Apr 8th 2021FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppFACED WITH recalcitrant sovereign counterparties, foreign investors and companies occasionally take drastic action. A picaresque example of the genre occurred in 2012, when Elliott Management, a buccaneering American hedge fund which held distressed Argentine bonds, seized a handsome tall ship belonging to Argentina’s navy. Elliott’s aggressive tactics ultimately paid off, and others have…
Good morning and welcome to 10 Things in Tech. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Let’s get started.1. Hackers scraped data from 500 million LinkedIn users and posted it for sale online. In the wake of Facebook’s major data leak, LinkedIn is investigating a leak that affected two-thirds of its users. Here’s…
Former VP Mike Pence added Trump administration officials to his new political advocacy group. Ice Miller LLP added Pence’s nephew John Pence and former Buttigieg campaign staffer George Hornedo. Freshman Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, also staffed up his Senate office See more stories on Insider’s business page. A diaspora of Hoosier politicos in…
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Manchin suggested he may thwart Democratic attempts to bypass Republicans in Congress more than once. “I simply do not believe budget reconciliation should replace regular order in the Senate,” Manchin wrote in a Post op-ed. It comes as the White House weighs the path ahead for a massive infrastructure plan. See more stories on Insider’s…
Republicans are touting benefits of the COVID-19 relief legislation they opposed in Congress. Mitch McConnell said Republicans would have a “talk” with Americans about the bill’s issues. Meanwhile, funding for healthcare and restaurants is being praised by some GOP members. See more stories on Insider’s business page. For months, Congressional Republicans have been unanimously opposed…
Ex-Google engineer Emi Nietfeld said she endured harassment and retaliation while working there. In an op-ed for The New York Times, she said Google’s response led her to vow to “never love a job again.” Multiple current and former Googlers have accused the company of discrimination. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Workers have…
A judge dismissed Katie Hill’s lawsuit against the Daily Mail over the outlet publishing nude photos of her. The judge ruled that the photos were a matter of public concern. Hill’s attorney said they intend on appealing the case. The former congresswoman accused the judge of thinking “revenge porn is free speech.” See more stories…
Hunter Biden has reignited a feud with the Trump children, calling them out for getting rich on Trump’s dime. In his memoir, Biden says the Trump kids could never get a job outside Trump’s business. Don Jr. and Biden previously tangled over who benefited more from their fathers’ public service. See more stories on Insider’s…
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