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☆ The biggest risks US businesses face in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But, while businesses have plenty to be grateful for and much to be optimistic about, the coast isn’t clear. Last week, surveys from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and The Conference Board detailed the biggest risks that businesses are currently worried about. Here are some of the biggest risks for American businesses in 2024. Those financial stresses can reduce the willingness of banks to lend to others businesses and also to consumers,” she said. Bank earnings look really bad this quarter.

Persons: there’s, “, John Maynard Keynes, ”, ” Dana Peterson, Bill Dunkelberg, ” Peterson, ” Suzanne Clark, We’re, Mike Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Fitch, Clark, JPMorgan Chase, Nicole Goodkind, Krystal Hur, FactSet, Martin Luther King Jr, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, DC CNN, Federal, National Federation of Independent Business, Board, US, of Commerce, of American, Conference Board, Conference, CNN, Fed, Corporate, US Chamber of Commerce, chamber’s State of American, AAA, Moody’s Investors Service, US Chamber, Commerce’s, Google, Citigroup, Bank, JPMorgan, FactSet, Revenue, Profit, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Bank of America, FDIC, Citi, China’s National Bureau of Statistics, Alcoa, National Statistics, US Commerce Department, US Labor Department, Federal Reserve, University of Michigan, National Association of Realtors Locations: Washington, Wells, Corporate America, chamber’s State, BlackRock, Amazon, Argentina, Japan

☆ House Republicans are considering a 3rd impeachment push just days before a partial government shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewHouse Republicans are plowing ahead toward a partial government shutdown amid conservative grumbling about Speaker Mike Johnson's dealmaking abilities. At the same time, the party is already juggling two potential impeachment pushes. The first potential shutdown would be on Jan. 19, covering roughly 20% of the federal government, per The Post. The top Republican's words are also a great reminder of why this current impeachment push is unlikely to go anywhere. AdvertisementEven if an official is impeached, some Senate Republicans have previously expressed unease about how commonplace impeachment is becoming.

Persons: —, Mike Johnson's, Matt Rosendale, Lloyd Austin, Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, James Comer, General Merrick Garland, Garland doesn't, Hunter Biden, Comer, Jim Jordan, It's, Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Chip Roy, Warren Davidson, Hugh, Hugh Hewitt, Mayorkas Organizations: Service, Montana Republican, Pentagon, Business, Homeland, The Washington Post, Republicans, Committee, Texas Republican, Ohio Republican Locations: Montana, Texas, Ohio

☆ Bill Ackman, taking a page from his Wall Street playbook, backs rebel candidates to join Harvard’s board
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The move by Ackman takes a page out of the playbook that made him successful on Wall Street. Normally, candidates for the 30-member Harvard Board of Overseers are nominated by the university’s alumni association. However, Ackman is now backing four write-in candidates, all graduates of Harvard and Radcliffe College, Harvard Business School or Law School. “We truly feel called to do this now,” Leslie, who has spent 20 years in the US military, told CNN in a phone interview. Calls for change at HarvardNew members are elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers each spring.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay, Logan Leslie, ” Leslie, Harvard, Leslie, he’s, “, He’s, Julia Pollak, CNN she’s, ”, Pollak, ZipRecruiter . Pollak, ” Ackman, Zoe Bedell, Alec Williams, Penny Pritzker, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sam Lessin, Pritzker, Lessin, ” Lessin Organizations: New, New York CNN, Harvard University, Ackman, Harvard, Ivy League, Radcliffe College, Harvard Business School, Law School, CNN, US Navy, ZipRecruiter, Reuters, of, Navy Seal, Navy Reserves, Harvard Corporation, Gay, Yale Locations: New York, Ackman, Northern, South Africa, Eastern, of Virginia

