Charles Gasparino
The Archive
Where is the CEO outrage during the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine?
Pro-Israeli supporters confront people attending a demonstration to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Investment titan BlackRock has taken massive hits because of its use of ESG
The firm is still enormously profitable, though it has recently taken some big hits because of its image as a promoter of progressive utopianism through its use of Environmental Social...
Despite Wall Street and voter reservations, the money is on a Trump vs. Biden rematch
The history of third-party candidates winning presidential elections is pretty dreadful. Ross Perot did OK back in the day, but he didn’t win a single state. The people at No...
Zelensky wines, dines with the world's richest in the hopes of rebuilding war-torn Ukraine
It’s hard not to pull for Zelensky; everyone in that room, I am told, would like to play a role in rebuilding the country. I am also told that first,...
Gary Gensler is making the SEC into a banana republic
So now the case will likely go to court, where a judge will decide whether to allow markets to morph into banana republic status.
Ex-Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says feud with successor David Solomon 'so overplayed'
While conceding his criticism of Solomon's "DJing" is real, he said the two have patched up their relationship so much they are now in regular contact.
AMC stock pushers are another example of social media scariness
Some of the Apes are still “HODL” (“holding on for dear life,” in the lingua franca of the cult), and still attacking those they see as backing the evil hedge...
It's only a matter of time until the ESG movement will R.I.P.
“ESG is still popular in Europe,” the adviser tells me. “For US investors these days it’s mostly window dressing at BlackRock. It’s not really used in decision making any more.”
Money trail can expose Biden family coverup
We may finally find out what the Inspector Clouseau of the Justice Department missed — or chose to ignore.
Teamsters are losing their jobs — and there is one labor leader to blame
Sean O’Brien just might be the worst labor leader in America.
Experiencing a historic heatwave in Italy with no AC is not the end of the world
For the past two weeks, I’ve been hanging in and around Naples and met with family in the hills far south of that tourist trap known as the Amalfi Coast....
Michael Milken was the junk bond genius who symbolized a 'decade of greed' but he was no Bernie Madoff
“Witness to a Prosecution: The Myth of Michael Milken" should be required reading for law schools preparing the next generation of prosecutors who think the steppingstone to fame and fortune...
Crazy crypto-ruling judge shaking up the $1.2 trillion market
Maybe there’s a method to Torres’ madness. In the meantime, the crypto industry will have to live with one of the more bizarre and dangerous court rulings I’ve ever seen...
How whistleblower Andrew Left became the short-selling villain of the meme stock market craze
The bigger problem: The Department of Justice and the Securites and Exchange Commission appear to be oblivious to how markets work. Without short-selling — and it’s increasingly a dying art...
Biden's word salad explanation of his economic plan kowtows to teamsters
If 30,000 blue-collar workers are laid off, you can chalk it up to Bidenomics — the one that Sleepy Joe won’t fess up to while stumbling through one of his...
What SCOTUS' affirmative action ruling could mean for DEI and corporate wokeness
The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Thursday, ruling that both institutions violated the 14th Amendment as well as federal...
Don't hold your breath on David Solomon being axed from Goldman Sachs
Goldman CEOs go on to become treasury secretaries, governors, and senators when they leave the job. DJ D-Sol will likely be spinning records when he’s through.
SEC’s regulations on dangerous crypto are an uneven mess
Digital-coin exchanges get approved by the commission to go public, only to be sanctioned later for selling crypto the agency doesn’t like.
Biden is more unfit for office by the minute while GOP nominees devolve into chaos
The American people will also be spared the ordeal of listening to her equally lame attempts at profundity, where she makes the bumbling Biden sound downright Churchillian.
CNN's liberal cabal beat Licht — but may hasten the channel's sale
Chris Licht announced he is resigning as CEO of CNN on Wednesday.