JANUARY 27, 2017
NEW YORK
The Jewish Voice
Hacked NY Times Account Tweets About Russian Attack on U.S.
Trump Appoints NY Jets Owner Woody Johnson as UK Ambassador
By Ilana Siyance
By: Kenneth Peterson
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n Sunday morning, slightly before 10 am, the New York Times Video Twitter account posted a bogus news tweet about Russia planning a missile attack on the United States. Th apparently hacked tweet read, “BREAKING: leaked statement from Vladimir Putin says: Russia will attack the United States with Missiles”. Shortly after, the imposter's tweets were deleted from the NY Times Video account, which has over 259,000 followers. Just to note, in contrast, the main New York Times Twitter account has over 33 million followers.The NYT account then explained in a tweet, “We deleted a series of tweets published from this account earlier today without our authorization. We are investigating the situation.” But the incident was not over. Two follow up tweets came claiming rights to the hack from OurMine, a hacker group which has already breached popular Twitter accounts such as Marvel, Netflix and that of Jack Dorsey, Twitter's founder. One
The New York Times Video Twitter account posted a bogus news tweet about Russia planning a missile attack on the United States. The apparently hacked tweet read, “BREAKING: leaked statement from Vladimir Putin says: Russia will attack the United States with Missiles”.
of the tweets read, “Message from OurMine: We detected unusual activity on the account and we re-hacked it to make sure if the account is hacked or not". As reported by the NY Daily News, another of the NY Times tweets, boasted that the tweets originated from the same hacker who posted a fake announcement on Sony's Music account about Britney Spears’ death, last month.
In August 2016, there were reports that allegedly hackers who might have been working for Russia broke into the email accounts of New York Times' reporters earlier in the year. Th FBI investigated the reports. No details from the reportedly hacked emails ever came out. NY Times spokeswoman, Eileen Murphy said in August that there was “no evidence” of a hack on the NY Times’ internal systems.
NYSE to Drop Initial Fees for New & Transitioning Companies By: Jason Kleghoffer
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n order to compete with its rivals such as Nasdaq and Bats Global Markets, the New York Stock Exchange is waiving the first partial year of annual listing fees from companies that transfer their stock from other exchanges. According to a fili g with the US Securities and Exchange Commission dated January 18, 2017, the NYSE, which is owned by the Intercontinental Exchange Inc. typically requires companies that are listed on the NYSE to pay a pro-rated annual initial fee of $7,500 when they switch from the Nasdaq and other exchanges. Under the new policy, that fee will be waived entirely, thereby encouraging companies that are currently listed on the Nasdaq to make the switch over to the NYSE. Companies already listed on the NYSE as of the new policy will still have to pay between $5,000 and $25,000 depending upon the number of shares that they have outstanding. The new policy is geared more towards new companies or those that are transitioning to the NYSE. One of the more prominent initial public offerings that both the Nasdaq and NYSE will be looking to court is the upcoming IPO of Snapchat parent Snap Inc. By eliminating the annual fee, the NYSE is hoping to attract new companies and court seasoned ones
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oody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets and a man that is worth $3.5 billion, is set to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. Johnson was the former fin nce chair to Jeb Bush during the GOP race. According to New York magazine, the prospect of Johnson serving on the cabinet was an unlikely one, as Trump inferred that Johnson was buying his way into a potential Jeb Bush cabinet by acting as fin nce chairman by originally supporting him for the Republican nomination. Trump then made an example of Johnson, stating that he would not be catering to special interests. “With me, you’re going to get a fair shake, with me, again, I don’t get any money from any of these special interests, and I know the special interests-I know them better than anybody,” he said. “But I don’t want their money.” He also poked fun at Johnson on Twitter for not making it to the playoffs and for his support of Bush in January of last year. “Woody Johnson” Trump tweeted “owner of the NY Jets is @ JebBush’s fin nce chairman. If Woody would’ve been w/me, he would’ve been in the playoffs, at least!” This recent appointment demonstrates that Trump has since caved in on his principles. After Jeb dropped out of the race, Johnson served as vice chairman
Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets and a man that is worth $3.5 billion, is set to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom
of the Trump victory committee, the joint fundraising committee between the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, and helped raise millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign. A degree in international affairs or a clear grasp of multiple foreign languages were not necessary to get Johnson the ambassadorship, but money was. According to the Daily News, Johnson will be giving up his day to day control of the franchise, shifti g ownership to his younger brother, Christopher Wold Johnson, as it will be impractical of him to serve a three-year term as ambassador in London, where he will be living in Winfield House mansion whilst curating the fate of the Jets. Johnson, whose great grandfather founded the pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson will also have
to resign from the NFL’s media, fin nce, and business venture committees. According to CNN, Trump placed 66 million of his own money into his campaign, but most of his campaign funding came from outside sources, and despite claims that he does not believe in nepotism, he is considering a number of top donors for key positions within his cabinet. Steven Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign fin nce chairman, will lead the Treasury Department. Betsy DeVos, who is a major donor to the Republican party, will be Education Secretary, and lastly, Wilbur Ross, who made the maximum contribution to the Trump campaign, was chosen for the role of Commerce Secretary. It seems that the President does in fact “want their money”.