☆ Supreme Court sidesteps decision on Trump presidential immunity claim in federal election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-22 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Once that court rules, the Supreme Court could act quickly on whether to take up the case. Trump's lawyers argued in court papers that Smith had given "no compelling reason" why the Supreme Court should immediately step in ahead of the appeals court. The case is on hold while Trump appeals the decision. Therefore, under Supreme Court precedent, Trump is immune from prosecution, his lawyers say. The election interference case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces heading into the 2024 presidential election season, in which he is a front-runner for the Republican nomination.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith's, Trump, Smith, Tanya Chutkan Organizations: White, Trump, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, U.S, Capitol, Washington, Republican Locations: Washington

☆ Biden decries Hamas sexual assaults and says they must be forcefully condemned
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried sexual assaults committed by Hamas during its October 7 terror attack on Israel and called on “all of us” to condemn the acts. “Over the past few weeks, survivors and witnesses of the attacks have shared the horrific accounts of unimaginable cruelty. Biden on Tuesday also accused Hamas of refusing to release additional female hostages and ending the pause in fighting that the US helped broker last week. “Let me be crystal clear: Hamas’ refusal to release the remaining young women is what broke this deal and end the pause in the fighting. Everyone still being held hostage by Hamas need to be returned to their families immediately.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, —, ” Biden, “, …, Pramila Jayapal, –, CNN’s Dana Bash, Jayapal, Biden, We’re Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Union, Democrats Locations: Israel, Boston, “, Gaza

☆ Jayapal issues new statement that she ‘unequivocally condemns Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Haley Talbot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state said Tuesday that she “unequivocally condemns Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war,” following comments she made to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that set off a firestorm among her Democratic colleagues in the House. “Let me be completely clear again that I unequivocally condemn Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war,” Jayapal said in her latest statement. Hear Jayapal's response 03:00 - Source: CNNIn her statement Tuesday, Jayapal said her comment “about balance was not about rape, and not intended to minimize rape and sexual assault in any way.”“It was about recognizing the tremendous pain and trauma of so many—Israelis, Palestinians and their diaspora communities—in this terrible war,” Jayapal stated. The House passed a Republican-led resolution on Tuesday condemning antisemitism in the United States and globally. Separately, Democratic Reps. Lois Frankel of Florida and Debbie Dingell of Michigan are planning on introducing a resolution this week condemning Hamas’ use of sexual violence and rape against Israeli women.

Persons: Pramila, “, CNN’s Dana Bash, ” Jayapal, Jayapal, ”, Lois Frankel of Florida, Debbie Dingell, CNN’s Annie Grayer Organizations: Democratic, Congressional Progressive Caucus, CNN, Democratic Party, Hamas, Republican Locations: Washington, “ State, Gaza, Israel, United States, Michigan

☆ New US rules on Chinese batteries could push up price of electric cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hong Kong CNN —The US government has announced new regulations that aim to keep Chinese batteries out of cars sold in the United States, a move that could push up the price of electric vehicles for American drivers. China is the world’s leader in EV battery production, dominating almost “every stage of the EV battery supply chain,” according to a 2023 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Tesla is a longtime customer of China’s CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker. Doubling downThe new measures add to existing efforts by Washington to redirect auto manufacturing to the United States. “Financial incentives play an important role in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles,” researchers at George Washington University found in a 2022 study.

Persons: Biden, ” John Podesta, “, John Bozzella, ”, Tesla, China’s CATL, CATL, Jeff Kowalsky Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, EV, International Energy Agency, US Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Energy, Treasury, Officials, IEA, “, Alliance, Automotive Innovation, Ford, Getty, George Washington University, ” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Locations: Hong Kong, United States, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, America, Michigan, Washington, North America, Dearborn , Michigan, AFP, Europe, Beijing

☆ Nikki Haley needs more than Koch cash to beat Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

