The Justice Department has launched a probe into Andreessen Horowitz regarding the firm’s partners serving on the boards of competing companies, Bloomberg reported. The nearly year-long investigation focuses specifically on the firm’s board seats at Databricks, which is valued at $190 billion, and Fivetran, which combined with dbt Labs in June. The firm’s co-founder, Ben
A US aircraft carrier is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, on which thousands of sailors have reportedly faced food shortages and difficult conditions on an extended, nine-month deployment. The USS George Washington, which was near Malaysia on Thursday, could arrive in the region in about nine days, BBC analysis
The board of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade of the performance arts venue two months after a judge ordered its removal. Board members, many of whom are Trump allies, voted to add “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” to the formal
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center’s board is expected to meet Thursday to consider plans for the performing arts venue’s future after a federal judge blocked an earlier move for a two-year closure that would allow for substantial renovations. Ahead of the meeting, the Kennedy Center’s management said it would present the board with three approaches
Multiple people are feared dead after a boat carrying 95 people sank on Kariba dam in Zimbabwe, with rescue operations under way. Police said 90 passengers and five crew were onboard the vessel when it capsized on Tuesday, but it may have been overloaded, with other reports pointing to a higher number based on the
Three years ago, nearly every major US company explicitly considered diversity when choosing new directors. Now, most don’t. In all, 61 S&P 100 companies have dumped explicit diversity criteria for future board members since 2023, according to an ESGAUGE analysis of filings and governance documents for Bloomberg News. The findings show the extent of the retreat from diversity, equity