Posts by Liam Redmond
Zach Goldsmith’s ex-wife reacts to news of his baby with Kyle Richards’ daughter
Zach Goldsmith’s ex-wife, Jennifer Hamilton-Goldsmith, congratulated the real estate agent for fathering a baby with Farrah Aldjufrie. The Emmy-nominated choreographer “liked” and commented on Aldjufrie’s initial baby announcement back in July, long before Goldsmith was publicly identified as the father. “Happy for you @farrahbritt :),” Hamilton-Goldsmith wrote at the time, with Aldjufrie — who is…
Read MoreSBA Size Standards Overhaul Widens Who Counts as Small
The Small Business Administration proposed the broadest rewrite of its SBA size standards in years on August 20, issuing two concurrent notices of proposed rulemaking. One sets new thresholds across 338 industry groups and industries. The other releases the revised methodology the agency used to build them. The stake for founders is eligibility. Size standards…
Read MoreSix EU Nations Push Windfall Tax On Oil Giants Ahead Of Dublin Finance Summit
Six European Union countries have asked Ireland to put an EU-wide mechanism for taxing oil companies’ windfall profits on the agenda of the bloc’s finance ministers’ meeting in Dublin on Sept. 18-19. Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland and Austria made the request in a joint letter to Ireland, which holds the rotating EU Council presidency.…
Read MoreHow Young Entrepreneurs Can Manage Personal Finances Across Two Countries
Building a business while managing financial responsibilities in more than one country can complicate even a well-organized budget. Young entrepreneurs may earn income in one place, meet personal obligations in another, and navigate different currencies, banking systems, and payment schedules. The challenge isn’t simply tracking more expenses. It is creating a financial system that allows…
Read MoreWhy Is Putin Threatening Britain Over Storm Shadow Missiles? Burnham’s Ukraine Move Explained
Russia has escalated its rhetoric against Britain after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would allow defense company MBDA to release classified information on British-made components used in the SCALP long-range cruise missile. The move is intended to help Ukraine and France establish local assembly lines for the weapon in Ukraine, according to…
Read More49ers decline to address embarrassing arrest of owner Jed York
The San Francisco 49ers don’t plan to address the arrest of their owner Jed York on prostitution charges. “As this is a legal matter, which has been resolved, we will not be providing any further comment at this time,” the organization said in a statement late Monday morning. York pleaded no contest to two lesser…
Read MoreSmall Business Technology Wins as Rundoo Lands Series B
Small business technology got a fresh vote of confidence this week when Rundoo announced $48 million in total financing, including a $30 million Series B led by Battery Ventures with existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV. The company builds an AI-first system of record for independent supply stores, and more than 500 of them…
Read MoreJed York: San Francisco 49ers Owner and CEO Arrested in Ohio in Prostitution Bust, Just Days Ahead of Start of NFL Season
The San Francisco 49ers co-owner Jed York was reportedly arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, just weeks ahead of the start of the NFL season. York, 46, was arrested on Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and booked into the Columbiana County Jail, according to Kron4 News. York, whose legal name is John Edward York, reportedly…
Read MoreTrump unleashes ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ against Iran as Bessent warns nations not to do business: ‘Tighten the noose’
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the start of the “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign against Iran to “tighten the noose” around the regime and warned countries against doing business with Tehran. The Trump admin aims to choke off revenue streams to the Iranian regime by pressuring secondary countries to stop doing oil, energy and…
Read MoreAI Coding Tools Expand as Cursor Launches Origin
Cursor pushed its AI coding tools past the editor this week, shipping an early beta of Origin, a code hosting service aimed squarely at GitHub. It went live to paying customers on August 17, which happened to be the same day GitHub suffered a multi-hour global outage. I have watched a lot of founders treat…
Read MoreFormer NBA All-Star, NFL Pro Bowlers rip Enes Kanter after dust-up with WNBA player leads to ejection
Enes Kanter received criticism for getting ejected from a WNBA game by the hosts of the “Nightcap” podcast. Former NFL Pro Bowlers Chad “OchoCinco” Johnson and Shannon Sharpe discussed Kanter’s latest antics with ex-NBA All-Star Joe Johnson. Shannon Sharpe ripped Enes Kanter for his latest antics surrounding the WNBA’s involvement in the transgender athlete controversy.…
Read MoreWhy Is Ukraine Targeting Ozon? Russia’s Second-Largest Online Retailer Hit by Drone Strikes
Ukraine has launched a widening drone campaign against Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online retailer, striking logistics hubs across the country for four consecutive nights and marking a new front in Kyiv’s effort to disrupt networks it says sustain Moscow’s war effort. Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck an Ozon warehouse in Chapayevsk, in Russia’s Samara Oblast, overnight on…
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