Business
Salesforce is now facing the very real threat of activist shareholders overthrowing its board and forcing the sale of mega-acquisitions like Slack and Tableau
JANUARY 24, 2023
Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO and cofounder NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
Salesforce is now being targeted by a second activist investor: Elliott Management.
Activist investors could overhaul Salesforce's board and force it to divest acquisitions like Slack.
Salesforce's entire board is up for reelection this year, giving activists a window to act.
Salesforce has had a turbulent few...
JANUARY 24, 2023
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 19: Joshua Kushner is seen, outside Louis Vuitton, during the Paris Fashion Week - Menswear Fall Winter 2023 2024 : Day Three on January 19, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)
A group of global billionaires worth at least $123 billion are buying a stake in Thrive Capital, the venture-capital firm...
JANUARY 24, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The Justice Department and several states have sued Google, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Asia
Airing of BBC documentary on PM Modi would ‘undermine’ India’s sovereignty: Congress veteran AK Antony’s son Anil K Antony
JANUARY 24, 2023
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress veteran AK Antony's son Anil K Antony on Tuesday opposed the controversial BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that “we should not let that be exploited by external agencies to create division in this country”.
Anil K Antony’s comments on the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes at a time when several Kerala...
Business
Classified documents found at Former US Vice President Mike Pence’s home and turned over to DOJ: Lawyer
JANUARY 24, 2023
FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence, Nov. 16, 2022 in New York City. - John Lamparski/Getty Images, FILE
Classified documents have been found in the home of former Vice President Mike Pence and turned over to the FBI for review, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
A lawyer for Pence conducted the search of Pence's...
Agriculture
18 million people under winter storm warning stretching from New Mexico to Ohio: Snow forecast updates
JANUARY 24, 2023
A winter storm warning stretching from New Mexico to Ohio was in effect Tuesday morning – impacting more than 18.2 million people, according to the National Weather Service.
Heavy snow was forecast in states across the central U.S. this week. With dropping temperatures, some areas also saw rainfall turn into snow early Tuesday.
Much of Indiana can expect 4 to...
JANUARY 23, 2023
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI will continue to be a growth area for the company, driving “the next major wave of computing.” (GeekWire File Photo)
Microsoft is making a big new investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse behind ChatGPT, extending a partnership that has the potential to reshape some of its biggest products.
The Redmond-based company describes...
Asia
BBC Modi documentary row: ‘Not aware of it, only familiar with shared values with India,’ says US
JANUARY 23, 2023
Washington: In yet another twist to the controversy over the BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots, the United States has said that it is “not familiar with it’’ while reiterating that it’s only familiar with the shared values with India. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price, in an official statement, said, “Washington...
JANUARY 23, 2023
African American Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin.
The nation’s first African American Secretary of Defense came to one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities Monday to announce a historic opportunity for students.
Howard University will now be leading a team of HBCUs, including Bowie State, to create Air Force research, focusing on what the DOD is...
JANUARY 23, 2023
President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office after arriving at the White House, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s decision allowing the FBI to search his home in Delaware last week is laying him open to fresh negative attention and embarrassment following the earlier discoveries of classified documents...