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☆ Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Another source close to Thiel told Insider that while they could not confirm that Thiel was a CHS, Thiel did speak to Buma occasionally. "[They] will be either an 'FBI source' or a 'former FBI source' and, in turn, his or her conduct or misconduct will reflect upon the FBI." Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAs a CHS, Thiel was assigned a code name and an internal serial number to track his reporting. Thiel, Johnson said, was directed by the FBI not to report on his interactions with Donald Trump or other US political figures. Johnson told Insider that he brokered an introduction between Thiel and the FBI special agent who would become his handler.

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Birkenstock, the longtime German shoe brand known for its comfy and durable styles, is expected to price its IPO at $46 per share on Tuesday, giving it a tentative valuation of about $8.64 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. Combined with the 21.51 million in shares its selling stockholders were looking to offload, the offering could bring in around $1.48 billion. Birkenstock's offering comes as the IPO market remains choppy after a number of recent filers began trading in muted debuts. But after an initial 40% pop, it closed at $33.70 on its first day on the Nasdaq and is now trading below its opening share price. It posted a net income of about 187 million euros ($198 million) in fiscal 2022.

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☆ This health care giant has 'unlocked potential' after a recent spinoff, RBC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Johnson & Johnson is a buy after the company's consumer business spinoff earlier this year, according to RBC Capital Markets. The firm initiated Johnson & Johnson with an outperform rating and $178 price target, which suggests shares can climb about 14.5% from Wednesday's close. This separation has "unlocked potential" for Johnson & Johnson going forward, analyst Shagun Singh said. Singh also said the company's pharma franchise is poised to deliver competitive growth and that its medtech division is on pace to achieve "top-tier growth and profitability." The analyst added that Johnson & Johnson is trading below its historical multiples despite its improved financial profile since its Kenvue spinoff and that the company has potential upside from further M & A activity.

Persons: Johnson, Shagun Singh, Singh, —, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: RBC Capital Markets, Johnson, Pharma, company's pharma Locations: Wednesday's

☆ U.S. captain Johnson returns home to criticism after Ryder Cup flop
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Golf - The 2023 Ryder Cup - Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Rome, Italy - October 1, 2023 Team USA captain Zach Johnson on the 1st hole during the Singles REUTERS/Carl Recine/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson may have had support from his players but he returned home under attack from almost every other corner after his team were humbled by Europe. Johnson has been criticised by golf pundits and roasted on social media as the worst U.S. Ryder Cup captain ever. "So four years from now we'll learn from it and hopefully we can implement a better process, certainly, than I did," offered a contrite Johnson on Sunday. "But there's something special about coming over here and having to fight because it's hard, and I like the fight. "That's what Team USA does.

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☆ Struggling US Ryder Cup team hit by illness - Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"There's been some unforeseen things that we've had to navigate around, which is really unfortunate, in the sense of health," said Johnson. "It's not an excuse, because we have depth, but I'll just say I'm grateful we have a team doctor." Johnson, who has made five Ryder Cup appearances as a player and served as vice-captain three times, did not reveal too much about the illness but said it passed around between the caddies and players. The U.S. won the 2021 Ryder Cup at home in dominant fashion but now have a mountain to climb if they hope to end a 30-year drought on European soil this weekend. Johnson, who raised some eyebrows for not playing Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka in the morning session and also for sending out two Ryder Cup rookie pairings, said the illness affected some of his lineup decisions.

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☆ Deion Sanders’ ‘audacious Blackness’ makes him the hero African Americans want right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —After his team’s first victory earlier this month, University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said something remarkable. He has entered one of the Whitest and most conservative institutions in America — college football — and excelled. It’s no secret the league has had a poor record of hiring Black coaches. Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesHe’s brought an “audacious Blackness” to college football that’s revolutionary, one commentator says. In many ways, the profession at this level has become welfare for white coaches.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin's next book is a work of history that's also close to home. The Pulitzer Prize winner's "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” is a reflection on her final years with her longtime husband, Richard Goodwin, the former White House speechwriter who died in 2018, and on the singular era they lived through. I’ve been drawn to such turbulent times -- the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, World War II," Goodwin said in a statement. "This is the story of one of those times, of my husband and myself, and our generation shaped by the cataclysms of the 1960s. We see what historic opportunities were seized, what chances were lost, what light those years cast upon our own fractured time.

