Tesla shareholders approval Musk’s £44bn pay package but reject ESG proposals June 14, 2024 Elon Musk has won a battle to have his bumper pay packet approved.
Celebrity influencer endorsements continue to backfire May 29, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. The latest twist in the saga of celebrities endorsing low quality crypto projects to their followers happened last Sunday. Caitlyn Jenner, Olympic Gold winner and Fox news [...]
Law firm mulls legal claim against Home REIT sister fund April 25, 2024 A law firm is considering bringing a legal claim against a Home REIT sister fund, which has collapsed in value and is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), City A.M. has learned.
This may hurt: English High Court set for Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid battle starting today April 23, 2024 The English part of a global dispute billion dollar legal case involving big pharma giants Modern, Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid patents, kicks off today.
Former FCA risk manager fails to revive whistleblowing claim against UK’s financial watchdog November 17, 2022 A former risk manager at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has failed to revive his employment lawsuit against the City watchdog, after claiming he was pushed out of his job for whistleblowing. FCA exec Walker Sigismund claimed he was unfairly fired from his job over his decision to file 27 separate whistleblower reports, about [...]
Brexit-backer Arron Banks wins appeal in Carole Cadwalladr libel case February 28, 2023 Brexit-backer Arron Banks has won an appeal in his libel lawsuit against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. The UK’s Court of Appeal today said Cadwalladr should pay libel damages to Banks over claims she made in a 2019 Ted Talk concerning the Brexit campaigner’s purported links to Russia. Today’s decision saw the Court of Appeal overturn [...]
JPMorgan sues former banker Staley over Jeffrey Epstein ties March 9, 2023 JPMorgan has sued Jes Staley, its former private banking head and later Barclays chief executive, accusing him of entangling it with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and saying Staley himself had been accused of sexual assault. The largest U.S. bank filed two complaints on Wednesday night in Manhattan federal court, where it is also defending against lawsuits [...]
Goldman Sachs cooperating with US government probes into SVB collapse May 4, 2023 Goldman Sachs Group said in a filing on Thursday it is cooperating with government probes into collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. The Wall Street bank is “cooperating with and providing information to various governmental bodies in connection with their investigations and inquiries” into SVB, including the two companies’ dealings in March. Goldman was involved in key events before SVB’s [...]
Advertisers plot move to Tiktok after losing faith in Elon Musk’s X August 12, 2024 Advertisers are increasingly redirecting their marketing budgets towards Tiktok as trust in Elon Musk’s platform X continues to dwindle. Some 77 per cent of marketers plan to boost their ad spend on Tiktok in 2024, reflecting the platform’s growing corporate appeal, according to new data from market research firm Kantar. By contrast, only 14 per [...]
Ferrexpo posts ‘best performance’ since start of Ukraine war July 8, 2024 London-listed Ferrexpo, a mining firm that operates out of Ukraine, has posted its best production figures since Russia's invasion in February 2022.