On Monday, Donald Trump will enter a new phase in his financial and legal challenges when jury selection begins in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal tax fraud trial against his business. The Trump Organization might face an uphill battle on the legal merits of the case, as its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, already pleaded guilty and is set to implicate his former employer. But the structure of the Trump Organization and its status as a holding company could make it hard to punish… Source link
Read More »Zuckerberg Says an Ex-Yahoo Exec Told Him ‘Every Organization Sucks’
Mark Zuckerberg shared advice that a former Yahoo COO gave him as he was launching Facebook. Dan Rosensweig said, “every organization sucks, but you get to choose the ways in which your organization sucks.” Zuckerberg shared the advice with podcaster Tim Ferriss during a chat about Meta’s core values. … Source link
Read More »The outrage factor in the Trump Organization indictments
Charges of larceny, tax fraud and other crimes come at inconvenient time for the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. Company attorneys say New York prosecutors politically hostile to Trump are chasing trivial matters no other prosecutor would bother with. Yet the details of the indictment reveal wealthy executives padding their bank accounts by exploiting privileges ordinary workers can only dream of. It’s exhibit 999 or maybe 1,001 in the recent parade… Source link
Read More »Trump Organization prosecutors are starting small, aiming bigger
It sounds anticlimactic: After years of chatter about widespread tax evasion, Russian funding and sketchy shell companies, the first charges prosecutors are leveling against the Trump Organization involve fringe benefits for one employee. It wouldn’t even be news if it weren’t the Trump Organization. But the employee, Allen Weisselberg, is the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, with intimate knowledge of all the money that flows in and out of the family business of former… Source link
Read More »Google strikes deal with major Australian news organization over payments
CANBERRA, Australia — Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation’s Parliament considers draft laws to force digital giants to pay for news. Google and the publicly listed broadcast television, print and online publishing company jointly announced they had agreed on “long-term partnership” after weekend discussions Australian government… Source link
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