, Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Charles Milesi, Loup Chatin, Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg, I've, Le Mans, Williams, Alan Baldwin, Ed Osmond Organizations: Qatar, One, Mercedes, Alpine, Haas, Formula One, Le, Formula, Thomson Locations: Lusail, Qatar, Paul, Austrian, London

☆ NHL roundup: Down by three goals, Avs score 6 to top Stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Tyler Seguin scored twice and Joe Pavelski had a goal as Dallas built a 3-0 lead, only to see Colorado six unanswered goals. Predators 4, Blackhawks 2Cole Smith scored two goals to help Nashville end a four-game losing streak with a win against visiting Chicago. The Oilers' Derek Ryan scored his first two goals this season, and James Hamblin and Evan Bouchard (200th NHL game) hit the net. Columbus' Johnny Gaudreau celebrated playing in his 700th career game by scoring a goal early in the second period. Kris Letang picked up his 700th career point by assisting on Crosby's second goal.

Persons: Mikko Rantanen, Jerome Miron, Andrew Cogliano, Valeri Nichushkin, Ross Colton, Ryan Johansen, Miles Wood, Cale Makar, Alexandar Georgiev, Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Mason Marchment, Jake Oettinger, Nichushkin, Cogliano, Josh Norris, Erik Brannstrom, Anton Forsberg, Marco Rossi, Filip Gustavsson, Cole Smith, Yakov Trenin, Gustav Nyquist, Kevin Lankinen, Philipp Kurashev, Tyler Johnson, Arvid Soderblom, Jimmy Vesey, Igor Shesterkin, Vesey, Vitek Vanecek, Artemi Panarin, Blake Wheeler, Jack Hughes, Ondrej Palat, Erik Haula, Sean Couturier, Couturier, Logan Thompson, Owen Tippett, Tyson Foerster, Sean Walker, Travis Sanheim, Carter Hart, Philadelphia Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Thompson, Luke Glendening, Steven Stamkos, Glendening, Cole Koepke, Derek Ryan, James Hamblin, Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent, Hopkins, Trent Frederic, David Pastrnak, Juraj Slafkovsky, Johnathan Kovacevic, Jake Allen, Oliver Wahlstrom, Brock Nelson, Hudson Fasching, Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal, Ilya Sorokin, Martin Pospisil, Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar, Yegor Sharangovich, Jacob Markstrom, Connor Zary, Nazem Kadri, Hendrix Lapierre, Washington's Sonny Milano, Alex Ovechkin, Charlie Lindgren, Columbus, Johnny Gaudreau, Ivan Provorov, Justin Danforth, Elvis Merzlikins, Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers, Jamie Oleksiak, Yanni Gourde, Philipp Grubauer, J.T . Miller, Quinn Hughes, Nils Hoglander, Tyler Myers, Thatcher Demko, Seth Jarvis, Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin, Brent Burns, Sebastian Aho, Antti Raanta, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Tristan Jarry, Adrian Kempe, Louis, Quinton Byfield, Blake Lizotte, Pierre, Luc Dubois, Kevin Fiala, Jake Neighbours, Jordan Binnington, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Scheifele, Connor, Josh Morrissey, Vladislav Namestnikov, Mason Appleton, Laurent Brossoit, Matias Maccelli, Matt Dumba, Karel Vejmelka Organizations: Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche, American Airlines Center, Avalanche, Dallas, Senators, Ottawa, NHL, Blackhawks, Nashville, Chicago, Predators, Central Division, Rangers, Devils, Flyers, Golden Knights, Philadelphia, Vegas, Oilers, Tampa Bay, Edmonton, Bruins, Canadiens, Trent, Boston, Montreal, Islanders, Flames, New York, Calgary, Capitals, Blue Jackets, Canucks, Seattle, Vancouver, Hurricanes, Penguins, Pittsburgh, Blues, Angeles, St, Los, Pacific Division, Jets, Coyotes, Winnipeg, Arizona, The Coyotes, Thomson Locations: Dallas , Texas, USA, Colorado, Rantanen, Minnesota, Stockholm, Sweden, New York, New Jersey, Newark , N.J, Vegas, Montreal, New, Washington, Columbus, Carolina, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, N.C, Los Angeles

☆ I'm a C-suite exec at PwC who still struggles with imposter syndrome. Here's how I manage it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( J.C. Lapierre | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She writes that her career wouldn't have been possible if she had given in to imposter syndrome. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I don't know what I'm doing. I know that when you're feeling like a fraud, it can be tempting to keep quiet when you don't know something. But I'm also certain that if I take the steps above to control what I can, I'll manage to swim to the surface again.

