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Citadel Crushes It in May, Widening Lead Over Hedge Fund Rivals (Bloomberg) Ken Griffin’s good year keeps getting better. In a month that saw stock markets roiled by the escalating U.S.-China trade war and global growth concerns, the billionaire’s three equity businesses led profits for...

I think you’re wrong there eg Fords have been running the eponymous company for generations, Watsons ran IBM etc...

https://nypost.com/2019/06/07/sparks-from-ranchers-hammer-ignited-californias-largest-wildfire/

More hedge funders want jobs managing money for the wealthy. Dan Weil October 03, 2017 The Allure of the Family Office Investment professionals are increasingly ditching their jobs at hedge funds and other active asset managers to invest money for wealthy families. Private-equity...

https://qz.com/india/1637208/rishad-premji-to-take-over-from-azim-premji-at-indias-wipro/

Walmart Deliveries Walmart will start rolling out grocery deliveries not just to customers' homes, but directly into their fridge or basement if they're not at home. The customer will need to use a smart lock that lets the delivery staff in. The delivery staff will be wearing Internet-connected...

Google and Huawei Google wants to be exempted from the Trump administration's ban on exports to Huawei, and it's using national security interests (one of the justifications for the ban itself) as the basis for its argument. The logic goes thusly: stop Huawei being able to use Google's version...

Google and Huawei Google wants to be exempted from the Trump administration's ban on exports to Huawei, and it's using national security interests (one of the justifications for the ban itself) as the basis for its argument. The logic goes thusly: stop Huawei being able to use Google's version...

Nike 'very concerned' about rape accusation against Brazilian soccer star Neymar Nike Inc is “very concerned” about a rape accusation against Brazilian soccer star Neymar, the world’s largest sportswear maker said on Thursday, raising questions about its sponsorship of the football star...

California has 4th best state economy, by two measurements Some of my readers think I’m a tad too upbeat about California. For example, some thought a recent column I did on California’s economic outperformance was, politely put, misguided. Well, what’s a journalist to do when the state’s...

uawei Russia Huawei may be shunned in the West, but Russia and China are busy falling into each other's arms right now, and the telecoms giant just scored a contract to develop 5G networks for the Russian operator MTS. President Xi happens to be in Moscow right now for a state visit with his...

China Tariffs President Trump has waved his tariff stick in Beijing's direction again, telling reporters: "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens... I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time." It's not clear...

China clamps down on Ford, other U.S. companies Though China didn’t spell out any links between the $23.8 million antitrust fine on Ford and the U.S. tensions, "it’s hard to see it as not related," said Andrew Polk, co-founder of research firm Trivium China in Beijing. (Automotive News)

China clamps down on Ford, other U.S. companies Though China didn’t spell out any links between the $23.8 million antitrust fine on Ford and the U.S. tensions, "it’s hard to see it as not related," said Andrew Polk, co-founder of research firm Trivium China in Beijing. (Automotive News)

AT&T's Donovan says telco will take a more incremental approach to fiber builds AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan is rightfully proud of his company's fiber build outs, but starting next month it will take a more incremental approach. As part of its 2015 merger with DirecTV, the FCC required...

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More billionaires went to Harvard than to Stanford, MIT and Yale combined Published Fri, May 18 2018 11:49 AM EDTUpdated Fri, May 18 2018 1:14 PM EDT Kathleen Elkins @KATHLEEN_ELK 0:50 Colleges where students go on to earn the most money We’ve all heard about college dropouts who became...