A witness who testified against Andrew Left has himself become involved in an insider trading probe, bringing a new twist to the bombastic short-seller’s fraud conviction. Left’s lawyers this month asked the judge who oversaw his trial to toss the jury’s verdict convicting him of 13 counts of securities fraud. The trial was irredeemably unfair,
Each September, a who’s who of executives from across Silicon Valley descends on San Francisco’s Palace Hotel to charm investors at a conference hosted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs. This past week, between talk of growth and potential returns, tech titans found themselves addressing the abrupt resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon. Coxon, a
The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he’d attend the State of the Union address and has fined and temporarily banned North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for bets she now calls a “dumb mistake.” The company announced the ban on
A satirical Hollywood horror-romance novel is set to release next year from Hanover Square Press and debut author Clare Ogawa. The book, titled “This Town Will Eat you Alive,” follows an assistant who learns the movie exec she works for is turning into a tentacled monster that eats women alive. While obviously fictitious, the work
SpaceX stock rose on Monday to reclaim an important milestone: its $135 IPO price. The stock jumped back above that threshold on Monday, rising to close 4% higher at $138.74 after struggling to mount a decisive gain early in the session. Shares are up more than 25% in August, and a 15% rally on Friday
Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group’s premium data product, released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month. According to reports, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth
