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Ex-Binance adviser joins Harris' team—alongside regulator who fought the exchange

As Harris’ key advisers come to light, two of the appointees are no strangers to crypto.

Fortune · Aug 6, 2024

OPINION - Tim Walz is everybody's favourite uncle, but also a tried and tested attack dog

Kamala Harris has enjoyed three weeks of astonishing momentum by capturing the “hope” represented by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign while copying the “basement” strategy of Joe Biden. Starting tonight at a rally in Philadelphia, she is embarking on a whistle-stop tour of six swing states designed to fire up enthusiasm…

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2024

First Thing: Biden struggles and Trump lies in first debate

Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate has Democrats scrambling. Plus: the 82-year-old ‘Sword Granny’ of India

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

Dems fear Kari Lake will be Arizona's governor, and a major MAGA star

Her background in TV is a big help.

Axios · Oct 15, 2022

‘Embrace the chaos’: a history of Uber’s rapid expansion and fall from favour

The firm was one of the pioneers of the gig economy model but its operations soon caused a global furore

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022

Uber offered shares to media barons for political help, leak reveals

Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie

Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

Monday briefing: How disregard for the law turned Uber into a global empire

In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about the leak of 124,000 documents revealing inner workings of tech giant

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

‘We needed Dave and George to lean on Boris’: Uber’s battle for London

The US firm used Tory connections to wage a relentless UK lobbying campaign, leaked files show

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

The Uber campaign: how ex-Obama aides helped sell firm to world

Uber sought access to leaders, officials and diplomats through David Plouffe and Jim Messina, leak shows

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022