FIFA cancels plan to sell World Cup stakes to private equity investors

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FIFA president nixes idea to sell stakes in World Cup to private equity investors

The president of World Cup organizer FIFA said Friday he’s nixing a much-criticized plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The plan to consolidate FIFA’s commercial and event operations into a new commercial subsidiary valued at $20 billion is off the table, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement. … Read more

Growing movement to boycott World Cup amid FIFA’s controversial private equity plans

An international boycott movement is growing after FIFA’s Gianni Infantino announced plans to sell off the World Cup and other competitions to private equity investors, including Josh Kushner, the younger brother of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Source link

European soccer teams agree to boycott FIFA over private equity proposal

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Inside Fauci’s private diary: What he wrote about Trump, TV personalities and celebrities

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Newly released diary entries by Dr. Anthony Fauci offer an unfiltered look at what the nation’s top infectious disease expert really thought of the politicians, television personalities and celebrities who filled his orbit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., … Read more

Six-figure private security bill for top Dem Senate hopeful fuels GOP hypocrisy claims

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign spent more than $250K on private security, federal records reviewed by Fox News Digital show, giving Republicans a new line of attack as they accuse the Democratic Senate hopeful of backing policies that make North Carolinians … Read more

Slack messages released by Rand Paul appear to show authors of key COVID-19 origin paper held private doubts

Biden’s FBI reportedly blocked questioning of COVID-19 researcher New documents reveal the FBI blocked Customs and Border Protection from questioning former President of EcoHealth Alliance Peter Daszak, a researcher linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and gain-of-function research. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and GOP lawmakers criticize the Biden administration’s actions regarding the COVID-19 origins investigation. … Read more

EasyJet accepts takeover offer from by private equity firm Apollo amid apparent bidding war with Castlerock

British budget airline EasyJet said Friday it reached an agreement in principle for a £5.7-billion ($7.7billion) takeover by U.S. private equity firm Apollo, topping a rival offer from fellow American private equity investor Castlelake. The fresh offer signals a bidding battle could now emerge between the two U.S. investors for ownership of the carrier. Apollo’s … Read more

NASA chief Jared Isaacman flew private military jets over D.C. for July 4th despite FAA disapproval

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew private military jets over Washington, D.C., in a flyover Saturday — with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as a passenger — despite safety objections from the Federal Aviation Administration. In an unusual move, a senior adviser to the NASA administrator petitioned the FAA on behalf of Isaacman’s private jet company, … Read more