Month: October 2019

Billionaire money manager Ken Fisher made several sexually charged remarks that shocked listeners at a financial services conference in San Francisco. Fisher spoke on Tuesday about how he built his company. He compared the process of gaining a client’s trust to “trying to get into a girl’s pants,” said Rachel Robasciotti, a founder of wealth…

Click:236 d x 173 California power giant PG&E Corp. was stripped of its right to exclusively pitch a reorganization plan in court, escalating an already heated battle over the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The shares dropped more than 25% in after-hours trading. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali said he’ll allow bondholders including Pacific…

Here’s a look at what roughly $10 million buys right now in Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes in L.A. County. BEVERLY HILLS: Once owned by “Star Wars” actor Billy Dee Williams, this Balinese-inspired spot in Trousdale Estates features tropical gardens, pagodas and sweeping city views. Address: 1240 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills,…

With his intentionally messy hair, boyish charm and rock star wardrobe, Calm cofounder Michael Acton Smith gives off an air of a younger Mick Jagger, albeit tempered with the polite and engaging demeanor of college professor. Think Russell Brand meets Stewart Brand. Holding court at a Soho House booth in West Hollywood on a recent…

Ham and pineapple pizza has lots of haters. I am not one of them. That combination, however profane to Italians, is one of my favorites and has been imprinted in my brain since my first blasphemous slice at Pizza Hut as a kid. But I grew up and so did my tastes. I never changed…

BEIJING —  Why would the United States blacklist a Chinese police station? What do law enforcement figures in the region of Xinjiang have to do with trade? Such questions rippled across Chinese social media this week as the U.S. Commerce Department added 28 Chinese companies and public security bureaus to a list of entities barred from…

WASHINGTON —  A Defense Intelligence Agency official was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaking classified intelligence information to two journalists, including a reporter he was dating, the Justice Department said. Henry Kyle Frese, 30, was arrested by the FBI when he arrived at work at a DIA facility in Virginia. He was charged with willfully disclosing…

ANCHORAGE —  A digital memory card found on a street in Alaska’s largest city contained videos of a woman being strangled and pictures of her face-down in the back of a truck, according to police and a charging document released Wednesday. Anchorage police believe human remains found along a highway earlier this month are those of…

Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: Click Here: liverpool mens jersey TOP STORIES Powerless in California It was the day the lights went out in Northern and Central California — and they could stay out for quite some time. Fearing the return of high winds knocking down power lines that could spark deadly…

AMMAN, Jordan —  President Trump’s announcement late Sunday that he was pulling U.S. troops from northeastern Syria was met with fierce criticism in Washington and elsewhere. Here is why it is so controversial: Who are the Kurdish fighters? They are one of the many groups involved in Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011. When troops…