AFP Action senior adviser Emily Seidel said in a briefing document explaining the decision that Haley was best positioned to beat Trump in the primary. What Haley could gain from the endorsementHaley has one thing every successful candidate needs as first voting nears – a rising political trajectory. And Tuesday’s developments complicated his campaign’s efforts to convince big corporate donors that he is the best hope to defeat Trump. As well as muscle in the campaign advertising wars, its endorsement could bring major donors to Haley’s campaign. Even when it comes to a candidate who is as disdainful of democracy as Trump is, voters decide.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Haley –, –, Haley, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Joe Biden’s, Emily Seidel, Seidel, ”, Joe Biden, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Steven Cheung, MAGA, Republicans ‘, Sarah Longwell –, pollster, Trump –, CNN’s Kasie Hunt, Trump’s, she’s, ” Longwell, ” “, Koch, Liz Cheney, Cheney, Michael Palmer Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, South, Democratic, Club for Growth, Lincoln Project, Prosperity, Trump, Florida Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, AFP, America, White, UN, “, Republicans, CNN International’s, New Hampshire Locations: South Carolina, New Jersey, Iowa, New Hampshire, AFP, Trump, China, CNN International’s “ State, New, Deep, Wyoming, Florida

☆ Elon Musk will meet with Israel’s president amid criticism over antisemitic post
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Michelle Toh | Alex | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Elon Musk is expected to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday as he continues to battle a firestorm over his public endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on his social media platform, X. Even before the latest tumult, X had faced criticism for the prevalence of antisemitic discourse on its platform. In September, Musk threatened to sue the ADL for defamation, claiming that the group’s reports have hurt advertising sales on X. X has hit back against similar claims from progressive media watchdog Media Matters, which in an analysis earlier this month also highlighted antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday, Herzog spoke of the bittersweet moment seeing freed hostages reunited with their families.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Elon Musk, Isaac Herzog, Herzog, ” Musk, Tesla, Whites, ”, Musk, “, —, X, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, ” Herzog, Blitzer Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Monday, SpaceX, White, Twitter, Defamation League, Disney, IBM, Fox Sports, European Commission, Center, Media Locations: Hong Kong, Israel

☆ Everyone's talking about OpenAI's Q*. Here's what you need to know about the mysterious project.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A mysterious new OpenAI model known as Q* has got the tech world talking. AI experts say the model could be a big step forward but is unlikely to end the world anytime soon. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAs the dust settles on the chaos at OpenAI, we still don't know why CEO Sam Altman was fired — but reports have suggested it could be linked to a mysterious AI model. Dr Andrew Rogoyski, a director at the Surrey Institute for People-Centered AI, told BI that solving unseen problems was a key step towards creating AGI.

Persons: —, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, Charles Higgins, Sophia Kalanovska, Kalanovska, we've, Andrew Rogoyski, Gary Marcus, Marcus Organizations: Service, Reuters, Surrey Institute for People, AIs, Business Locations: OpenAI

Just this week, the SEC sued Kraken, another crypto exchange, alleging that it is operating as an unregistered securities exchange. Binance is exiting the US as part of the agreement the crypto exchange made with law enforcement agencies. That also includes the Justice Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , and the Treasury Department. There is even a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team within the Justice Department actively identifying and investigating criminal cases involving digital assets. That is precisely how the feds secured the first ever corporate settlement with a crypto exchange.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Zhao, Binance, Brian Armstrong, Coinbase, ” Armstrong, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Changpeng Zhao, Anthony Kwan, cryptocurrencies, ethereum, Bitcoin, ’, it’s, Ethereum, Treasury Department —, Kraken, Tiffany Hagler, ” Garland, Lisa Monaco, Tuesday’s presser, “ I’ve, Benham Organizations: New, New York CNN, Justice Department, Bloomberg, Getty, Washington DC, US Department of Justice, Department of Justice, Treasury, Securities and Exchange Commission, Treasury Department, SEC, Geard, Futures Trading Commission, Cryptocurrency, feds Locations: New York, United States, Binance, Washington, U.S, “, rulemaking

☆ X sues Media Matters over report about ads appearing next to Nazi posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's social media company, X, sued Media Matters for America and one of its staff members Monday over an investigative report the progressive watchdog organization published saying Nazi content ran on the X app alongside advertisements from major corporations. News of the lawsuit coincided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's announcing an investigation into Media Matters for possible fraudulent activity. Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said the website would defend itself. Media Matters stands behind its reporting and looks forward to winning in court," he said in a statement. In the lawsuit, X alleges that Media Matters' portrayal of the app is untrue because its article did not reflect what typical users see.

