Private equity firm is expanding to allow investments into US-based oil and gas
US Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergham breaks down President Donald Trump’s energy agenda and its impact on the US economy as part of Varney & Co. The Texas-based private equity firm is expanding various ways investors can leverage US-based energy projects. This month, the American Energy Fund announced it has expanded its asset support […]
Existing US-based ByteDance investors want to buy into Trump-backed Oracle deal to spin off TikTok: report
The current US-based investors of several of Tiktok's Chinese parent ordinances are reportedly trying to temper national security concerns and avoid an upcoming ban by joining Larry Ellison's Oracle in a potential deal on video sharing apps. General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR and Court were able to “get additional stakes” in the spin-off version of Tiktok's […]
US-based model, husband and child kidnapped and held 12 hours after leaving restaurant in Brazil: reports
Luciana Curtis, international model. her photographer husband, Enrique Gendre; She and her 11-year-old child were reportedly kidnapped in her home country on Wednesday night and held hostage for 12 hours. “Armed criminals approached the victims outside the restaurant and detained them,” Brazilian police said in a statement, citing local reports by the New York Post. […]
Polymarket paying US-based influencers to promote election betting
According to the report, Polymarket pays U.S.-based social media influencers to place election bets on the site, despite federal regulators banning Americans from betting on the platform. It is said that it is advertising. Armand Saramout, Polymarket's senior director of growth, sent an offer to popular social media influencers in September to approach them for […]
New York man charged with spying on US-based pro-democracy activist groups for Chinese government
Federal prosecutors in New York have arrested a Chinese dissident living in the United States on charges of working undercover for China’s intelligence agency and spying on pro-democracy activist groups. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Yuanjun Tang, 67, was indicted on charges of conspiring to act as an unregistered agent […]