A Thanksgiving to remember! Just like their individual journeys on Love Is Blind, season 3 contestants — including the recently broken-up Raven Ross and Sikiru “SK” Alagbada, along with Zanab Jaffrey, Cole Barnett, Nancy Rodriguez, Matt Bolton and Colleen Reed and more — all had wildly different Turkey Day celebrations. Raven, 29, and SK, 34 … Read more
John Mack cemented his place in Wall Street folklore during the depths of 2008 financial crisis, when as chief executive of Morgan Stanley he secured a $9bn investment from Japanese bank MUFG. The cash infusion provided a lifeline for Morgan Stanley and allowed the bank to fend off an alternative rescue plan being pushed by … Read more
In 2003, Rick Wartzman was overseeing the business section of the Los Angeles Times when his team produced a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of stories detailing how Walmart became the largest company in the world — and how its rise relied on low wages for its workers and those of its suppliers. Those stories helped to … Read more
When Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial race was called for Democrat Katie Hobbs on Monday night, November 14, there was no shortage of gloating on Twitter. Far-right GOP nominee Kari Lake, according to her critics, went out of her way to be as insulting, condescending and mean-spirited as possible during her campaign. But in the end, she … Read more
A number of newly elected progressives from across the country are poised to join the “Squad” of left-wing champions in the U.S. House following Tuesday’s midterm elections, with Reps.-elect Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, Maxwell Frost of Florida, and others crediting their working people-focused campaigns for their victories. Voters “care about how much their basic needs cost,” … Read more
Former President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social after a judge agreed to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Trump Organization. Prosecutors in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office warned last month that the Trump Organization may try to avoid accountability by transferring financial assets out of state, noting that the company … Read more
(Bloomberg) — The image arrived in Susan Swenson’s inbox on a Wednesday evening. Her corporate headshot had been crudely crossed out in digital red ink, and the word “Kill” was written in the bottom left corner. In the hours that followed, some of her colleagues received similar threats, including messages that referenced the recent assassination … Read more
The call came from a number I did not recognise. “You need to quarantine,” a man on the other end of the line said in Mandarin. He was calling from the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “I’ll come and get you in about four or five hours.” I dashed out of my … Read more
A senior executive at Saudi Aramco spent almost a week in an Indian jail over the summer after he was arrested for having a satellite phone while on a yoga holiday near the country’s border with China. Fergus MacLeod, head of investor relations at the world’s largest oil exporter, said he was arrested on July … Read more
Matthew Perry Adam Nemser/Startraks A necessary expense. Matthew Perry opened up about the cost of battling drug and alcohol addiction for more than half of his life. “I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” the Friends alum, 53, told the New York Times in an interview published Sunday, October 23. Perry … Read more