14 days ago

‘I’m throwing everything at it’: one young man’s search for a job in Britain’s ‘worklessness capital’ ⊕

found 2026 › May › 26 (Tue) @ 05:12 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

High unemployment and a lack of support mean life can be tough in Grimsby, but 19-year-old Cohen is determined to make the best of life in this coastal town

It’s mid-afternoon in the Lincolnshire seas…

21 days ago

The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter | Jamil Smith ⊕

found 2026 › May › 19 (Tue) @ 14:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

Early this month, a single pen stroke effectively ended representative Steve Cohen’s career in Con…

28 days ago

EBay rejects GameStop’s $56bn bid as ‘neither credible nor attractive’ ⊖

found 2026 › May › 12 (Tue) @ 18:01 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

CEO Cohen, who has built a 5 percent position in eBay, has hinted he may take offer directly to eBay shareholders.

32 days ago

Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s rebel CEO ⊖

found 2026 › May › 08 (Fri) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from Financial Times ✅ › Financial Times

His $56bn hostile bid for eBay has baffled Wall Street, but it could be the world’s first meme stock-driven deal

33 days ago

GameStop CEO opens eBay storefront to pay for potential eBay acquisition ⊕

found 2026 › May › 07 (Thu) @ 23:42 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclear

The CEO of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, said he was selling vintage video games, baseball car…

Ryan Cohen's mysterious bank letter backing GameStop's eBay bid reveals a big issue with deal ⊕

found 2026 › May › 07 (Thu) @ 15:41 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠️ › Top News

The combined company would need to maintain an investment-grade credit profile, GameStop's mysterious financing letter said.

36 days ago

GameStop shares fall 10% after CEO skirts questions over eBay acquisition details ⊕

found 2026 › May › 04 (Mon) @ 22:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ryan Cohen said he didn’t understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bid

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GameStop’s shares fell more than 10% on …

Traders are doubtful Cohen's GameStop can pull off monster eBay acquisition ⊕

found 2026 › May › 04 (Mon) @ 20:04 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠️ › Top News

Traders on Kalshi and Polymarket give the company just a 25% and 15% chance, respectively, of successfully buying the online marketplace.

Ryan Cohen makes a longshot run at eBay. Analysts see little chance GameStop can pull it off ○

found 2026 › May › 04 (Mon) @ 19:04 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠️ › Top News

One eBay owner said that it's "disconcerting to pump and dump, if that is how it plays out."

39 days ago

A bucolic county in upstate New York appointed a poet laureate. Why was she fired shortly after? ⊕

found 2026 › May › 01 (Fri) @ 10:21 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Esther Cohen was removed as Greene county’s poet laureate just weeks after the appointment. It’s ‘emblematic of the assault on the arts writ large’, some say

In 1985, just before the poet Esther Cohen…