CBS’s Les Moonves & Son Tour $2.2M Village Co-op By Hannah Hayes
In order to compete with its rivals such as Nasdaq and Bats Global Markets, the New York Stock Exchange is waiving the first partial year of annual listing fees from companies that transfer their stock from other exchanges.
as well. The New York Stock exchange also announced that any company transferring to NYSE mid-year will have already paid annual listing fees to other exchanges that they were previously listed with. The efore companies transferring mid-year will also not have to pay the pro-rated annual fee to NYSE. The “double payment of the exchange’s prorated annual fee imposes on them [the companies] a signific nt fin ncial burden and acts as a disincentive to transferring.” the NYSE noted. The Nasdaq is the NYSE’s biggest rival in terms of listings, even though the NYSE normally dominates the listing market. To put matters into perspective, in 2015, the
NYSE earned $405-million in revenue from listings, and by comparison, the Nasdaq made $264-million in listing service revenue. The new strategy of the NYSE may also be a reaction to successful policy changes put in place by BATS Global markets, which had waived its initial listing charges in 2014. Their strategy has paid off it seems, as 34 of the 88 new companies to make a debut on the market were listed on the BATS. The NYSE hopes to utilize its seasoned tenure to become even more competitive than its rivals. Listing fees typically vary depending upon the size of the company, the number of shares listed and the exchange that they are listed on.
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resident and CEO of CBS Leslie “Les” Moonves recently toured a co-op located at 59 Fourth Avenue in the Village, with his son Adam, who is a co-owner of a hip grunge bar in Chinatown called Mr. Fong’s, which is a hot spot hangout for models, agents and fashionistas. 59 Fourth Avenue in Lower Manhattan (Photo Credit: Tavivian Sporn Team)
Les Moonves at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
The apartment sits right on the border between Greenwich Village and the East Village. It expands across 1,900 square feet and has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It also comes with a large monthly maintenance fee of $2,240. In 2014, the unit that is locate
don’t the second fl or, was fi st put on the market with an asking price of $2.75 million. According to The Post, “Housed in an eight-story, 15unit former factory building, the fl or-through corner apartment comes with 13-foot barrel-vaulted ceilings, floor-to-ceiling double-pane windows, white-stained maple fl ors and exposed whitebrick walls. The spa-like master bathroom has a deep soaking tub and both bathrooms have large, glass walk-in showers and poured-concrete fl ors. The e’s also a chef’s kitchen, and a washer and dryer. Building amenities include a common roof deck with views from One World Trade Center and Williamsburg Bridge to
the Empire State and Chrysler buildings.” 51-year-old Les Moonveshas served as Co-President and CoChief Operating Office of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Before the, starting in July 1995, he held a series of executive positions at CBS. Since 1999, Moonves has also been a Director at ZeniMax Media. Last February, Moonves became Chairman of CBS. According to reports by Th Post, Adam went to view the unit at 59 Fourth Avenue several times on his own, before bringing his father. Citi Habitats’ Andrew Moore is the listing broker, who did not care to comment.