Persons: Elon, Ken Paxton's, Paxton, Musk, Andrew Bailey, Bailey, Angelo Carusone, X Organizations: Media Matters, America, Texas, Media, Missouri, Apple, IBM, Comcast, NBCUniversal, NBC, X Corp Locations: Fort Worth , Texas

☆ OpenAI is bleeding talent in the wake of Sam Altman's ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Brockman announced three key OpenAI staffers are following him and Sam Altman to Microsoft. Sam Altman is heading up a new AI team at Microsoft after his shock firing by the OpenAI board. All three are senior or longstanding employees at OpenAI, suggesting that the company may face a talent drain after Altman's shock firing. OpenAI announced that Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear would become interim CEO of the AI firm, after negotiations to bring Altman back broke down. The Information also reported that fellow AI startups Cohere and Adept were reaching out to OpenAI employees and that Google Deepmind had received an uptick in resumes from OpenAI workers.

Persons: Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, —, Satya Nadella's, Altman, Jakub Pachocki, Szymon Sidor, Aleksander Madry —, OpenAI, Twitch, Emmett Shear, Pachocki, Mira Murati, Brad Lightcap, Ilya Sutskever, Tao Xu, Google Deepmind, Jim Fan Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Google Locations: OpenAI

☆ Opinion | Why on Earth Are Jewish Leaders Praising Elon Musk?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

(In response, Musk threatened a “thermonuclear” lawsuit, but as of this writing does not appear to have filed one.) Abhorrence of the Jewish state slips easily into abhorrence of Jews. On the right, though, there’s a mirror image of this slippage, with some defenders of the Jewish state willing to make excuses for antisemites so long as they champion Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has regularly embraced nationalist leaders who deploy antisemitic tropes, Donald Trump chief among them. It’s hard to figure out who is behaving more cynically, Musk or the Jewish leaders who are koshering him.

Persons: Charles Weber, ‘ Hitler, ’ ” Weber, Elon Musk, ”, George Soros, Magneto —, Soros’s, Musk, Pepe, Kanye, Ye, Israel, I’ve, Los Angeles —, John Hagee, Adolf Hitler, Karl Marx, “, Hagee, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Jonathan Greenblatt, Amichai Organizations: Twitter, West, Anti, Defamation League, Media, America, ADL Locations: America, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, France, Montreal, Los Angeles, Washington, ”, Pittsburgh

TikTok, accused of elevating pro-Palestinian content, blamed “unsound analysis” of hashtag data. Some Instagram and Facebook users circulated a petition accusing the platforms’ parent company, Meta, of censoring pro-Palestinian posts, which Meta attributed to a technical bug. Antisemitic content swarmed onto X, the platform formerly known as Twitter and run by the billionaire Elon Musk. The major tech companies have long offered some degree of access, but researchers said that now seems to be shrinking. TikTok has been accused of amplifying pro-Palestinian videos through its powerful algorithmic feed and of failing to address antisemitic content.

