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Jenny McCarthy may be best known for her co-hosting gig on “The View” or even her days as a Playboy Playmate. Yet being an advocate for children with autism is by far her most important role, she says. “My reason for being famous was to deliver this message,” she told […]

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer, was paid $600,000 by AT&T last year to help the company understand how the new administration might approach its proposed merger with Time Warner, the tax reform debate and other issues, according to internal documents. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, meanwhile, said it […]

Tesla board members are facing shareholder scrutiny as the company struggles to contain costs while ramping up production of its Model 3 electric sedans. Last week, a pension fund adviser called the CtW Investment Group sent a letter to Tesla shareholders urging them to vote against the re-election of three […]

Cryptocurrency conferences are still a massive business, even if bitcoin‘s price has plunged this year. When it kicks off this week, one ticket to CoinDesk’s Consensus three-day conference in New York City can cost roughly $2,000. Well over 4,000 are expected to attend, up from 2,700 attendees last year. So […]

The United Arab Emirates is making a push to be a major player in the downstream oil market, says Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). “ADNOC continues to be focused on upstream, yet this time around ADNOC will expand its business focus into […]

Former congressman and House of Representatives majority leader Eric Cantor had good things to say about Saudi Arabia while speaking at the ADNOC Downstream Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi Sunday. “I think it’s one of most exciting regions to be in at a time when there is so much transformation […]

OPEC producers are not targeting a certain oil price, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazroui said on Sunday, speaking at an industry event in Abu Dhabi. Mazroui, who holds OPEC’s presidency this year, said he is worried about the level of oil investment in 2019 and 2020. […]

Italian oil and gas giant ENI may not have any investments in Iran, but its CEO Claudio Descalzi sees disruption ahead for oil markets thanks to the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on OPEC’s third-largest oil producer. “The impact is more for the crude oil price, because Iran now is exporting […]

Italian oil and gas giant ENI may not have any investments in Iran, but its CEO Claudio Descalzi sees disruption ahead for oil markets thanks to the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on OPEC’s third-largest oil producer. “The impact is more for the crude oil price, because Iran now is exporting […]

Inside the Pentagon’s cyberwarfare unit, analysts have been closely monitoring internet traffic out of Iran. Six thousand miles away, Israel’s elite cyber intelligence Unit 8200 has been running war games in anticipation of Iranian strikes on Israeli computer networks. Government and private-sector cybersecurity experts in the United States and Israel […]