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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Someone has to say the brutal truth about Grace Tame's stint as a corporate sellout - as Nike teaches her a long-overdue lesson: PVO
Can you shill for the system and shake it up at the same time? The answer is no, if Grace Tame losing her Nike ambassadorship is anything to go by. Tame has discovered the hard way what should be blindingly obvious to anyone who has ever read the fine print on a corporate contract, or, to be blunt, possessed a modicum of common sense.
Fox News
19-05-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Trump-pardoned real estate mogul Charles Kushner up for key diplomatic post
New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner will be considered by the U.S. Senate on Monday for the ambassadorship to France and Monaco. Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for federal tax evasion and Federal Election Commission violations from 2005, during the mogul's first term. In 1985, he founded the Kushner Companies and has long been a philanthropist, particularly to Jewish causes and institutions like Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He has also donated to St. Barnabas Hospital in Essex County, New Jersey, which has a wing bearing his family name. During his May 1 confirmation hearing, Kushner acknowledged his past legal missteps, claiming they sharpened his judgment and better prepared him for both the ambassadorship and life. "I think that my past mistakes actually make me… better in my values to really make me more qualified to do this job," he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kushner, who just celebrated his 71st birthday, was nominated in November after Trump called him a "tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our country & its interests." "He was recognized as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, & served as a commissioner, & chairman, of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, as well as on the boards of our top institutions, including NYU," Trump said. "Congratulations to Charlie, his wonderful wife Seryl, their 4 children, & 14 grandchildren. His son, Jared, worked closely with me in the White House, in particular on Operation Warp Speed, Criminal Justice Reform, & the Abraham Accords." Trump added that Kushner will help strengthen America's partnership with "our oldest ally and one of our greatest."