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Christie spent the bulk of a Tuesday town hall in Bedford answering policy questions on topics ranging from unions to Taiwan, engaging audience members in back-and-forth conversations. “The fact is that there are no perfect candidates in this race, as I said before,” Christie said at the Bedford town hall. I’m not even under one criminal indictment.”Another person who attended the town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire voter Gary Johnson, 64, asked Christie a question banning assault weapons. After Christie could see Johnson was unsatisfied with his answer, Christie allowed Johnson to express his opinion. “You’re not going to fix mental health.”Nevertheless, Johnson, an independent, told NBC News he plans to vote for Christie in the primary.

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☆ C.I.A. Discloses Identity of Second Spy Involved in ‘Argo’ Operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Julian E. Barnes | More About Julian E. Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the midst of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, the C.I.A. began what came to be noted as one of the spy agency’s most successful publicly known operations: the rescue of six American diplomats who had escaped the overrun U.S. Embassy — using a fake movie as the cover story. “Argo,” the real-life 2012 movie about the C.I.A.’s fake movie, portrayed a single C.I.A. officer, Tony Mendez, played by Ben Affleck, sneaking into Tehran to rescue the American diplomats in a daring operation. For the first time on Thursday, the C.I.A.

Persons: “, Tony Mendez, Ben Affleck, Ed Johnson, Mr, Johnson, Mendez Organizations: Embassy Locations: Iran, U.S, Tehran, cajole

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A third Democratic candidate has announced that she's running for a western Wisconsin congressional seat held by freshman Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in one of the presidential battleground state's swing districts. Johnson, 61, said she was running to fight for working families, rural communities, abortion rights, affordable health care and prescription drugs, and protecting Social Security and Medicare. A former Navy SEAL, Van Orden was outside of the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, before he was elected to Congress. Political Cartoons View All 1145 ImagesVan Orden did not respond to a message seeking comment on Johnson's comments or candidacy. Johnson's decision to run comes after state Sen. Brad Pfaff, who lost to Van Orden by 4 percentage points in November, decided not to challenge him again.

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for a 1998 murder is now free, two years after the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the conviction. The Oregon Innocence Project on Wednesday accused the state of committing a “heinous injustice” in its handling of the case. Political Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesWhile Johnson had been sentenced to death after he was convicted in 2004, former Gov. The group said Johnson's trial lawyers failed to interview a key witness who saw a white man fleeing the home of Thompson, who was Black. She said she then saw the white man run from the house.

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☆ Conservative UK lawmaker formally quits with scathing attack on PM Sunak
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - UK member of parliament Nadine Dorries has delivered a scathing attack on her Conservative Party's leader Rishi Sunak in her formal resignation letter, accusing the prime minister of running a "zombie parliament" and lacking any political vision. "Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. "You hold the office of prime minister unelected, without a single vote, not even from your own MPs. A former finance minister and investment banker, Sunak became prime minister in October last year after being the only candidate to be nominated in a party leadership contest. "In your impatience to become prime minister you put your personal ambition above the stability of the country and our economy," said Dorries.

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☆ Johnson & Johnson effort to resolve talc cancer lawsuits in bankruptcy fails a second time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson and Johnson baby powder is displayed on April 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday rejected Johnson & Johnson 's second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company's talc baby powder and other talc-based products caused cancer. J&J in 2021 offloaded those talc liabilities into a new subsidiary, LTL Management, and immediately filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. "LTL commenced its bankruptcy case in good faith and in strict compliance with the Bankruptcy Code," J&J said in a statement. J&J contends that research and clinical evidence demonstrates that its talc products remain safe.

