Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union
The publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been found guilty of violating Hong Kong’s labour laws by illegally preventing a former reporter from running for the chairmanship of a local press union. However, Eastern Court on Thursday cleared Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) of unlawful termination of Selina Cheng Kar-yue’s contract, finding her dismissal could have been the result of a…
Bill Ackman's life changed in February when his 26-year-old daughter collapsed in her Brooklyn apartment. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, he responded by making a $556 million pledge.
There is no information in the reports about the reason for his daughter's collapse or the nature of the pledge.
The reports also mention a separate story about a Hong Kong court convicting Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, of deterring a reporter, Selina Cheng, from taking up a role at the Hong Kong Journalist Association, but clearing it of unlawfully firing her, as reported by Free Malaysia Today and The Guardian.
Brief written by urgent.news from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Arutz Sheva - Israel National News, Free Malaysia Today, The Guardian — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