Persons: J.C, Lapierre, wouldn't, —, — I've, I've, they're, I'm Organizations: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Service Locations: PwC

☆ South Dakota's governor says her 2-year-old granddaughter 'already' has several guns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

South Dakota's governor said her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter has several guns. Noem signed an executive order to "protect the God-given right to keep and bear arms," she said. She said that the nearly 2-year-old Addie had a shotgun and a rifle. Some firearms are marketed toward children despite repeated gun violence and mass shootings across the country. In the US, there have been over 160 mass shootings in 2023 so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

☆ Here's the 9-page pitch deck Tealbook used to raise its $50 million Series B and help businesses source from more diverse suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup uses AI-boosted data to help institutions source from more diverse suppliers. Check out the nine-page pitch deck below. Ownership data can help meet diverse sourcing claims; raw-materials data can help with ethical sourcing goals; carbon-emissions data can help with climate goals. Here's the pitchbook Lapierre used to land her $50 million Series B round led by Ten Coves Capital, with participation from BDC Capital, Grand Ventures, RBC Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Refinery Ventures, S&P Global, Stand Up Ventures, RTP Global, Workday Ventures, CIBC Ventures, and Good Friends. Tealbook TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck Tealbook

☆ Here's the 13-page deck a fintech for investing in high-end wines and spirits used to raise a $5 million seed round
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Vint is a fintech that offers fractionalized shares of high-end wines and spirits. Vint used this 13-page pitch deck to raise a $5 million seed round. This fintech wants to make investing in wines and spirits accessible to everyone by creating a new asset class. The market for investing in wines and spirits is "highly inefficient" and "largely inaccessible," Vint CEO and cofounder Nick King told Insider. Read the 13-page pitch deck Vint used to raise a $5 million seed round.

☆ In a blow to the NRA, judge allows New York's attorney general to seek a court-imposed monitor and demand Wayne LaPierre forfeit millions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A court ruling Thursday lets New York's attorney general continue to seek stiff penalties from the NRA. AG Letitia James is suing CEO Wayne LaPierre for millions in back salary; she also wants the NRA subjected to financial monitoring. "It's really just interference with his ability to do his job the way his members want him to do it, in the way his board wants him to do it," LaPierre attorney P. Kent Correll said. "You have the attorney general of a state trying to interfere with the operation of a not-for-profit organization — that happened in the '50s," Correll told the judge. The NRA is attempting to read the law "so narrowly" that no attorney general would ever be able to monitor "how funds are used by an organization such as this," the judge said.

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a National Rifle Association lawsuit accusing a New York regulator of stifling its speech by pressuring banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun rights group. A lower court judge in March 2021 dismissed all claims apart from two free speech claims against Vullo, but the appeals court said those should have also been dismissed. The NRA, which is incorporated in New York, faces a separate investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James into alleged corruption within the group. The case is National Rifle Association of America v Vullo, 2nd U.S.

☆ Cea mai temută organizație de lobby din Statele Unite a cerut să intre în faliment
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Petiția a fost înregistrată în Dallas și listează active și pasive de câte 500 de milioane de dolari, scrie Digi24. Procurorul general din New York, Letitia James a cerut dizolvarea asociației. Letitia James a replicat spunând că „statutul financiar cerut acum de NRA este în acord și cu statutul său moral - falimentar”. Ea a adăugat că New York nu va permite acestei organizații să se folosească de tactici legale pentru a scăpa de asumarea responsabilităților sale. Un raport care detaliază cheltuielile imense făcute de Wayne LaPierre, șeful organizației, a fost publicat în 2019 și a stat la baza deschiderii cazului de către James.

Persons: ., Letitia James, Washington D . C, Ea, Sandy Hook, Donald Trump, coronavirus, Wayne LaPierre, James . Organizations: Washington D, Albă Locations: New York, Dallas, Washington, Texas

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