Billionaire Peter Thiel Helped Bankrupt Gawker. Now He May be Looking to Buy it

Peter Thiel, PayPal founder-turned-venture-capitalist, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2016. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images. By Reuters. 9:06 PM EST. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel may be looking to buy online news site Gawker.com, BuzzFeed said on Wednesday. Thiel's
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Zacks Investment Research cut Tempur Sealy International from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 13th.
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The logo for ExxonMobil and PNG LNG, who operate a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Dec. 5, 2016. David Gray—Reuters. By Reuters. 8:46 PM EST. ExxonMobil (xom, +0.26%) has evacuated non-essential staff in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, it said on Thursday,
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Shoppers during the holiday season are at a higher risk of incurring more debt and making costly mistakes by shopping in vulnerable environments
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Over 90 years ago, her grandfather cofounded Kerr County Abstract & Title Company, which was later operated by her late father, Darrell G. Lochte,
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Movement Mortgage, LLC has opened a loan production office in the … Officer Linda Marsh, a mortgage industry leader with more than 21 years of
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A new hotel and work that helped opened the roads to drive there — they are among the projects being recognized for excellence this year by the Business Journal. The Archer Hotel in Napa and the Hwy. 37 emergency repairs are among the winners, which also includes Santa Rosa's new Courthouse
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FMR LLC trimmed its stake in Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) by 10.7% during … The disclosure for this purchase can be found here.
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Its segments include Automotive Finance operations, Insurance operations, Mortgage Finance operations, Corporate Finance operations, and
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Built Technologies successfully completed a capital raise, enabling the three-year company to expand its software offerings for both commercial and
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To make that goal a reality, Facebook-owned Oculus is now looking to significantly expand both its headcount and its real estate footprint in the Seattle area, GeekWire has learned. Oculus, the virtual reality company that Facebook snapped up in 2014 for $2.3 billion, has more than 100 open positions in
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“Most mortgage companies are slow to change and have outdated restrictions with an archaic process,” he said. “At bemortgage, we have removed the pain points and created a solution that provides a better experience for our customers first and foremost and an environment where our loan officers can
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The European Union has picked Paris as the new host for its London-based banking authority after Britain leaves the bloc, in a second drawing of lots in just one evening, following three rounds of voting that failed to produce a winner. Paris tied with Dublin in the third vote and the Estonian chairman of
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(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will leave her seat on the central bank's Board of Governors once Jerome Powell is confirmed and sworn in to replace her as head of the Fed, the central bank and Yellen announced on Monday. Yellen's term as Fed chief ends in February,
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Downtown Stamford offices at 1 Atlantic St. serve as the base for a roster of five, including DeNardo. The CEO, 64, has accrued about 40 years working in real estate. He has lived in Stamford for 37 years. “I'll go into New York about once a week; it's no big deal,” DeNardo said. “We have an ideal location
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The London-based European Banking Authority (EBA) oversees financial supervision for the entire EU, carrying out bloc-wide bank stress tests and … the government had dropped its bid to host the much larger European Medicines Agency (EMA) as a deliberate ploy to help it land the banking regulator.
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Household lending was subdued in September, though growth was steady at 7.4 percent y/y. Personal facilities excluding securities lending added a net KD 27 million during the month, well below its year-to-date average of KD 69 million. This followed a strong performance the previous month.
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DUBLIN HAS LOST on the race to become the new host of the European Banking Authority. The move would have been seen as a major boost to Ireland, with the location for the EBA put up for grabs when the UK leaves the EU. It was a close run race with Paris, with the votes tied after the third round of
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Paris has narrowly beaten Dublin in a competition to host the European Union's banking regulator, as it prepares to leave London after Brexit. Paris and Dublin … The European Banking Authority (EBA) headquarters will move to Paris along with more than 150 employees after Brexit. French president
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Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today against the backdrop of the unique bond market conditions seen on Thanksgiving week. Bond markets underlie mortgage rates, and there's generally a certain level of participation that traders and mortgage lenders can count on. That participation wanes on
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