BlackRock identified its Environmental‚ Social and Governance (ESG) investment strategy as a risk facing the company‚ due in part to the increasing political scrutiny surrounding the practice‚ in a year-end 2023 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “If BlackRock is not able to successfully manage ESG-related expectations across varied stakeholder interests‚ it may adversely affect BlackRock’s reputation‚ ability to attract and retain clients‚ employees‚ shareholders and...

A professor who appeared beside a top Hamas leader was due to speak on “genocide” at Harvard Monday — the same day as a deadline for the university to finally comply with a congressional subpoena demanding answers on antisemitism. Noura Erakat‚ an associate professor of Africana studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey‚ was scheduled to speak on “We Charge Genocide; The Potential and Limits of International Law‚” at the school’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies — after months of...

Speculation surrounding the possibility of Nikki Haley launching a third-party bid is mounting as she struggles to win delegates going into Super Tuesday.  The group No Labels has said it would be open to the possibility of Haley leading its ticket as it scrambles to find a candidate to top its ticket.  Haley‚ for her part‚ has brushed off the No Labels speculation‚ arguing her place is in the Republican Party. She is also coming off her first primary victory after...

Allen H. Weisselberg‚ former President Donald J. Trump’s longtime financial gatekeeper‚ pleaded guilty to felony perjury charges in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday‚ the latest twist in a tortured legal odyssey. Yet Mr. Weisselberg‚ who for years has remained steadfastly loyal to Mr. Trump in the face of intense prosecutorial pressure‚ did not implicate his former boss. That unbroken streak of loyalty has frustrated prosecutors and now‚ at the age of 76‚ will cost Mr. Weisselberg his freedom...

Hunter Biden’s former business partner‚ whose claims of wrongdoing by the first son and his father have largely fallen apart under scrutiny‚ filed a $10 million federal lawsuit on Monday over accusations he was “involved with some sort of shady business dealing.” The suit brought by Tony Bobulinski‚ the House GOP’s “star witness” in its ongoing and thus far‚ unsuccessful attempt at connecting President Joe Biden to Hunter’s overseas deals‚ alleges former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson...