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Radio and TV host Larry King dies at 87

The Verge

tagging the tweets with #itsmy2cents. He struggled with gambling debts and declared bankruptcy twice. and “ Kosher hot dogs are the best hot dogs.” King had a colorful personal life; the son of immigrants, he was born Lawrence Zeiger in Brooklyn in 1933, and eventually ended up in Miami, where he got his first on-air radio gig.

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Boring Company proposes massive Vegas expansion following monorail bankruptcy

The Verge

The Boring Company’s expansion push comes just days after the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) finished buying the Las Vegas Monorail , which filed for bankruptcy in September after shutting down in March. The LVCVA announced that first project with the Boring Company in 2019 and is paying Musk’s startup $48.6

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What CIOs Can Learn From GM About Eliminating Red Tape (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

When the financial crisis hit, GM was forced into bankruptcy. Although as CIO your firm may not have recently been in bankruptcy, your IT department and the IT sector as a whole certainly has been on hold for the last 1-2 years due to economic issues. Only now are they starting to emerge from that financial situation.

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The mesmerizing spectacle of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview

Vox

The company, currently in bankruptcy proceedings, is being investigated by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission , according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s set up as an elite gathering of people with the influence to shape the worlds of finance, business, and politics; a regular ticket has a $2,499 price tag.