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[Link] New lawsuit calls Kotick’s handling of Activision-Microsoft merger “inexcusable”
Read: 6/5/2022 arstechnica.com
The Activision-Blizzard shareholders' response to a whirlwind of news over the past year—which include disturbing, company-wide allegations of sexual harassment and pay disparity, followed by a $68.
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[Link] Tesla asks judge to pause suit alleging ‘rampant racism’ against Black workers
Read: 19/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Tesla has asked a California judge to pause a lawsuit against the company alleging widespread racial discrimination at its flagship assembly plant.
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[Link] Meme Stock Traders Pump Fake Company Enough to Get It Trending
Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com
The increasingly bored-seeming WallStreetBets crowd has decided that instead of pumping real companies, it’s going to start focusing its energy on a fake one.
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[Link] Report: SEC investigating Activision Blizzard investors for insider trading
Read: 9/3/2022 arstechnica.com
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating three investors for alleged massive insider trading just ahead of Microsoft's January announcement of merger plans with Activision Blizzard, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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[Link] AOC Says She Doesn't Own Bitcoin to Do Her Job 'Ethically'
Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com
On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clarified on Instagram that she does not hold any digital assets or tokens, including Bitcoin, and said she doesn’t believe policymakers should be able to hold financial products like stocks.
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[Link] Fed: Meme Stocks Might Blow Up U.S. Economy One Day
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
The Federal Reserve is worried that risk-taking online investors and social media echo chambers could lead to a “potentially destabilizing outcome.
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[Link] $100M Theranos investor did little vetting for fear of upsetting Elizabeth Holmes
Read: 31/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Theranos sent a major investor financial projections that were wildly optimistic—perhaps even deceptive—the jury heard yesterday in the criminal trial of company founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes.
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[Link] WallStreetBets Is All In on DWAC, the Company Behind Trump's New Media Empire
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
WallStreetBets goes MAGA over Digital World Acquisition Corp stock.
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[Link] SEC: GameStop Frenzy ‘Tested the Capacity and Resiliency’ of Stock Market
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
“At the same time, the trading in meme stocks during this time highlighted an important feature of United States securities markets in the 21st century: broad participation,” the report noted.
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[Link] Most wanted: The top 5 online crime gangs running ransomware
Read: 27/7/2021 thenextweb.com
An independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists.
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