Hints and tips:
...Jeffrey D ClementsChief Executive, American PromiseCambridge, MA, US...
...In a complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, Puris, who joined TikTok in late 2019, said she was “extraordinarily successful” during her employment at the short-form video company, but...
...Dennis Wilder, a former top CIA China expert now at Georgetown University, said Beijing had “worked assiduously” to court Middle Eastern nations, including Iran, for economic and geopolitical gain....
...For the investment fund he was setting up, he picked an office in the central Hangzhou wetlands, a few ponds over from where Ma held court and practised tai chi....
...US Supreme Court: The court hears arguments over the legality of Republican-backed state laws in Texas and Florida that constrain the ability of social media companies to curb content on their platforms...
...The grounds include a walled garden, meadow, lake, tennis court and moat — plus a second world war air-raid shelter....
...Rather than trying to escape justice, his whereabouts are public knowledge; and he has repeatedly placed himself at the disposal of the courts in Europe, most notably in Belgium, Germany and Italy....
...Now, they are braced for a court hearing on Monday that could lead to the company’s liquidation....
...“[The economic pressure] undermines the rationale for the PA in people’s minds,” said Raja Khalidi, director-general of MAS, a West Bank-based economic think-tank....
...“In two or three months [Puigdemont] has undergone a big change,” said Andreu Mas-Colell, a former Catalan finance minister, who faces administrative charges that would be dropped under the amnesty law....
...Due to a Supreme Court ruling that equates campaign spending with free speech, money makes an inordinate difference in US elections. All of these problems could be solved through reform....
...Prosecutors asked the court to extend the remand for those arrested for a further eight days....
...By 1966 the carnival proper had come into being, on the back of a parade from Earl’s Court to Ladbroke Grove arranged two years earlier by community organiser Rhaune Laslett....
...At the end of September, Amit Mehta, the judge in the Google case, called for lawyers to do more questioning in open court, rather than in closed session....
...The US has finally started to mount court challenges to what it claims are anti-competitive practices, starting with Google....
...And so he’s kind of like knuckling under and just saying, you know, “Yes, ma’am”, “No, ma’am”. Answer the question that he’s asked....
...The company said it accepted the MAS decision on lapses....
...Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and state mining company Ma’aden have expressed interest in a stake....
.../ From Robert Catalano, Harwich, MA, US...
...Miami Heat is coveted on the court, too: Damian Lillard, the top free agent in this summer’s NBA transfer window, will reportedly only accept a move to the team....
...Executives “routinely ma[de] female employees feel uncomfortable”, the investors alleged....
...Gabrielle Reason, secretary of the British Sauna Society, who holds an MA in psychology and physiology, is an enthusiastic advocate....
...FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried had his first big day in court yesterday. World Cup is going intercontinental. And Rishi Sunak is cutting back on a long promised high-speed rail project....
...On Monday, the once outspoken Ma emerged from the shadows to talk about the educational reform at a private school established by Alibaba co-founders....
...Ying-jeou, in an effort to court Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang ahead of presidential elections next January....
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