Persons: TikTok, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, “ We’re, ”, Megan A, Brown, —, Sacha Baron Cohen, Debra Messing, Musk, Osama bin Laden, America ”, Isabelle Frances, Wright, Moustafa Ayad, Ms, Frances, Jamie Favazza, Meta, Sukrit Venkatagiri, standwithIsrael Organizations: Facebook, Tech, Meta, Twitter, University of Michigan, IBM, Institute for Strategic, Swarthmore College Locations: Israel, United States, U.S, Beijing

☆ Americans are getting ‘ripped off’ by big banks, Robinhood CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Robinhood is trying hard to lure customers fed up with traditional banks that pay little to no interest on savings. To attract deposits, the stock trading app made famous by the GameStop craze is offering fatter and fatter interest rates. That’s far higher than traditional banks and among the highest in the industry. We see an opportunity to correct that,”Tenev argued this has long been part of the “playbook” of traditional banks. The Robinhood rate of 5% applies to new and existing customers of Robinhood Gold, a subscription service that costs $5 a month.

Persons: New York CNN — Robinhood, ”, Vlad Tenev, ” Tenev, Robinhood, Roth, “, Tenev, We’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, GameStop, CNN, Federal Reserve, American Bankers Association, Bank, AMC, of America, ” Bank of America Locations: New York

☆ Confessions of a startup founder's wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

I wished I had told Kyle that I would understand if he wanted to quit. That's as apt a description of Kyle's startup as it is of our relationship. I'm not sure Kyle has found as many perks to being a startup founder married to a startup reporter. Now Kyle's startup has pivoted a third time. The truth is, I don't know if Kyle's startup will make it.

Persons: Kyle, Kyle shrugged, pang, I'd, hadn't, Scott Belsky, It's, messier, I've, he'd, Jillian, Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Schulze, TikTok, Josh Cochran, Marc Andreessen, I'm, He'd, Eric Paley, Steve Jobs, —, Playbyte, he's, Rohan Seth, Paul Davison, Steve Huffman, hasn't, Instagram, it's, Zelda, That's, cradling, Melia Russell Organizations: Apple Watch, Steam, Francisco's Mission, University of California, TechCrunch, White House, YouTube, Labor Locations: Champagne, Francisco's, Berkeley, San Francisco, New York, America, Playbyte, Kyle, Boston, Bay, sobs

☆ Takeaways from the Biden-Xi summit, where low expectations were met
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hand with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. The Biden administration is worried about scores of what it calls “unprofessional” operations by Chinese planes and ships near US assets. Biden balances his job as commander in chief with huge political risksBiden knew his meeting with Xi would unleash a political firestorm. Biden had huge political incentives to make this summit a success but also needed to show he was tough on Xi. Meeting low bars at a moderately successful summit will not change the fundamentals of their rivalry.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Xi Jinping, Biden, Xi, ” Biden, ” Xi, China’s, Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, “, Nancy Pelosi’s, Sen, Jim Risch, lacerated Biden, Bill Clinton’s, George H.W, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump’s, it’s, ” Sue Mi Terry, George W, Bush, Barack Obama, CNN’s Erin Burnett, reaffirmation, “ I’m, that’s, ”, he’d, he’s Organizations: CNN, Economic Cooperation, United, US Air Force, Soviet Union, People’s Liberation Army, Republican, Senate Foreign Relations, US, Biden, South Carolina Gov, Florida Gov, GOP, Barack Obama National Security Council, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Congress, New York Times, Trump Locations: San Francisco, perilously, Asia, China, United States, ., Woodside , California, U.S, Taiwan, Chinese, Hainan, Soviet, Ukraine, Moscow, Syria, The Idaho, Beijing, George H.W . Bush, Iowa, Washington

☆ Singtel-owned Optus says massive Australia outage was after software upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Australian telecoms provider Optus said on Monday that a massive outage which effectively cut off 40% of the country's population and triggered a political firestorm was caused by "changes to routing information" after a "routine software upgrade". Optus said in a statement that an initial investigation found the company's network was affected by "changes to routing information from an international peering network" early that morning, "following a routine software upgrade". "These routing information changes propagated through multiple layers in our network and exceeded preset safety levels on key routers which could not handle these," the company said. "This resulted in those routers disconnecting from the Optus IP Core network to protect themselves." The company added that it had "made changes to the network to address this issue so that it cannot occur again".

