Police Response to Uvalde Shooting Was ‘Abject Failure,’ Says Steven McCraw

The director of the Department of Public Safety said that police officers wasted time looking for a classroom door key that was “never needed.”Read More
SVB Leerink’s Pro-forma Analysis Of Speculated Merck/Seagen Deal – What Investors Need To Know

SVB Securities conducted a pro-forma analysis of the financial impact to Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK) from a potential acquisition of Seagen Inc (NASDAQ: SGEN). The analysts refrain from commenting on the probability of the deal happening. The analysis suggests that the short-term impact on EPS from the potential acquisition will likely be meaningfully dilutive. Related: Merck Shows Takeover Interest […]
Credit Suisse Seeks Loophole to Shed $600 Million Court Judgment
Lawyers said a billionaire former client can only collect damages from his own account under Bermuda company law.Read More
RBC Joins the Open Invention Network To Protect Fintech From Looming Threat of Patent Trolls

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) joins the Open Invention Network (OIN) as its newest community member. OIN was formed to safeguard open source software (OSS), with the company now the largest patent non-aggression community in history. It announced this week that RBC has joined as a community member. OIN is an advocate for patent non-aggression, […]
Why Russia’s toehold in Europe could be the next flashpoint in its war against Ukraine

Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war. Read More
Analysis: Trump turns ire toward his allies

Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot as it lifts the curtain on some of its findings with public hearings that have garnered gavel-to-gavel cable coverage — much to the annoyance of the TV-obsessed former President. Read More
How the stolen-election myth ‘penetrated all levels of government’

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The fourth Jan. 6 panel hearing will focus on how Trump and allies intimidated officials in battleground states

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Broadway Will Drop Mask Mandate Beginning July 1

Most theaters stopped requiring proof of vaccination this spring. Now they are going “mask optional.”Read More
India Tells Oil Companies to Scoop Up Russian Crude
The Indian government has asked state oil companies to scoop up huge volumes of cheap crude from Russia, according to industry executives.Read More