Barclays Defections Hit Houston as Bankers Head to Pickering
Two Barclays Plc investment bankers have been hired away by Pickering Energy Partners as the Houston-based firm expands its upstream oil and gas investment banking business.
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Schroders Seeks a Crypto Custodian for Digital-Asset Push
Schroders Plc is seeking to hire a third-party custodian for cryptocurrencies, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the £738 billion ($916 billion) asset manager prepares an expansion into digital assets.
Coinbase CEO Says SEC Started to Change ‘Tone’ Last Year
Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said the US Securities and Exchange Commission started to change its “tone” in its questioning of the company last year, before filing its lawsuit against the crypto exchange this week.
Biggest Auto Union Gears Up for Fight Over Battery Worker Pay
The biggest US auto-industry union is preparing for a major fight with Detroit’s legacy carmakers over the future of workers at their electric-vehicle battery plants.
The World’s Top Beef Supplier Is Building a Lab-Grown Meat Plant
Top global beef producer JBS SA is building the world’s biggest plant for lab-grown meat in Spain.
Two Sigma Co-Founder David Siegel Calls AI Hype ‘Remarkable’
Two Sigma Investments co-founder David Siegel said the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence may be overblown.
Sunak to Pitch Leading AI Role for UK in His Meeting With Biden
Rishi Sunak said the UK is well placed to play a leading role in the international regulation of artificial intelligence, which he plans to discuss with President Joe Biden in his first visit as prime minister to the White House.
Altman Says AI Can Improve Government Service and Deserves Backing
Countries such as India should back research on artificial intelligence in ways that can improve government services like health care, OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said.
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN After Brief, Tumultuous Tenure as CEO
CNN Chief Executive Officer Chris Licht has stepped down from the cable news channel after a brief and tumultuous tenure at the company.
Elusive Ex-Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley Reemerges in SEC Suit
In 2019, Catherine Coley became the first chief executive of Binance.US, a crypto exchange that shares its name with the world’s largest digital assets trading platform Binance Holdings Ltd. Two years later, she stepped down suddenly and has been little heard from or seen since.