16 Handles founder Solomon Choi dies at 44
Solomon Choi, who founded 16 Handles, a self-serve frozen yogurt shop in New York City in 2008, died Friday at age 44. His obituary did not list a cause of death. 16 Handles grew to 40 stores internationally before Choi sold the franchise to Neil Hirschman, the company’s largest franchisor, in 2022, according to the […]
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, ex-lover seek to overturn fraud convictions
Lawyers for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and its president, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to overturn the couple’s convictions for misleading investors in the collapse of the blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion. Holmes’ lawyer, Amy Saharia, told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]
Son of Hamas founder tells all; shocks Jordan Peterson facts
What does “intifada” actually mean? Mosab Hassan Yousef has an answer no one would expect from the son of Hamas’ co-founder. “It’s chaos,” he told Jordan Peterson. “People call it an uprising, but not just the intifada, but the very definition of Palestine is a very similar definition: it’s chaos, it’s anarchy, it’s anti-regime.” “They […]
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch acquitted of fraud over Hewlett-Packard deal
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch, once hailed as the British Steve Jobs, was acquitted of fraud charges by a San Francisco jury on Thursday, a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal troubles since his company was sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for $11 billion. Mike Lynch, pictured here in 2019, was […]
San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, once left for dead, purchased by Chobani founder
Princess Market’s new owner, Willie Massarwe, appeared on “Fox & Friends Weekend” to give his opinion on San Francisco’s latest proposed retail curfew. San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Co., which closed last summer after 127 years in business, is making a comeback. Chobani CEO and founder Hamdi Ulukaya purchased the brand and all of its assets […]
Trump Announces He Will Commute Sentence Of ‘Silk Road’ Founder If Elected President
Former President Donald Trump vowed in a speech on Saturday to commute the prison sentence of “Silk Road” website founder Ross Ulbricht. According to a 2015 Department of Justice report, Ulbricht was sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years in prison for creating the site, which was used for a variety of illegal transactions, […]
Trump vows to commute prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
Former President Trump vowed Saturday to commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online drug distribution site Silk Road. The Republican front-runner made the pledge while speaking at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, in an attempt to win over skeptical party activists, many of whom held signs reading “Free Ross.” […]
Julian Assange trial in London could decide whether the WikiLeaks founder is extradited to the US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a court hearing in London that could see him sent to the United States on spying charges or given him another chance to appeal his extradition. The United States has assured judges that Mr. Assange’s rights will be protected and that he will not face the death penalty if he […]
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Granted Right to Appeal Extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted the right to appeal his extradition to the United States on Monday by London’s High Court after a judge ruled that the guarantees provided by his American legal team were insufficient. Julian Assange’s fight to avoid extradition in the United States on espionage charges will not prevent the Australian […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal US extradition order
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States on spying charges, a London court ruled Monday. The ruling is likely to prolong what is already a long legal battle. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson said Mr Assange had grounds to challenge the British government’s extradition order. […]