Month: February 2024
Nevada holds its presidential primaries — but Trump isn’t on the ballot – CNN
Nevada holds its presidential primaries — but Trump isn’t on the ballot CNN
Read MoreHow to Manage $745 Million in Venture Capital Solo
Salil Deshpande is a one-man band at his firm Uncorrelated Ventures, which just raised a $315 million fund. Outsourcing helps. ‘My life is very simple right now. I talk to entrepreneurs and I talk to LPs,’ he says.
Read MoreBP Beats Expectations; Boosts Buyback
BP posted a higher-than-expected annual profit, joining others in the sector in showing resilience despite volatile energy prices, but its results were weaker than the prior-year’s record numbers.
Read MoreAustria rebuts heirs’ Nazi loot claims for Schiele paintings
Orders to hand back artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the American heirs of their former Jewish owner have forced some of Austria’s top museums to deny claims that some of their holdings were Nazi loot. The latest in
Read MorePolice apologize in Canada hockey gang rape case
Canadian police confirmed Monday charges against five current and former NHL players over an alleged 2018 gang rape, and apologized for the six years it took to investigate the accusations. The players, who were part of Canada’s junior national ice
Read MoreFrom prison to performing: a French ex-gangster tells all
He spent three decades as a gangster, with 70 hold-ups to his name that earned him 21 years behind bars, but now Frank Henry has a new career: treading the boards in Paris, declaring he is neither proud nor ashamed
Read MoreThai government says will ban recreational cannabis use
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022. Cannabis was taken off the list of banned narcotics in June
Read MoreI Survived Female Genital Mutilation. Here’s How to End It Once and for All
At the age of 12, I experienced female genital mutilation (FGM). This is a generations-old practice in my community in rural western Kenya. It is believed to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. After a girl is cut, she
Read MoreChina Stocks Notch Best Day in Years on Beijing Action
Chinese shares notched their best day in years after Beijing signaled its intent to prop up the battered equities market, including by directing a sovereign-wealth fund to boost holdings.
Read MoreNevada’s Weird Election Week, and King Charles’s Cancer
Plus, Tucker Carlson spotted in Moscow.
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