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“California is a mess — it’s too expensive, our teachers are underpaid, and our schools aren’t good enough.”

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An historic ruling against the House that Hef Built. A federal jury in Los Angeles says Playboy Enterprises must pay the companys former controller $6 million as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, ruled in favor of Catherine Zulfer... Read More... Dont Miss Any Updates! News Directly in Your Inbox Subscribe to:

Sophos Capital Management, the largest dedicated short selling firm in the world as recently as a year ago, is scaling back its hedge fund business, according to people familiar with the plans. The move by founder Jim Carruthers — widely considered a legend in the business — comes as short sellers faced one of their worst years on record. Short-biased funds lost 47.59 percent through November, according to the HFRX Equity Hedge: Short Bias Index. This year isnt looking any better. The Goldm...

Spread the love ASIA: A World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will arrive in China on January 14, Chinese authorities said on Monday. Lack of authorization from Beijing had delayed the arrival of the 10-strong team on a long-awaited mission to investigate early infections, in what China’s foreign ministry called a “misunderstanding.” A health expert affiliated with the WHO said expectations should be �...

Block, one of the worlds best-known activist investors, said Mas disappearance is just one of the reasons he is betting against Chinese firms.

Activist short seller Carson Block achieved the feat despite a treacherous last half of 2020.

Sina’s US Stock Market Departure Could Herald Wave of Chinese Delistings News Analysis Chinese internet firm Sina Corp. agreed to go private and delist from the Nasdaq stock market, 20 years after its landmark U.S. IPO that led to a wave of Chinese companies listing their shares in the United States. Sina’s decision was crystallized after an entity led by its chairman, Charles Chao, sweetened the acquisition offer to $43.30 a share. New Wave Holdings, the entity making the takeover bid, inc...

Share: U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a bill calling for the delisting of foreign companies that dont adhere to the same accounting transparency standards that securities regulators impose on public U.S. firms. Why It Matters: The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act takes aim at Chinese companies and drew rare strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress before arriving on Trumps desk. The act says delisting could happen if a given company doesnt comply with audit inspections th...

The great boom of special purpose acquisition companies in 2020 is creating another one in its wake: a boom in SPAC shorts. So far this year at least six companies that went public by merging with a shell company, known as a SPAC, have been targeted by short sellers. And short sellers, who are using SPACs as a screen to look for ideas, say more are on the way. “We have a few SPAC ideas we’re kicking around; lots of dogshit there,” said Muddy Waters’s Carson Block, who in November came ...