Caleb Melby
@CalebMelby
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investigations @business | @ColumbiaJourn adjunct | [email protected] | signal: 1.347.636.8624
Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2009
Jennifer Weisselberg trusted her story to @business. After we published it, investigators almost immediately reached out to her for documents, leading them directly to a cut-and-dry case of tax fraud. Here's how they described that series of events:
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big fan of the bulleted-findings-at-top-of-big-story format. tells readers what they need to know quickly while effortlessly deflating "nothingburger" allegations. only thing that keeps it from being used more often is a preciousness toward the prose.
You have to actually sue for allegations of defamation to have any merit. (And even then, you gotta win!)
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SCOOP: After a cozy 2005 wedding in Cambridge, Larry Summers and Elisa New set off on their honeymoon. But the trip took them somewhere far off the usual newlywed map — the private island of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/jSGW2wuxu7
thecrimson.com
Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During 2005 Honeymoon | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Great story about how Florida prosecutors let Epstein off the hook -- not only for abusing children -- but also for possible financial crimes. While we knew they were investigating money laundering back in 2007, details of this part of their investigation had been scant. These
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 federal sex crimes probe, according to emails & docs @business obtained from Epstein's personal
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Caught up with Zohran Mamdani during the final stages of the NYC mayor’s race. I saw him get heckled, talked to him about coalition building and got a sense of how he’s preparing for the general election and what’s beyond. 🎁:
bloomberg.com
New York City’s mayoral frontrunner has been working to build a governing coalition by meeting with all comers, including the business community that’s been bashing his plans.
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had logged off for three months. logged back on today and this is what it feels like
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NEW: our latest piece about the US's growing reliance on nurse practitioners. It examines the financial incentives hospitals have for hiring new grad NPs, and what's at stake in America's ERs and ICUs. Give it a read at this gift link. https://t.co/pGH6VZkesO
bloomberg.com
Faster to train and cheaper to employ than doctors, NPs help American health-care companies’ bottom line—but can risk patient safety.
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Sorry but if you want to keep up with politics you have to read about Mankato’s crosstown Jug Game rivalry now. I suggest reading this with a glass of your favorite boxed sweet Gewürztraminer. That’s a thing you have to get into now too. https://t.co/Op5jXwByqG
nytimes.com
“The guy was never negative,” another coach said. “That’s what we loved about him. Everything was a positive.”
Grain belt, hot dish, dessert salads, long “eh” sounds where they don’t belong, an uncle who brings deer summer sausage to every occasion because he has too much in the chest freezer; Betsy, Tacy and Tib. I promise none of you are ready for Minnesotan cultural hegemony.
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.@LizKrueger says @GovKathyHochul is “just plain wrong” to pause congestion pricing “which she has recently suggested could well become a permanent measure based on nothing more than her own personal evaluation of the issue.” Says @TishJames is correct not to defend state.
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Grain belt, hot dish, dessert salads, long “eh” sounds where they don’t belong, an uncle who brings deer summer sausage to every occasion because he has too much in the chest freezer; Betsy, Tacy and Tib. I promise none of you are ready for Minnesotan cultural hegemony.
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NEW: The wife of a top NYPD official with close ties to Mayor Eric Adams has quietly been pocketing a six-figure salary in a newly-created gig she was appointed to nearly two years ago, The Post has learned. https://t.co/kcn636kYqm
nypost.com
Jasmine Sheppard was appointed by City Hall in November 2022 to the newly-minted role of chief communications strategy officer, an associate commissioner position paying $180,000 a year, at the...
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Payments ranging in the tens of thousands of dollars to Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams' chief adviser, and Menashe Shapiro, his deputy chief of staff, are part of the $2.3M in spending by the mayor's campaign that the CFB says wasn't properly documented.
nydailynews.com
The 901-page draft audit, obtained by The News via a Freedom of Information Law request, was sent on May 31 to the mayor’s campaign, which has until the end of this month to respond to the CF…
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🟡 SCOOP: In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim about UNRWA. Months later, the top editor overseeing standards privately made an admission: The paper didn’t know — and still doesn’t know — whether it was true, @maxwelltani reports. https://t.co/ZlQjaXiq36
semafor.com
The Wall Street Journal’s explosive scoop draws internal and external scrutiny.
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Call me crazy — but why would the Fed intervene in what’s looking a lot like a hoard of funds getting burned from levering up through carry trades?
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It requires a significant leap of faith and ultimately careful analysis and judgment for investors to read this newsletter. https://t.co/vU3gQiy0Gf
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It was really admirable how the WSJ and its reporters, through articles and Twitter avatar changes, kept Evan front-of-mind for the past 17 months.
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Every year, a lottery determines who gets an H-1B visa to work in the US. The game, it turns out, is rigged. Outsourcing and staffing firms are exploiting loopholes, crowding out US employers and immigrants who play it fair. We have exclusive data to show it for the 1st time 🧵
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Sean Parker wanted a tax-advantaged way to sell billions of Facebook stock and diversify. That's where opportunity zones come from. He got Sens Cory Booker and Tim Scott to help him sell it as a community re-investment program. Incredible stuff. https://t.co/M65aF7T87C
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Opportunity zones were a gift, for sure. But you'll never guess for who (okay actually you can easily guess in one try):
bloomberg.com
How wealthy individuals and big companies twisted Trump tax incentives to invest in poor communities for their own profit.
Trump gets asked about racist statements. He responds “I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner.” He says he came in good spirits and gave blacks opportunity zones, and this is how they treat him.
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