Dozens of drivers honked their car horns near the Gracie Mansion on Monday night to disrupt the mayor’s sleep in protest at the recent spike in illegal fireworks that shot through the city. “We need to send a message that we need to end these chaotic fireworks that [have] it’s …
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FBI Indicts Los Angeles City Council Member In Corruption Investigation
Member of the Los Angeles City Council, José Huizar, 51. (Getty) The FBI arrested Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Tuesday on extortion charges after a lengthy corruption investigation. Huizar, a 51-year-old Democrat, was accused of taking bribes from developers and others with business before the City Council’s Land …
Read More »United States weighs to re-impose tariffs on Canadian aluminum
In May, the American Primary Aluminum Association, which represents the two companies, sent a letter to Robert E. Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, and Wilbur Ross, the Secretary of Commerce, saying that an increase in Canadian imports were threatening the viability of their businesses Only a handful of aluminum …
Read More »Jeff Ubben leaves ValueAct for social investment
Activist investor Jeff Ubben left ValueAct Capital, the $ 16 billion hedge fund he founded, to launch a new environmental and social impact investment company. Ubben’s exit from ValueAct occurs after a one-year power transfer. He handed the position of chief investment officer in 2017 and the position of chief …
Read More »Maria Bartiromo says she believes the trade agreement between the United States and China “ended” in the midst of the “economic war”
Fox Business presenter Maria Bartiromo told “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday that she believes phase one of the US-China trade deal “is over.” “I think we are in an economic war, a Cold War with China. I don’t think there is any doubt about it and, frankly, if you ask me, …
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