Persons: telco, Byron Kaye, Christopher Cushing Organizations: SYDNEY, Optus, Singapore Telecommunications, Thomson Locations: Australian, Australia

Mass Shootings, Mass SalesIn June 2012, James E. Holmes, the Colorado graduate student, ordered 1,500 rounds of Lake City ammunition from the website BulkAmmo.com, which had been offering discounts on boxes of the 5.56. The tally includes shootings in a public place in which four or more people, not including the attacker, were killed. He did not use rounds from Lake City, but the tragedy drove a new push for gun reform — and a reflexive spike in ammunition sales. Vista Outdoor issued a statement attributed to Federal Cartridge, one of its many brands, saying it was proud of its ammunition production. backed down, and, within a year, Lake City green tips were tied to the shooting of five police officers and a deputy sheriff.

Persons: James E, Holmes, ATK, Mr . DeYoung, Vista, DeYoung, “, ” Organizations: Colorado, Lake, FedEx, Violence, Sandy Hook Elementary, Army, ATK, Walmart, Vista, Firearms, Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives Locations: Lake City, Aurora, Newtown, Conn, U.S

☆ Scooter Braun's right-hand man wanted to make Camila Sterling a star. After she died in his hotel room, he wanted the world to forget.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Anna Silman | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

He also created an LLC under his initials in 2021, seemingly for the sole purpose of releasing Sterling's music. But since Sterling's death, Bolno has worked to distance himself from the tragedy and buff his reputation online. On June 29, 2023, three months after Sterling's death, Ozuna and Andino signed to SB Projects, Scooter Braun's management company. Since Sterling's death, Bolno has appeared to try to distance himself from the tragedy. However, in September, a message from Centeno's email address sent on behalf of Sterling's mother asked Insider to stop reporting on Sterling's death.

Persons: Camila Sterling, David Bolno, Scooter Braun's, Drake, Post, Bolno, Sterling, — who's, Daily Mail —, —, Laura Camila Lozano Sterling, Selena Gomez, Enmanuel Hernández Rodriguez, Rodriguez, it's, Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift, Camila Sterling's, Shaun White, schmoozing, sunning, David Geffen's, he's, Will.i.am, Justin Bieber, hadn't, bigwig, He's, Mariah Carey, Braun, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Scooter, who's, Scooter hasn't, Peter Comisar, Comisar, Michael Tran, Bieber, he'd, David Grutman, LIV, Grutman, she'd, I'm, David, Usher, Sterling's, John Parra, I'd, Nordhia Centeno, Laura Castellanos Torres, Edgar Andino, Andino, Sterling wasn't, Gabby, there's, Sterling texted, Escalade, Cartier Juste, Bruce Lehr, tusi, Fabio Cabrera, Ernesto Rodriguez, Evan Siegfried, Mickey Segal, NKSFB, Nubia Esperanza Sterling Artunduaga, Camila, Rocio Cruz Maldonado, Centeno, Marcie Stefan Organizations: Miami Beach, Daily Mail, Miami Beach Police Department, Puerto, Sterling, Trump, Intracoastal Yacht, Space, Miami Dade College, Puerto Rican, Pump, Miami, DTB Records, Spotify, Records, Temple Law School, Ithaca Holdings, luxe Paramount Miami, Studios, Bay Eight Recording Studios, YouTube, Zero, SB Projects, Paramount Miami Worldcenter, Representatives, Police, Unreal Mobile, Red Pocket, European Business, University of Locations: Post Malone, Miami, Sterling, Latin America, Colombia, Bogotá, American, Puerto Rican, Sunny, Moscow, Sunny Isles, Givenchy, Cuba, Los Angeles, Delaware, Puerto Rico, New York City, Medellín, Ithaca, Korean, Brentwood, North Miami, French Montana, Bolno's, Miami Beach, Jerusalem, Nubia

☆ Harvard could face funding consequences if it fails to tackle antisemitism, says Bill Ackman in letter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Ackman, who met with a group of more than 200 Harvard students and faculty last week, said the university’s administration is not doing enough to protect them. “Harvard student disciplinary actions should not be outsourced to the police department,” he wrote. When contacted, Harvard directed CNN to earlier statements from Gay and Harvard’s Executive Vice President Meredith Weenick about community conduct. Ackman and others suggested there should be employment consequences for students who had signed the letter. In his letter, Ackman acknowledged the success of that message and suggested that Harvard administrators warn students of the potential consequences.