Persons: Johnson, Michael Kaplan, LTL, J's, J, Erik Haas Organizations: LTL Management Locations: San Anselmo , California, Trenton , New Jersey

☆ British Prime Minister Sunak avoids wipeout in key elections
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats on Friday but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson's old constituency in a setback for the main opposition Labour Party. The Conservatives retained Johnson's former seat by fewer than 500 votes in a huge relief for Sunak who narrowly avoided becoming the first British leader to lose three by-elections on a single day in more than half a century ago. Labour won the constituency of Selby and Ainsty from the Conservatives by 4,000 votes after an ally of Johnson resigned in solidarity. The party said overturning the majority of 20,137 from the last general election marks the biggest majority the party has overturned at a by-election since World War Two. The two main "political party leaders have been left with something to think about in the wake of these results", he said.

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☆ A terminally-ill man won $18 million in a lawsuit after saying he got cancer from Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, but a bankruptcy court order means he likely won't live long enough to see the money
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $18 million to a man who said he got cancer from baby powder. But these cases are on hold after LTL Management, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, filed for bankruptcy in April. The six-week trial for Valdez's case was the exception, and is the first in two years involving these allegations against Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson stopped selling talc-based baby powder in 2020, offering a cornstarch-based version instead. Lawyers for Valadez and Johnson & Johnson did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Uxbridge by-election: In Boris Johnson's back yard, Britons are desperate for a change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A mid-term by-election to replace Johnson is taking place on Thursday, alongside two other by-elections to replace MPs elsewhere in the country. Boris Johnson is seen on a walkabout in Uxbridge in 2020, during his time as prime minister. Inside, the owner told CNN: "They're all the same ... Johnson’s company ran the first major opinion poll ahead of the Uxbridge by-election, which found a solid but assailable eight-point lead for Labour. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (far right) and Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves (right) on a campaign visit with Danny Beales, the local Labour candidate (back center).

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☆ Britain's Labour focuses on economy as PM Sunak faces electoral test
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He swiftly went back to concentrating his attacks on the government's handling of the economy and public services. "People are all talking about what is going on with the economy and the crisis that is affecting so many ordinary lives." Sixty-four percent of voters said the economy was the most important issue for them in a YouGov survey earlier this month. 'BUCKET FULL OF HOLES'Uxbridge and South Ruislip, on the western edge of London, is traditionally a Conservative stronghold. Labour's message is more focused on national issues such as the economy and mortgages, while the Conservatives are hammering local issues.

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☆ Bausch + Lomb expands eye-care portfolio with J&J's Blink
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 6 (Reuters) - Bausch + Lomb (BLCO.TO) acquired Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) eye and contact lens drops brand Blink for $106.5 million, marking its second deal in two weeks to bolster the contact lens maker's portfolio of eye care products. J&J's Blink portfolio of over-the-counter drugs include several eye drops and contact lens rewetting drops that are used to relieve dry eye symptoms, Bausch + Lomb said on Thursday. Last week, Bausch + Lomb struck a $1.75 billion deal with Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.S) to buy several eye-care products, including anti-inflammation eye drop Xiidra. The company is in the process of being spun out from Bausch Health Companies (BHC.TO). The global dry eye disease market is expected to be worth around $5 billion, according to Morningstar analyst Keonhee Kim.

Persons: Johnson, Bausch, Lomb, Keonhee Kim, Mariam Sunny, Savio D'Souza, Shinjini Organizations: Swiss, Novartis, Bausch Health, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States, Bengaluru

☆ Opinion | Take Bobby Kennedy Jr. Seriously, Not Literally
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Liberals have come to like Biden more during his presidency, whereas they came to like Johnson a lot less. McCarthy was a serious man who had held a high office for nearly 20 years when he challenged Johnson. Now that he’s running, the safe call seems to be to rally behind him, lest a challenger help sink his chances. That’s what another Kennedy, Teddy, helped do to another Democratic incumbent, Jimmy Carter, in 1980. Sixty-six percent of registered voters think Biden is too old to be president and 59 percent have doubts about his mental fitness, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll conducted last week.

