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Russian Arms Dealer And Putin Ally Viktor Bout, Exchanged For Brittney Griner, Resumes Gun Trafficking
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 9:28am | 538Read More...Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer imprisoned in the U.S. and swapped in December 2022 for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was jailed in Moscow for cannabis possession, appears to be back in the gun trafficking business, or perhaps he never left it. According to an exclusive report by...
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Do Meta And Other Platforms Play A Role In Illicit Drug Sales? US Prosecutors Intend To Find Out
Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 8:57pm | 673Read More...Prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta's social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs, according to a Saturday Wall Street Journal report. Led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Ramseyer, the investigation...
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Russian Court Extends Detention Of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Held On Spying Charges
Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 10:25am | 505Read More...Russia has extended the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich for for an unspecified period. The 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter was detained and charged with espionage, the first time Russia has accused an American journalist of...
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Detained In Russia, Parents Of WSJ Reporter Travel To Moscow For Hearing, See Their Son In A Metal Cage
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 3:10pm | 552Read More...Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich traveled from Philadelphia to Moscow recently in the hope of seeing their youngest son, Evan, in a Moscow courtroom. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in Russia and is being detained and charged with espionage, the first time Russia has...
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Disney Decides To Not Investigate Into ABC Sexual Assault Cases: WSJ
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 3:09am | 491Read More...Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) does not plan to launch an independent investigation into how ABC News handled sexual assault allegations against the former top producer for “Good Morning America,” the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. What Happened: Simone Swink, the executive...
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Facebook Responds To WSJ Reports On The Impact Of Instagram On The Mental Health Of Teen Girls
Sunday, September 19, 2021 - 11:22am | 404Read More...Following a series of reports from the Wall Street Journal on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), and the impact of it’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, the social media giant is now responding. What Happened: Nick Clegg, Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs, outlined the company’s...
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Bill Ackman Talks, The Timeline Reacts: What Pershing Square SPAC Is Looking At To Buy ... Maybe
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 4:21pm | 697Read More...One of the most best-known SPACs is moving higher Wednesday with Bill Ackman providing public comments on its focus and possible timeline. What Happened: Bill Ackman spoke at “The Future of Everything” conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal. Ackman was asked about...
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Fintech Focus For April 7, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 6:46pm | 2410Read More...Quote To Start The Day: An unexamined life is not worth living. Source: Socrates One Big Thing In Fintech: Fidelity Investments, Square Inc. and several other financial firms are forming a new trade group that aims to shape the way bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are regulated. Source: WSJ...
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Fintech Focus For November 10, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020 - 6:42pm | 2688Read More...Quote Of The Day: A dying man can do nothing easy. - Benjamin Franklin Fintech Movers: The rise of new financial technologies will call for new approaches to regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Monday. - WSJ UK fintech industry braces for Brexit. Mastercard...
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Fintech Focus For October 9, 2020
Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 7:04pm | 2287Read More...Quote Of The Day: The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Fintech Movers: Electronic trading giant Citadel Securities will bolster its already huge presence at the New York Stock Exchange by buying the NYSE market-making business of smaller...
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Fintech Focus For October 5, 2020
Sunday, October 4, 2020 - 4:10pm | 1727Read More...Quote Of The Day: The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. - Aung San Suu Kyi Fintech Movers: With COVID-19 and remote work causing many people to reconsider where they live, cities like Austin, Denver and Salt Lake City have increasingly come into the...
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Elon Musk's 2018 Compensation Plan May Hurt S&P 500 Inclusion
Sunday, September 13, 2020 - 11:20am | 454Read More...Shareholders of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) approved a compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk back in 2018 that may complicate future inclusion in the S&P 500. What Happened: The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Tesla could be disqualified for a long time from S&P 500...
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BlackRock Forays Into Mutual-Fund Business In China: WSJ
Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 8:59am | 371Read More...What Happened: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the New York-based asset management firm gets the nod from the regulators to initiate its mutual-fund business operations in China, WSJ reported. Chinese Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) approved the joint application of Blackrock and...
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Fintech Focus For August 20, 2020
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 6:37pm | 2239Read More...Quote Of The Day: Whoever is happy will make others happy too. - Anne Frank Fintech Movers: There is a large opportunity for Google to leverage its massive direct consumer relationships to attract [banks] to sign up for co-branded checking accounts. For many of the bank and credit union partners,...
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Uber 'Re-Evaluating' Non-Core Units Like Freight, WSJ Reports
Monday, May 18, 2020 - 2:40pm | 690Read More...Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) has laid off 3,000 more employees and closed 45 more offices, the Wall Street Journal reports, just after a first round of layoffs that totaled more than 3,700 employees. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in an email to employees that Uber was "making really, really...