Persons: Bill Ackman, ”, Ackman, Claudine Gay, Harvard Business School Dean Srikant Datar, ” Datar, “, Harvard’s Slack, Meredith Weenick, Gay, ” Gay, Leslie Wexner, Abigail, Lawrence Summers, Clinton, ” Summers Organizations: New, New York CNN, Billionaire, Harvard University, Harvard, Israel, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Police Department, FBI, “ Harvard, CNN, Gay, Harvard Hillel, Palestinian, Elite, Wexner Foundation, Pershing Square Capital Management, Civil, Defamation Locations: New York, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Harvard’s

☆ Israel's Netanyahu Faces Reckoning Over Hamas Disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By James MackenzieJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built his reputation as a security hawk on the back of his service in an elite special forces unit that carried out some of Israel's most daring hostage rescues. The scale of the killing, accounts of trauma and images of the violence that emerged from the southern Israeli communities around Gaza have shaken the country. In his sixth term as prime minister, Netanyahu, 74, heads one of Israel's most extreme right-wing coalitions and has come under increasing pressure as the initial shock has given way to fury at the failures that allowed the attack to take place. "We have seen too many cycles in the past where pressure forced the government not to complete the mission and to leave Hamas in power," he said. "He is a man who is unfit to serve as prime minister," an editorialist in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's biggest selling newspaper, wrote this week, adding that Netanyahu should have resigned or been removed immediately after the Oct. 7 attack.

Persons: James Mackenzie JERUSALEM, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Israel Hayom, I'm, Danny Danon, Netanyahu's, James Mackenzie, Howard Goller Organizations: Israel, United Nations, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israeli, United States, Yedioth

☆ Israel's Netanyahu faces reckoning over Hamas disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( James Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built his reputation as a security hawk on the back of his service in an elite special forces unit that carried out some of Israel's most daring hostage rescues. In his sixth term as prime minister, Netanyahu, 74, heads one of Israel's most extreme right-wing coalitions and has come under increasing pressure as the initial shock has given way to fury at the failures that allowed the attack to take place. "We have seen too many cycles in the past where pressure forced the government not to complete the mission and to leave Hamas in power," he said. "He is a man who is unfit to serve as prime minister," an editorialist in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's biggest selling newspaper, wrote this week, adding that Netanyahu should have resigned or been removed immediately after the Oct. 7 attack.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu, Israel Hayom, I'm, Danny Danon, Netanyahu's, James Mackenzie, Howard Goller Organizations: Rights, Israel, United Nations, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, Israeli, United States, Yedioth

☆ How Posters of Kidnapped Israelis Ignited a Firestorm on American Sidewalks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Katherine Rosman | More About Katherine Rosman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

“As a matter of free speech, people who oppose the ‘kidnapped’ posters could erect posters of their own, expressing their views,” Professor Zick said. “I don’t think they’re ripping down posters of ‘Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar,’” he said. The posters “don’t include Palestinians, so are they concerned about missing people?” he asked. At the corner of Broadway and West 96th Street last weekend, half-ripped posters were covered with small fliers that said: “Why are the posters of kidnapped Israelis being ripped down? With friends and relatives, he has gone door-to-door through the towns of Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Inwood, Lawrence and Woodmere and asked store and restaurant owners to display the “kidnapped” posters inside windows that face the street.

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