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The more than 100-page report detailed six events held at Downing Street, the prime minister's offices and residence. There is no precedent for a prime minister having been found to have deliberately misled the House (of Commons, lower house of parliament)." It recommended that he should not be entitled to a former member's pass, which enables most former prime ministers and lawmakers to gain automatic access to parliament. But so-called Partygate spelt the beginning of the end for his tenure as prime minister. They have also rowed this week over the former prime minister's resignation honours list.

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☆ Factbox: UK Privileges Committee's findings about Boris Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He has accused the privileges committee, a parliamentary standards body that has investigated Johnson, of mounting a "witch-hunt" and behaving like a "kangaroo court". The former prime minister said it was a lie to say he deliberately misled parliament and called the report a charade. Below are the main findings from the report into Johnson's behaviour:JOHNSON DELIBERATELY MISLED PARLIAMENTThe committee offered a damning verdict on Johnson's honesty and conduct, concluding that he had deliberately and repeatedly misled parliament. JOHNSON WOULD HAVE FACED 90-DAY SUSPENSION FROM PARLIAMENTThe Committee said it would have recommended a suspension of three months from the House of Commons for Johnson if he had not resigned. FIVE WAYS JOHNSON COMMITTED CONTEMPTS OF PARLIAMENTThe committee found that Johnson had committed five contempts of parliament.

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☆ Cramer explains how four different camps of buyers see mixed messages in the Fed's rate strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday explained four different schools of thought in examining the mixed messages they took from Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting. Cramer noted that the first camp of buyers believe the Fed's bark is worse than its bite and don't think it will end up hiking rates to the point of recession. These buyers, according to Cramer, are investing in industrial companies that do well in a bustling economy. Cramer believes these buyers would be wise to invest in Big Pharma because the industry is "more or less recession-proof." "When you put these four, often contradictory, groups of buyers together, you can get a magnificent run across the board like we had today," Cramer said.

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☆ Partygate: Boris Johnson is down -- but not necessarily out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Boris Johnson has decided to end his political career – for now – on his own terms. His statement responding to the committee’s report is a not just a rebuttal, but an attack on members of the committee. It is Harriet Harman (the committee’s chair) and her Committee,” Johnson said. It’s worth mentioning the Johnson loyalists, because they do exist. Make no mistake: this report is very damaging for Johnson and he is certainly down.

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The findings amount to a historic admonishment of a former prime minister, who won a landslide electoral victory less than four years ago but saw his political career collapse amid a series of scandals. The committee dismissed Johnson's argument that he didn't know he was breaking his lockdown rules during the events. Johnson, in his own response to the report, called its publication a “dreadful day for democracy.”“This report is a charade. The former PM’s departure from the House of Commons is not necessarily good news for Sunak, whom Johnson criticized in his resignation statement. Johnson has always been an influential figure among Conservative voters, whether inside or outside of parliament.

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☆ Boris Johnson: How Britain's once most popular prime minister fell out of favor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For decades, his carefully honed media persona – part pseudo-intellectual; part loveable-but-out-of-touch-poshboy – won Johnson fans beyond the traditional Conservative base. Johnson attended a Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing, where he gave evidence on whether he deliberately misled parliament over Partygate. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesThat same day, Johnson’s dwindling influence was further underscored as he led a futile rebellion against Sunak’s new Brexit deal, something Johnson has publicly criticized. Johnson delivered Brexit in 2016, but it was now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who received praise from US President Joe Biden for fixing the issue Johnson's deal created with Northern Ireland. And living in denial might be the kindest thing that Johnson could possibly have done for himself and his legacy.

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