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The Odd, Odd Israeli-Iran Connection - The Business Insider
“These sanctions take months” to work through the Department of Treasury's vetting process, a senior administration official said. “There is a process.” Still, the awkward fact remains that a corporation owned by one of Israel's most prominent business ...
"The Feds Are Drinking The Same Kool-Aid As Crazy Eddie's Former Auditors" - The Business Insider
The former prosecutor, who now works on internal investigations, spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid having his comments used against him in future cases. [Emphasis added.] In a recent proposal explaining how it plans to act on tips from ...
Behind The Verizon iPhone Veil Of Secrecy - The Business Insider
In this TechnoBuffalo exclusive, a source close to the action gave us an inside look at what went on behind the scenes at America's number-one carrier as Apple finally ended its iPhone exclusivity. This unique perspective is something that people don't ...
The Trader Who Led The Feds To Raj Secretly Recorded Videos Of His Friends ... - The Business Insider
... Slaine's checkered shirt and people's foreheads" the Post said. A videotaped conversation between Slaine and Goffer eating at a diner, but mainly for the audio, because the video only shows the corner of Goffer's face, said a person close to the case.
Microsoft Insider: Here's Why We Bought Skype - The Business Insider
But our source, who declined to be named, says that Microsoft wasn't really in the communications market the way Skype was -- in particular, it didn't have an easy way to connect callers to the traditional phone system like Skype does. ...
Just How Much Did Banker Pay Collapse After The Crisis? - The Business Insider
Someone called the "paymaster," the person who sets salaries from inside an unnamed Wall Street bank, spoke to the Wall Street Journal on the condition of anonymity. This are the numbers for mid-career level bankers (people in their 30s or 40s). ...
One Oil Superpower Isn't Cashing In On Surging Prices - The Business Insider
"Some of Iraq's customers came to us after it occupied Kuwait and again in 2003 after Saddam Hussein fell with the US invasion," says an official from Iran's national oil company, speaking from Tehran on condition of anonymity. ...
Facebook Employee Accused Of Goldman-Related Insider Trading Got A Raw Deal - The Business Insider
During the summer of 2010, Brown placed a bid to purchase additional shares of Facebook on SecondMarket, according to a person familiar with the matter who did not want to be identified because it is considered an internal company issue. ...
Here's The Real Reason Greece STILL Denies The Restructuring Plan - The Business Insider
A Finance Ministry press officer in Athens, who declined to be identified citing government policy, denied the reports. The Wall Street Journal reported that IMF officials believe Greece's debt burden is unsustainable and should be restructured. ...
IT'S OFFICIAL: Union Square Ventures Is The Top VC In The World - The Business Insider
A big tech company CEO once told us that their IRR is "over 50%" and a person close to the firm told us "they're the best in the business", which is a widely held view in startupland. But it's interesting to see someone looked at the data and it backs ...
EXCLUSIVE: Product Boss Jonathan Rosenberg Resigns From Google - The Business Insider
The word from a source close to the situation is that Rosenberg wanted to work at Google until his daughter left for college, but that Page wanted long term committments from his senior executives. Given that Rosenberg couldn't commit for the long term ...
Jack Dorsey Takes Control Of Twitter As Product Lead, Executive Chairman - The Business Insider
A source close to Square told us as much last week. "Jack is CEO, now and forever," this source said. How is that Dorsey would be able to hold down a top product gig at Twitter and be CEO of a fast-growing startup? "Jack is amazing," said this source. ...
Man's Wife Says No To An iPad 2, Apple Says Yes And Sends Him One - The Business Insider
A source close to Apple says an iPad 2 came back with a post it note that said, "Wife said no." This amused Apple employees. Eventually, two Apple VPs heard about it, and decided to send the iPad back to the man with a post it note that read, ...
Finally, Looks Like The Democrats Are Playing Some Offense - The Business Insider
... payments for as many as three million distressed homeowners in as little as six months as part of an agreement to settle accusations of improper foreclosures and violations of consumer protection laws, six people familiar with the matter said. ...
Deutsche Bank Discriminates Against Indian Rainmaker - The Business Insider
A decision on succession won't be made this year, another supervisory board member, who declined to be named, said. The German establishment has long been skeptical of investment banking, a conviction that has hardened since the subprime debacle and ...
The Raj Trial Begins: A Mean Bastard, A "Combative" Lawyer Who Shouts, And The ... - The Business Insider
In that case, Mr. Dowd at times shouted at prosecutors, a person close to the situation said, and lost his cool during a pretrial meeting when a prosecutor suggested that a slide Mr. Dowd wanted to use in his opening argument might not be permissible. ...
ROGER AILES INDICTMENT STORY UPDATE: Source Was Some Guy In Airport - The Business Insider
Ritholtz asked his source to clarify, and the source said the "legal reasons" were that Ailes was about to be indicted. Ritholtz's source for the post was a man he happened to meet and strike up a conversation with at a Barbados airport over the ...
Married GOP Congressman Sent Sexy Pictures to Craigslist Babe - The Business Insider
Lee's Craigslist correspondent—a government employee from Maryland who asked not to be identified—liked what she saw. She replied flirtatiously. ...
A Nasty Battle Over Money Is Breaking Up Bono's Silicon Valley Private-Equity ... - The Business Insider
Says a person close to the company: “Elevation's second fund is very uncertain.” If Elevation can't raise more money, the firm will nurse along its existing ...
PRODIGAL FATHER: Rupert Murdoch Is Bringing The Kids Back To News Corp And ... - The Business Insider
“It'll be hard for Liz to challenge James' authority,” says a source close to the siblings. James has been very supportive during internal talks about Liz ...
Is The Notoriously Bad Apple Analyst Jesse Tortura Involved In The Insider ... - The Business Insider
[T]he former employee is Jesse Tortora, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Tortora left Diamondback early last year, saying he was going to ...
AIG Is Cutting Ties To Blackstone After Months Of Tensions - The Business Insider
... but I think the results sort of speak for themselves," says a high-level source who spoke to TheStreet on the condition of anonymity. ...
Meet Mikhail Khodorkovsky: The Disgraced Oil Oligarch Who Was Just Convicted ... - The Business Insider
And in Germany, a government official said “adherence to the rule of law” in Russia is at stake in the trial. After he was found guilty, ...
Is Anyone Going To Stop Three Oligarchs From Forming A Potash Monopoly? - The Business Insider
“China may ask for special terms [to approve the merger]” acknowledges a source close to Uralkali. Three years ago, the US Government had no reluctance ...
The Silver Conspiracy From JPMorgan Makes No Sense And They Could Actually Be ... - The Business Insider
The decision by JPMorgan was an attempt to deflect public criticism of the bank's dealings in silver, a person familiar with the matter said. ...