Dinesh D’Souza attends the DC premiere of his film, “Death of a Nation,” at E Street Cinema on August 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Shannon Finney | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The conservative gadfly Dinesh D’Souza’s film and book “2000 Mules,” which pushes false conspiracies about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has been … Read more
Bruce Lehrmann has filed a last-minute appeal against a judge’s dismissal of his defamation case and finding that he likely raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House. The 28-year-old had until Friday afternoon to challenge findings by Justice Michael Lee in April which dismissed his case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. Following a long … Read more
Napheesa Collier #24 of the Minnesota Lynx shoots a free throw during the game against the New York Liberty on May 25, 2024 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jordan Johnson | National Basketball Association | Getty Images A new women’s basketball league has attracted a star-studded roster of investors from the media and sports … Read more
Marc Benioff, co-chief executive officer of Salesforce.com Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the 2022 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Benioff shared his excitement over data indicating a decrease in San Francisco’s total homeless population. Photographer: David Odisho/Bloomberg via Getty Images David Odisho | Bloomberg | Getty … Read more
Bob Iger and Nelson Peltz. CNBC Activist investor Nelson Peltz has sold his entire stake in Disney, a person familiar with the matter tells CNBC. Peltz sold all of his stock at close to $120 dollars a share, the person said, making about $1 billion on the position. The stock currently trades for about $100 … Read more
Australian radio legend Bob Rogers, whose career on the airwaves spanned 78 years, has died aged 97. Friend Derryn Hinch paid tribute to the country’s longest-serving radio presenter following Rogers’ passing at his Sydney home, surrounded by family. “The words legend and icon are thrown around too easily these days but Bob Rogers was both,” … Read more
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Today’s workaholic wealthy rarely have time to sit back and read a good book — except maybe for a few weeks … Read more
Dr. Joshua Bederson places Precision Neuroscience’s electrodes onto a brain. Ashley Capoot As the lights dimmed in an operating room at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, Dr. Joshua Bederson prepared to make history. Bederson, system chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is no stranger to long hours … Read more
NDP MP Matthew Green says Conservative MP Brendan Leslie should apologize for a video published on Leslie’s social media accounts that mixes clips from television newscasts with doctored clips and out-of-context clips. “It ought to be absolutely unacceptable,” Green said. “And and there should be an ethical consensus amongst parties that we will not partake … Read more
An M&M’s advertisement seen on a gas pump. Courtesy: GSTV The next frontier for the ad market isn’t on TV — it’s in stores and on your phone. Television had long been the key target for advertisers, until tech companies like Alphabet and Meta-owned platforms like Facebook began to gobble up market share. While ad … Read more
