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...Plus, the FT’s Hannah Murphy talks about one of the latest challengers to Twitter, Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky....
...In London the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, a group that is backed by Coinbase and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, sued him to stop making the claims. This week the judge ruled in Copa’s favour....
...Our editor is Jess Smith, with help this week from David da Silva, Michael Lello and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...Mark Zuckerberg is still chief executive of Meta, Brian Chesky heads Airbnb, Michael Dell is chief executive at computer maker Dell Technologies and Evan Spiegel runs social media company Snap....
...Icahn is the short seller’s latest target after India’s Adani Group and Jack Dorsey’s payments group Block....
...Musk, who has a longstanding friendship with Dorsey replied: “I’d like to help if I’m able to.” Dorsey later wrote to Musk describing the Twitter board of directors as “terrible”....
...To woo brands, X has to “build the trust back”, says Michael Kassan, chief executive of media consultancy MediaLink. “There has to be more transparency....
...A war over Taiwan could go nuclear The single most important question about a potential war between the US and China over Taiwan is whether it could remain non-nuclear, writes Michael Auslin, author of Asia...
...MSD Partners, a company set up by Michael Dell, is merging with Byron Trott’s BDT merchant bank, creating an advisory and investment group that counts some of the world’s highest-profile billionaires and...
...“A customer list in any bankruptcy is something that is protected . . . as a trade secret,” said judge John Dorsey....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley, led by star investment banker Michael Grimes, raced to locate equity investors to buy into the takeover and lower Musk’s financial burden....
...In a company-wide email first reported by the Washington Post, Agrawal told his staff that head of engineering Michael Montano, and chief design officer Dantley Davis, will leave the social network by the...
...Jack Dorsey, the founder and former chief of Twitter, is also a sizeable shareholder and has previously supported Musk’s use of the platform....
...(In 2020 Lemkau departed Goldman to lead Michael Dell’s private investment firm. Dell, Lemkau and Durban all have houses near each other in Hawaii.)...
...Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block — formerly known as Square — has dropped 74 per cent over the past year....
...Elliott has organised more than $30bn in buyouts in 2022 alone, while Silver Lake was an architect of Michael Dell’s $67bn takeover of EMC in 2016....
...And Michael Moseley’s decade-old 5:2 diet, in which you inhale barely a crumb for two days a week, has always had plenty of fans....
...Dorsey believes the turning point for China came in early 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic and continuing trade disputes....
...We had help this week from Michael Lello, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...He will succeed Michael Voisin, whose tenure ends in April....
...Soon afterwards, Dorsey took to Twitter and put out a poll asking: “yes” or “no”. Dorsey’s online response did not seem to have impressed the committee....
...Trial of prominent businessman concludes in Russia The trial of Michael Calvey concludes in Russia today....
...The shareholder lawsuit cites an FT article that mentions that Lemkau’s vacation home in Hawaii is near Durban’s and that of Michael Dell....
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