News about James Baker

After being forced to move in with relatives, a JPMorgan client with dementia who vowed to bank for his bank to be handled and lost a staggering $50 million sued the bank

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 12, 2023
After a successful investment career and a building an energy company, Peter Doelger, 86, had luxurious homes in Boston, Palm Beach, and Paris. After losing all but $1.5 million to bad investments, fees, and debt, after five years with JP Morgan, he was forced to move with relatives. The bank requested that he sign a 'big boy letter' advising that he was able to make risky investment decisions in crowded markets. However, it is being sued for failing to recognize the deterioration of a man who had already been hospitalized for delusions and memory loss, and had told one doctor that it could 'hear someone talking to him from his stomach.'

Twitter execs admit it was a 'mistake' to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story but deny collusion

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 8, 2023
At a hearing on the decision to reveal the Hunter Biden tale, Twitter erred in this case because we wanted to prevent repeating the mistakes of 2016.' In 2020, the corporation delayed the story for about 24 hours, causing Republican to accuse it of colluding with Biden. Roth said that Twitter feared the details might have come from a cyberattack like the ones that Russia orchestrated in 2016.

Council bosses accused of wasting taxpayer's money on 'weird and confusing' semi-circular cycle lane

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 20, 2023
Calderdale Council paid for the 'confusing' bike lane, which measures about 8ft, on Kings Cross Road in Halifax, using a portion of the £4.9 million West Yorkshire plus Transport fund. But residents have been left baffled after the markings appeared on the road shortly after the New Year, with many branding it a 'waste of money' and others simply asking 'what is it for?'

Why a guided missile launcher fitted UTE is being tested in the Australian outback

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 23, 2022
Rockets fired from the back of a ute (left) in a field along the NSW-QLD border, showing how a guided missile system could save Australian soil. Black Sky Aerospace (BSA), a Brisbane company, was inspired by the war in Ukraine to produce a system that could be activated quickly enough to protect an occupying army. BSA has only been making the device for four months, with the intention of doing large experiments by 2023.

Elon Musk says some of the 'most important' Twitter data was 'deleted' or 'hidden' from former boss

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 8, 2022
As Twitter continues to post the documents surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop scandal, new 'Chief Twit' Elon Musk, 51, has confirmed that 'everything we find will be posted.' On Wednesday, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, 46, called for clarity after Musk revealed that the second back of the Twitter Files would be delayed. 'If the goal is transparency to build trust, why not just release everything without filter and let people judge for themselves?' On Twitter, he wrote. After discovering he vetted the first installment of the Twitter Files, the delay occurred after Twitter fired James Baker, the company's general counsel. ' In light of fears over Baker's potential role in the suppression of information vital to the public discussion, Musk fired Baker.'

'Oh, what a tangled web they weave': Elon Musk gets poetic after firing Twitter lawyer James Baker

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Chief Twit Elon Musk spooky quoted this quote: "Oh, what a tangled they weave, when first they practice to...' hours after he revealed the dismissal of Twitter lawyer James Baker. Sir Walter Scott's poetry as well as Musk's next word's left out is deceptive. The phrase is used to describe lies that have sparked people's lives. It was written in 1808 and appears in Scott's epic poem Marmion. The terms are often traced back to William Shakespeare. Baker fired Hunter Biden's laptop after being accused of'sescoverously vetting files on Hunter Biden's laptop, which resulted in a postponement of the latest Hunter Biden laptop story a day later. Musk said on Friday that he had given former New York Times reporter Bari Weiss access to more files on the day. "At some point, it might make sense to have them publicly available so that everyone can look at them," the world's richest man said. The general goal is to bring up anything bad Twitter has done in the past.' A second batch of files released by Weiss will be available shortly.

James Baker, Elon's general counsel, has been fired from Twitter

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 6, 2022
Chief Twit Elon Musk dismissed James A. Baker's general counsel, blaming his role in the company's denial of the Hunter Biden laptop fiasco. 'In light of questions regarding Baker's possible role in hiding details essential to the public dialogue,' Musk said in a tweet on Tuesday, he had been banned from Twitter today.' Baker's explanation of the events surrounding the laptop saga, according to Musk, was "unconvincing."

After Republicans take over the House, a top GOP investigator will call Twitter executives to testify WEEKS

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 5, 2022
After Republicans take control of the House, the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee needs two Twitter experts, one of whom recently pushed out, to testify. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), a leading Twitter lawyer who served as general counsel to the FBI, and fired official Vijaya Gadde, requested for their presence on Monday. He blasted the company's attempts to keep a story about the Hunter Biden laptop down weeks before Election Day 2020. He made the remarks while accusing the Biden family of 'influence peddling.'

ALEX BRUMMER: The Bank should take the IMF's rate recommendations seriously

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 11, 2022
Since the 2008-09 financial crisis, financial stability reports have been on the rage. They are supposed to bind market players against going in over their heads, and they have put enforcers on alert for unequivocal ordnance. And after warnings of danger, as we have seen in the UK liability-driven investment crisis, they will detonate.

ALEX BRUMMER: IMF's priority should be cutting dollar down to size

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 3, 2022
The Kwasi Kwarteng reversion to the cut in the top rate of income tax changed the tide on financial markets. Traders, analysts, and even the IMF had seized on the downturn as a sign of fiscal instability. And, without doubt, telling the Office of Budget Responsibility to take a hike was bad decision.