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Mastercard Considers Cutting Ties to Pornhub After Child Abuse Content Allegations: Bloomberg
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 10:57am | 304Read More...Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) is rethinking its connections to Pornhub.com parent company MindGeek after a New York Times op-ed alleged Pornhub streams video content involving child abuse and non-consensual violence, Bloomberg has reported. What Happened: Columnist Nicholas Kristof ...
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8 Stocks Prolific Trader Sen. David Perdue Sold While In Congress
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 4:42pm | 851Read More...Over the course of six years, U.S. Sen. David Perdue has placed 2,596 stock trades. Some of the trades may have involved possible inside information thanks to his position on several Senate sub-committees. What Happened: The New York Times published an in-depth look at Perdue’s history of...
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Jamie Dimon's Own Bank Has A Cryptocurrency But Says Bitcoin 'Not My Cup Of Tea'
Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 3:32am | 486Read More...JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon's view against Bitcoin is widely known. The CEO reiterated this at the New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday by saying the cryptocurrency is "just not my cup of tea," Yahoo! Finance reported. What...
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Trump's Doc Says President Fever-Free, Taking COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir At Walter Reed
Saturday, October 3, 2020 - 1:06pm | 947Read More...Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a new Saturday afternoon statement from the White House on the timeline of the president's coronavirus infection and additional reports on the president's condition. President Donald Trump is “doing very well” at...
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Trump Paid No Federal Income Tax In 10 Of Last 15 Years, And When He Did, It Wasn't Much: NYT
Sunday, September 27, 2020 - 11:00pm | 425Read More...The year Donald Trump won the presidential election, he paid $750 in federal income taxes, according to a New York Times report. The next year — his first as a resident of the White House — the tax amount didn't change. What Happened: The president paid no...
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With Election Nearing, Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To Fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 6:41pm | 685Read More...President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday — 38 days ahead of the U.S. election — to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The nomination brushes aside what was reportedly Ginsburg’s dying wish: that...
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Google Services, Including Gmail, YouTube Disrupted As Servers Crash
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 11:30pm | 419Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google’s services suffered a disruption Thursday in the United States that spanned Google Meet, Docs, YouTube, and Gmail services, the New York Times reported. What Happened: The service outage was mainly centered around the East Coast,...
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Justice Dept To Unveil Antitrust Charges Against Google Later This Month: NYT
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 10:47pm | 494Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google may face an antitrust case brought on by the Justice Department as soon as this month, the New York Times reported Thursday. What Happened: Attorney General William Barr dismissed urgings of career lawyers who pitched for more time to...
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Be Ready To Distribute A COVID-19 Vaccine In Two Months, CDC Tells All States
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 3:35am | 555Read More...The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified public health authorities in all 50 states and five large cities to begin preparations to distribute two unidentified vaccines in late October or early November, the New York Times reported Wednesday. What Happened: The two...
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Pinterest Sued By Former COO On Allegations Of Gender Discrimination
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 4:25am | 380Read More...Former Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE: PINS) Chief Operating Officer Françoise Brougher filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the San Francisco Superior Court alleging sex-based mistreatment, according to the New York Times. What Happened Brougher alleged that she had been left out of meetings, was given...
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House Legislation Would Require Military To Stop Streaming On Twitch
Friday, July 24, 2020 - 3:07pm | 347Read More...A draft amendment filed Wednesday to the House Appropriations Committee by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) would ban the U.S. military from “[maintaining] a presence on Twitch.com or any video game, e-sports, or live-streaming platform.” What Happened: The...
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Airbnb CEO Says IPO Possible In 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 2:33pm | 377Read More...Billionaire Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said “travel has changed forever” in an interview with Yahoo Finance's Andy Serwer. Airbnb's Pandemic Trends: Chesky discussed the changes that have occurred in travel as a result of the pandemic. Compared to the...
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Hong Kong National Security Law Fallout: US Tech Companies To Decline Law Enforcement Requests
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 4:34am | 410Read More...Several United States-based tech companies such as Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) will no longer provide Hong Kong Law enforcement with user data. What Happened On Monday, Facebook and Whatsapp, the company’s...
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Uber Makes Takeover Bid To Rival Food Delivery Business Postmates: Report
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 1:07am | 386Read More...Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) has made an acquisition offer to food delivery service Postmates, the New York Times reported late Monday. Uber's Second Food Delivery Takeover Bid An agreement between the two companies could have been reached as soon as Monday evening, according to the...
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Airline Execs To Meet With Vice President At The White House On Friday
Friday, June 26, 2020 - 4:56am | 403Read More...Chief executives of major airlines in the United States will confer with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss a range of issues related to the ongoing pandemic. What Happened The CEOs of American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL), Delta Air Lines, Inc (NYSE: DAL), Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:...
















