Alexander Gladstone
@gladstonea
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Covering financial distress, volatility, and restructuring for @WSJ and @WSJBankruptcy
New York New York
Joined September 2009
NEW with @gladstonea: How Jefferies found itself at the center of First Brands’ collapse https://t.co/CmBj0pEUzC
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The investment bank’s deep ties to the auto-parts maker are likely to draw questions at its annual investor day Thursday
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Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: a $2 Billion Hole and a Mysterious CEO, with @gladstonea @JohnKeilman
https://t.co/06EkEHRYbN via @WSJ #bankruptcy #auto
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Patrick James started out buying small Ohio factories and ended atop a messy auto-parts conglomerate with piles of hidden debt.
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In 'Fighting Bullies,' Bill Reid makes the case that a legal career representing plaintiffs is more spiritually rewarding than Big Law, more fun, and can potentially be more lucrative too.
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See the Epstein birthday letter with Trump’s signature. We analyze the text and drawing of a nude woman. https://t.co/tDF5S86PVv w/ @khadeeja_safdar and @karadapena
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We analyze the text and drawing long hidden in the birthday book.
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My latest, with the wonderful @wongalum and @McCormickJohn: The story behind the story of the alleged kidnapping at a "crypto frat house" here in NYC... https://t.co/2WSE0JP70Z
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William Duplessie and John Woeltz hatched grandiose plans in business and politics but instead drew charges in an alleged kidnap scheme.
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A federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war
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Businesses and states had sued the government, saying the president didn’t have the authority to impose the levies.
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Exclusive: UnitedHealth is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for possible Medicare fraud
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The company’s stock has declined over its financial performance and the sudden replacement of its CEO.
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White smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel. A new Pope has been chosen.
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The most shorted stock in the U.S. is this chip supplier whose federal funding is at risk. With @AliciaMcElhaney
https://t.co/SjxG8S0XUh
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Wolfspeed should benefit from tariffs and federal chip-production grants, but its debt problems put at risk its $750 million in taxpayer backing.
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Whiskey-drinking rocker transforms into West Africa's most dangerous al Qaeda leader. A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed tens of thousands. By @WSJ
https://t.co/bkVJs70vJO
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A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed tens of thousands.
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WSJ report: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to sensitive meetings with foreign military officials
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The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
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"But pursuing a business deal involving a felon seeking a pardon from his administration would be an unprecedented overlap of his business and the government." https://t.co/iuxS6W8get
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The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.
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New York, New York. The city so nice they named it twice.
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The Justice Department is probing billing practices at UnitedHealth Group that triggered extra payments to its Medicare Advantage plans, people familiar with the matter say
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The Justice Department is probing diagnoses and practices that triggered extra payments to UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans, people familiar with the matter say.
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Big news in the world of short selling and fraud... also as good a time as any to publicly announce that I'm currently on leave from @wsj writing a book on @NateHindenburg and @HindenburgRes! Forthcoming from @penguinrandom. It'll be fun!
A Personal Note From Our Founder https://t.co/OOMtimC0gV
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The mountain is my canvas. The board is my paintbrush.
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It was a pleasure to join @livenowfox host @AndrewCraft to discuss the Onion's bid for Infowars https://t.co/NhIt6RkUQ4
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The Onion, a satirical news publication, said it is buying the right-wing conspiracy website Infowars. The Onion said that its winning bid has the support of families who lost children in the Sandy...
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Frontier is exploring a renewed bid for Spirit, and the two airlines have held recent talks about a potential merger. By @alyrose and me for @WSJ
https://t.co/yXq4JHbQfZ
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The carriers have held early-stage deal discussions, as Spirit continues negotiations with bondholders over possible bankruptcy terms.
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