Kevin Dugan
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General Motors, United Auto Workers hold first ‘main table’ meeting in four days
Negotiators for General Motors and the United Auto Workers held their first high-level negotiations in four days on Friday — but it wasn’t a warm reunion, The Post has learned. → Read More
GM CEO Mary Barra called secret meeting with UAW to end strike
General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra this week secretly met with brass from the United Auto Workers for the first time since the union called a strike last month that has idled more than 46,000 employees, The Post has learned. → Read More
Bond king Bill Gross in postage stamp feud with rocker son: sources
California financier Bill Gross is scrambling to thwart youngest child Nick’s auction of five 1918 “Inverted Jenny’’ postage stamps, which could fetch up to $3.4 million if they hit the block as scheduled. → Read More
Top Wall Street bankers say firm botched $10M compensation payment
Michael Kramer and Derron Slonecker, say their former employer, Perella Weinberg Partners, and its lawyers at Weil, Gotshal & Manges engaged in “misconduct.” → Read More
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid fears of global slowdown
The Federal Reserve eased interest rates for the second time this year on Wednesday amid growing pressure from President Trump and mixed signals over a possible economic slowdown. → Read More
Weil Gotshal quits Wall Street suit over potential multi-million dollar mistake
White-shoe law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is withdrawing from a long-running Wall Street employment lawsuit amid revelations of botched paperwork that could... → Read More
JPMorgan metals traders accused of manipulating prices
Three JPMorgan Chase traders were accused by the Justice Department on Monday of masterminding a “massive,” eight-year scheme to manipulate international... → Read More
Strike looming for General Motors workers
The United Auto Workers union and General Motors remain far apart in ongoing negotiations in Detroit, raising the likelihood of a midnight strike. → Read More
Juul profits plummet amid federal crackdown
Investors of e-cig giant Juul are seeing their profits go up in smoke as the Trump administration gears up to ban the company’s best-selling product — mint... → Read More
Ex-billionaire Raj Rajaratnam spotted leaving $17.5M pad after prison release
Eight years after his $70 million insider trading trial shook Wall Street, former Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam is back in town — and trying his best to go unnoticed. → Read More
Conviction upheld for trader who bragged scam was like ‘f–king Christmas’
A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld a conviction against the ex-HSBC currency trader, who was found guilty in 2017 of masterminding a $3.5 billion market-rigging scheme that defrauded one of the world’s largest energy companies. → Read More
Law firm Weil Gotshal bans longtime client from its cafeteria
An unusually cozy relationship between white-shoe law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges and one of its longtime clients has soured — and cafeteria privileges have been revoked. → Read More
Uber fights fee cap with lobbyists who pose as restaurant reps: critics
The ride-hailing giant — scrambling to thwart a potential cap on the lucrative fees that its Uber Eats food-delivery service charges restaurants — has tapped a team of political lobbyists who critics say have been posing as reps for restaurants instead of Uber, The Post has learned. → Read More
‘Gig’ workers may live California dream
Legislators there passed a landmark law on Wednesday that could force Uber, Lyft, and other “gig economy” companies to classify their workers as employees rather than contractors. → Read More
Kardashian-inspired prison law frees $70M Wall Street scammer
Raj Rajaratnam was released early for good behavior, but didn’t have to move into a seedy halfway house full of other ex-cons as do most federal felons released early. → Read More
DA’s office probing wine consultant accused of scamming Wall Street elite
A wine-loving business consultant accused of bilking Wall Street highfliers out of millions is being probed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. → Read More
High-profile Wall Streeters hit by ‘Ponzi-like scheme’: lawsuit
New York business consultant Omar Khan used his fancy Rolodex to stage wine-fueled shindigs that lured more than a dozen captains of industry into a “Ponzi-like scheme,” according to a shocking new lawsuit. In addition to Robert Van Brugge, CEO and Chairman of Sanford Bernstein, victims include Kresimir Penavic, a former senior research scientist at Renaissance Capital, the $110 billion hedge… → Read More
Marty Chavez is leaving Goldman Sachs
Marty Chavez, a former candidate to lead Goldman Sachs and one of its few openly gay top executives, is leaving the Wall Street powerhouse. → Read More
Cash-advance app Earnin changes its tune amid NYS probe
Earnin, a Silicon Valley startup whose investors also include venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, quietly disabled a controversial feature for New York users that links the size of its loans to voluntary “tips.” → Read More
Investor who was once FBI informant files $25M defamation lawsuit against rival
Guy Gentile — a stockbroker and former FBI informant who in 2017 accused his ex-girlfriend of driving his Mercedes-Benz into his swimming pool — has sued a rival investor for $25 million over defamation, The Post has learned. → Read More