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Reporter for the Dealbook Section at the New York Times
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Michael de la Merced
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Alibaba’s Wooing of Wall Street Fifteen years ago, Jack Ma—the founder of China’s Alibaba—was laughed out of Wall Street. Now the world’s biggest investors are clamoring for a piece of what could be the biggest IPO ever. On Monday, Alibaba held the first of 100 meetings in 10 days, selling itself to potential investors for the first time. It all started in New York City, where 800 people piled into three big rooms at the Waldorf Astoria. One of those in the crowd was Michael de la Merced, reporter for DealBook , a financial news service for the New York Times.
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Finger Pointing Follows Facebook's IPO Fiasco Shares of Facebook we initially priced at $38 a share. On the second day of trading, shares tumbled by as much as 18 percent. Fingers of blame are being pointed at Morgan Stanly, Nasdaq and even at Facebook itself. What went wrong with the most highly anticipated high-tech debut in years? Michael de la Merced reports for the Dealbook Section of the New York Times .
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.