Martin Shkreli is found guilty of three of eight securities fraud charges
Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical CEO, was convicted of three counts of securities fraud on Aug. 4. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) NEW YORK — A Brooklyn jury on Friday found Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager notorious for brazenly raising the price of a critical drug, guilty of defrauding his investors. Shkreli shook his head in apparent disbelief as the first of three guilty verdicts was read. His father, who attended every day of the more than four-week trial, put..>> view originalActivist Ackman looks for board seats, better returns at payroll firm ADP
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman on Friday said his hedge fund had taken an 8 percent stake in Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP.O) and plans to ask for board seats so he can push the U.S. human resources outsourcing company to cut costs and improve its returns. Ackman's move on ADP, which has a market value of about $50 billion, comes as the leader of Pershing Square Capital Management looks for a big win following money-losing investments in debt-laden drugmaker Valeant Pharma..>> view originalHow a steak dinner with Elon Musk in 2008 scored this man the very first Tesla Model S, serial number 00001
Samantha Lee/Business Insider Jason Calacanis. Robert Scoble/Flickr During the financial crisis, Elon Musk was in a bad place. SpaceX, his rocket company, had failed on numerous launch attempts. His other company, Tesla, was running dangerously low on cash. Jason Calacanis, a friend of Musk's from his days running a popular internet magazine called Silicon Alley Reporter, grabbed a steak dinner with the dejected founder in Hollywood. He asked him how his..>> view originalApplied Opto Plunges: Overreaction, Say Bulls; Business Going Away, Say Bears
Shares of fiber-optic component maker Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) are down $25.62, or 26%, at $72.37, extending last night’s losses, after the company beat its already heightened outlook for Q2, but forecast revenue this quarter that missed consensus by a wide-margin, saying it is dealing with a slowdown in purchases of its 40-gigabit optical transceivers by a single large customer. The results and outlook have shifted no one in the bull-bear debate. Bears take it as confirmation the compan..>> view originalWells Fargo May Have Found More Fake Accounts Created by Employees
“To regain the trust we have lost, we must continue to be transparent with all our stakeholders and go beyond what has been asked of us by our regulators,” Mr. Sloan said. “Today’s regulatory filing reminds us of this, because it includes evidence of much of that work, particularly as we have identified problems that we have committed to fix.” Photo “To regain the trust we have lost, we must continue to be transparent with all our stakeholders and go beyond what has been asked of us by our reg..>> view originalEconomy adds impressive 209K jobs in July
The U.S. economy added a solid 209,000 jobs in July, exceeding economists’ estimates as the labor market shows few signs of slowing down. The unemployment rate last month fell to 4.3 percent from 4.4, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The labor market has churned out nearly 1.3 million jobs in the first seven months of the year, maintaining the momentum that started nearly seven years ago under President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaOvernight Tech: Senate panel approves FCC nominees | Dem grou..>> view originalNissan Workers in Mississippi Reject Union Bid by UAW
Nissan also pays a roughly similar percentage of employees’ incomes into their retirement accounts as do the Michigan automakers.Before coming to Nissan more than 14 years ago, “I didn’t have a 401(k), I had one week of vacation,” said Marvin Cooke, a Nissan paint technician who was previously an assistant manager at a Shoney’s restaurant. “Now, I have four weeks’ vacation. I’m off on every holiday. Nissan has provided a great living for me.”Mr. Cooke voted against the union.While a significant..>> view originalUS finalizes deal for new Air Force One jets once destined for Russian airliner
A Boeing spokesperson told CNN the two aircraft in question were originally destined for a now bankrupt Russian airline."The Air Force awarded a contract modification to Boeing on Aug. 4, 2017, to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft for future modification to replace the two aging VC-25A Presidential support aircraft," Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said in a statement, using the military's official name for the Air Force One 747 aircraft. President Donald Trump had been fiercely critica..>> view originalUnited Technologies in bid to acquire Rockwell Collins: source
(Reuters) - United Technologies Corp (UTX.N), the U.S. maker of Otis Elevators and Carrier air conditioners, has submitted an offer to acquire aircraft component manufacturer Rockwell Collins Inc (COL.N), a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. By acquiring Rockwell Collins, which has a market capitalization of $19.3 billion, United Technologies would bulk up its aerospace group, giving it the option of separating it from the company's other industrial units. Rockwell Collins has been ..>> view originalEx-VW Official Admits Role in Emissions Cheating -- WSJ
This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (August 5, 2017). A former Volkswagen AG compliance executive pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from his role in the German auto maker's yearslong emissions-cheating deception. Oliver Schmidt, a German citizen who for several years headed Volkswagen's environment and engineering office in Auburn Hills, Mich., pleaded guilty i..>> view original
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