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Former talent scout has sued company alleging culture of sexual harassment
...Brown grew up in an Army family and credits his father, a retired colonel who served in Vietnam, for encouraging him to apply for a reserve officers’ training corps scholarship to attend Texas Tech University...
...That suggests these enormous investments may yet be seen as a regulatory dodge. The big tech companies are in effect locking in their customers while juicing their own revenues....
...Media advertising veteran Jonathan Phelps has been tasked with soliciting business from Democratic groups. Semafor first reported the sales target and some of X’s recent hires....
...Meanwhile at the Grand Theatre in Leeds, David Nixon’s 2013 Gatsby offers a more literal treatment of his source material but manages to dodge most of the Downtonesque period drama clichés....
...The IPL rights, which sold for $2.6bn in 2017, are expected to go for at least 25 per cent more this time, according to Santosh N, a managing partner at financial consultancy Duff & Phelps....
...Brian Dodge, president of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, which represents big box stores, said the prospect of a strike was having an effect....
Group cites ‘modest’ impact from privacy adjustments that hit Facebook owner Meta’s performance
...As the corp tax goes back to 25%, they could end up paying 25+8% ie 33% vs 27% ie a 6% higher tax rate....
...At Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global that meant having 23-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps offer life lessons from the swimming pool to the beleaguered fund this summer....
...Biden urged about 30,000 Americans not working in the US diplomatic corps to leave Ukraine in case they were “caught in the crossfire”....
...Despite being the second most valuable US technology group, Microsoft has been able to dodge the latest focus on antitrust in Congress....
Deal appears to be an overly elaborate affair to keep the White House happy
...What good is winning the Candidates if the champion then simply steps aside, like a matador dodges a bull?...
...Slam Corp, the blank cheque company backed by retired baseball star Alex Rodriguez, pulled out of talks to merge with Panini, the Italian maker of sports cards and stickers....
...(Gothamist) News round-up Credit Suisse counts $1.2bn exposure to Sanjeev Gupta’s steel empire (FT) Babylon in talks to list via ex-Groupon CEO Spac (Bloomberg) Deutsche Bank dodges bullets and goes...
...Nick Bayley, head of UK regulatory consulting at Duff & Phelps, said: “We see the same areas being sanctioned again and again . . ....
...“The immediate market volatility is passed, but this insider dealing issue is not going away,” says Nick Bayley, a managing director at consultancy Duff & Phelps....
...Duff & Phelps has hired Tim Wainwright as a managing director in its transaction advisory services practice. He joins the London office from corporate finance adviser Eight Advisory....
...“I am delighted to be reunited with Stone Point and the Duff & Phelps management team as we work to continue to build upon the incredible global franchise that Duff & Phelps has become,” Mr Sarkozy said...
...Potentially more problematic: efforts to raise capital in direct listings, which are being challenged by institutional investors worried about the potential for companies to dodge shareholder lawsuits....
...“His experience includes substantial involvement in operations and business dealings with both Phelps Dodge and China Moly in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
...A spokeswoman for Duff & Phelps declined to comment. Mr Olson did not respond to a request for comment....
...Chaebol critics are closely tracking Samsung, the country’s largest group, for evidence of circuitous efforts to dodge the tax....
...The Japanese group will inject $6.5bn to dodge a writedown and save face. The constituency convinced by SoftBank’s accounting manoeuvres is dwindling fast....
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