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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Former President Donald Trump, left, and Governor Ron DeSantis, right, in a composite image. Getty Images Roger Stone told Ron DeSantis that it would be “ingratitude and treachery” to run against Trump. He also hit out at DeSantis’ wife, comparing her to Lady Macbeth. Trump and DeSantis are both viewed as GOP frontrunners, though neither…
Higher energy prices and inflation are hitting e-commerce giant Amazon. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Amazon sees a 2% to 8% growth in sales for the fourth quarter of the year, way below the previous two years. Amazon sales are slowing globally — particularly in Europe, amid the Ukraine war. Amazon’s…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Elon Musk completed the $44 billion purchase of Twitter today, capping a months-long saga that resulted in Twitter suing Musk to force him to honor their merger agreement. Musk’s first course of business was to fire top executives. “Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after…
Millie Bobby Brown and Helena Bonham Carter in Enola Holmes 2. | Image: Netflix The sequel doesn’t do all that much new, but it’s a solid take on a dying breed of film Continue reading… Read More
What’s she trying to say?. DepositPhotos This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Have you visited Yew Nork? Does your stummy ache? What dog of bag food will we get? In case you’ve wondered what causes such speech errors or slips of the tongue, you might like to know that all speakers – of…
It’s for real this time. After months of legal drama, bad memes, and will-they-or-won’t-they-chaos to put your favorite rom-com to shame, Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. A number of outlets reported that Musk sealed the deal Thursday night, taking Twitter private and ousting a handful of top executives — CEO Parag…
Elon Musk fired key Twitter executives Thursday, one of his first moves as the official owner of the social media platform. According to reports from the New York Times, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other outlets, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, general counsel Sean Edgett, and head of…
Elon Musk is reportedly now officially in charge of Twitter, setting the scene for the platform’s looming descent into a microblogged reenactment of Lord of the Flies. And apparently he’s already started cleaning house. According to CNBC’s David Faber, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal have left the company’s headquarters in San Francisco…
Former President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, left. Nicolas Economou/Getty Images, right. It took three days to seat the jury for the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial in Manhattan. The mostly male, mostly minority jury has 2 men the defense tried…