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"I go to seek a Great Perhaps." - Francois Rabelais

By Josh Kosman May 25, 2018 | 10:03pm | Updated Carl Icahn Reuters see also Icahn pushing for removal of Xerox chief executive Xerox’s former boss gave up an $18 million golden parachute this month as he caved to pressure from billionaire Carl Icahn, The Post has learned...

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau

"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course." - William Shakespeare

"Tendency is everything. The direction you start determines your destination." - Dickson G. Watts

"Wisdom consists of seeing many things and concentrating on one thing." - Dickson G. Watts

“Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.” - Isabelle Allende

More Orwellian nonsense. Japanese chain Muji was fined $31,000 by Beijing for listing Taiwan as a country on some of its packaging. Beijing has been increasing pressure on companies and countries to accept the One China rhetoric and cut ties with Taiwan. This week, Burkina Faso also broke off...

The PLA can't play. The United States cancelled China's invite to participate in a naval training exercise known as RIMPAC, citing the latter's continued militarization of disputed territories in the South China Sea. Last week, China landed air force bombers on one of the disputed islands. A...

Car trouble. On May 22, China said it would cut import tariffs on passenger cars from 25% to 15%, effective July 1. Tesla immediately slashed $14,000 off the price tag of its Model S and Model X cars in China, hoping to make greater inroads on the world's largest market for EVs. But on May 23...

Target introducing 3 new brands aimed at teens Target is making a push to win over teen and young adult shoppers. While many of its strategies have focused on millennials, the Minneapolis-based retailer is setting its sights more on Generation Z with three new in-house brands it's introducing...

U.S. May 25, 2018 / 11:22 AM / Updated 37 minutes ago Platinum hedge fund co-founder pleads guilty in corruption case Jonathan Stempel May 25 (Reuters) - A founder of the hedge fund firm Platinum Partners pleaded guilty on Friday to a criminal conspiracy charge, six months after a mistrial in a...

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” - Helen Keller

Apple could hit $1 trillion within a year, Morgan Stanley says The firm's new price target of $214 a share, announced in a note to clients Thursday, would result in a market cap of $1.024 trillion, thanks to a booming services business that could make up for any slump in iPhone sales. (Business...

Alexa Indiscretion An Amazon Echo device was apparently incorrectly triggered by part of a conversation that its owners were having, so it recorded their conversation and sent it to one of their contacts. Amazon has confirmed the incident and said it is trying to ensure that this won't happen...

Apple's Sort-Of-Victory Apple has won the right to a $539 million payout from Samsung over the Korean firm's copying of features in the original iPhone. The two companies have been at legal war since 2011, and in 2012, Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages. With a lengthy argument ensuing...

"Plain living, high thinking are no more." - William Wordsworth

"Learn from everyone. Follow no one." - Sandeep Maheshwari

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles." - Charles Spencer Chaplin

"Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all." - Nathan Morris