It has been more than a month since the New York Times crowned Denver winner of Amazon’s HQ2 sweepstakes. While the tech giant has been mulling 238 proposals it received from metropolitan areas across North America — including Denver — in response to its open call for sites for a future $5 billion, 50,000-employee second headquarters, the Mile High City has been slipping in the eyes of outside observers. The Wall Street Journal published an analysis Tuesday that has Denver outside the top five for best fits for the Seattle-based e-commerce company’s second corporate HQ. Using a weighted index of scores in six categories drawn from Amazon’s request for proposals –tech labor force, fiscal health, cost of living, college population, state tax rank and cultural fit — the Journal tabbed Denver the sixth best fit for the company. Denver falls behind the Journal’s top pick Dallas, which earned high marks for having a very … [Read more...] about Denver not a top-five choice for Amazon HQ2, despite breweries, Wall Street Journal says
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Illegal advertising from the Wall Street Journal appears on city streets
Nathan Falstreau, Hoodline Updated 2:53 pm PDT, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Last week, Hoodline reader Peter D. spotted at least six spray-painted adverts for the Wall Street Journal adorning sidewalks in the Financial District. Last week, Hoodline reader Peter D. spotted at least six spray-painted adverts for the Wall Street Journal adorning sidewalks in the Financial District. Photo: Peter D./Hoodline Tipline Advertising outside Hotel Tropica. Advertising outside Hotel Tropica. Photo: Supervisor Peskin's Office / Hoodline Tipline Click through the photos to see 25 things that are illegal in San Francisco, some may surprise you. Click through the photos to see 25 things that are illegal in San Francisco, some may surprise you. Photo: Kurt Rogers/The Chronicle Say hey! … [Read more...] about Illegal advertising from the Wall Street Journal appears on city streets
Google shutters the Google+ social network after Wall Street Journal reports a huge security lapse (GOOGL, GOOG)
Greg Sandoval, provided by Published 12:18 pm CDT, Monday, October 8, 2018 Greg Sandoval/Business Insider Google discovered in March that it had exposed personal-profile data of 500,000 Google+ users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Company managers decided not to disclose it for fear of the regulatory scrutiny it might draw following the Cambridge Analytica scandal at Facebook, according to The Journal. After The Journal's story was published, Google announced it had shuttered Google+ to the public. A software glitch caused Google to expose the personal-profile data of 500,000 Google+ users, and managers there chose not to go public with the information, according to a report Monday in The Wall Street Journal. In the wake of the publishing of The Journal's story, Google announced in a blog post late Monday morning that it had closed down the social networking service for consumers. According to the newspaper, the glitch enabled outside developers to access the … [Read more...] about Google shutters the Google+ social network after Wall Street Journal reports a huge security lapse (GOOGL, GOOG)
Google shutters the Google+ social network after Wall Street Journal reports a huge security lapse
In March, Google discovered that it had exposed personal-profile data of 500,000 Google+ users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Company managers decided not to disclose for fear of the regulatory scrutiny it might draw following the Cambridge Analytica scandal at Facebook, according to the Journal. After the Journal’s story was published, Google announced it had shuttered Google+ to the public. A software glitch caused Google to expose the personal-profile data of 500,000 Google+ users and managers there chose not to go public with the information, according to a report Monday in The Wall Street Journal. In the wake of the publishing of the Journal’s story, Google announced via a blog post late Monday morning that it had closed down the social networking service for consumers. According to the newspaper, the glitch enabled outside developers to access the data between 2015 and March 2018. The glitch was fixed and Google concluded that nothing nefarious was … [Read more...] about Google shutters the Google+ social network after Wall Street Journal reports a huge security lapse
Michael Avenatti takes a victory lap after Wall Street Journal reports Trump directed an effort to keep Stormy Daniels silent earlier this year
Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday in response to a Wall Street Journal report saying Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump to coordinate a legal effort to keep his client quiet. “Once again, we have been proven right,” Avenatti told Business Insider in an email. Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump in February to coordinate a legal response to keep Daniels quiet about her allegation of a 2006 affair with the president. “Once again, we have been proven right,” Avenatti told Business Insider in an email. “I’m still waiting for Trump to tell me what are the ‘false accusations’ he claims I have made about him because nothing has been shown to be … [Read more...] about Michael Avenatti takes a victory lap after Wall Street Journal reports Trump directed an effort to keep Stormy Daniels silent earlier this year