FILE: Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A woman who had accused Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping […]
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Nikki Haley vows to stay in 2024 race, after raising $16.5 million in January
Nikki Haley hosts a rally in Conway as part of her swing in the Palmetto State leading up to the State’s primary, in Conway SC, United States on January 28, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Former South Carolina governor and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday delivered […]
Crown Castle co-founder launches proxy fight after Elliott rejection
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images A co-founder of telecommunications company Crown Castle has nominated a rival slate of directors to the firm’s board, muddying the waters months after activist investor Elliott Management and Crown Castle signed a cooperation agreement. Ted Miller, who helped launch the company in 1994, […]
Nvidia tumbles ahead of earnings report, providing an opening for new investors
Nvidia shares were down sharply, one day before the leading artificial intelligence chipmaker’s pivotal earnings report Wednesday evening. Tuesday’s stock decline presents a great entry point for investors who don’t own Nvidia, according to Jim Cramer. Nvidia’s drop of as much as 6.7% at session lows was likely driven by […]
X social media platform restores account of Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, after brief suspension
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference, on the day Alexei Navalny’s death was announced by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Munich, southern Germany, on Feb. 16, 2024. Thomas Kienzle | Afp […]
A flood insurance quirk makes basements a bad place to keep your stuff
A Johnson, Vermont, resident removes items destroyed in flooding of a finished basement in 2023. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images American basements are a hodgepodge of personal property, leveraged as storage units, man caves, game rooms, wine cellars, home bars and secondary living rooms. The problem is: If […]
Healthy Returns: The launch of breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi is off to a slow start
Eisai | via Reuters Good afternoon! The launch of the closely watched Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi is off to a slow start. Still, demand for the treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai is rising. That’s the update the two drugmakers gave Wall Street during their latest quarterly earnings calls earlier […]
IRS aims to close ‘inequity gap’ for unpaid taxes. How the agency targets top earners for audit
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on April 19, 2023. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The IRS will continue to crack down on top earners who haven’t paid taxes owed — and certain returns may see increased scrutiny, experts say. “We are working to reverse the […]
Appeals court will rehear challenge to Nasdaq board diversity rule, putting mandate at risk
The Times Square NASDAQ MarketSite is seen on March 2, 2015 in New York City. Bryan Thomas | Getty Images A federal appeals court agreed to rehear a challenge by two conservative groups to Nasdaq‘s board diversity rule related to the disclosure of women and minority membership on boards of […]
Crown Castle co-founder launches proxy fight after being rebuffed from Elliott effort
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images A co-founder of telecommunications company Crown Castle has nominated a rival slate of directors to the firm’s board, muddying the waters months after activist investor Elliott Management and Crown Castle signed a cooperation agreement. Ted Miller, who helped launch the company in 1994, […]