Morning mail: John Howard pans Trump, Christmas warning, drought unbroken
Donald Trump’s failure to manage the Covid crisis cost Republicans the US election, according to Australia’s former prime minister John Howard. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
Thursday: Former PM says Donald Trump’s inability to manage Covid cost Republicans US election. Plus: Israel signs off on Malka Leifer extradition
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John Howard has savaged Donald Trump’s failure to handle the coronavirus pandemic, saying his inability to manage the crisis even “half-decently” cost the Republicans the US election. Speaking during a question and answer session in Canberra, the former PM pulled no punches, saying: “Every time [Trump] had a news conference he was penning a political suicide note.” The 81-year-old contraste
Mercury Fund Continues to Expand Investment Team
Houston-based Mercury Fund announces the promotion of Heath Butler to Managing Director and the hiring of Samantha Lewis as Principal
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HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Mercury Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Middle American entrepreneurs, today announced the promotion of Heath Butler to Managing Director, and the addition of Samantha Lewis as Principal. Over the past few years, we ve continued to build our investment team with top talent from our ecosystem, said Blair Garrou, co-founder and Managing Director of Mercury. The promotion of Heath and the addition of Samantha will further Mercury s early-stage venture leadership in Middle America, and is illustrative of Mercury s deep commitment to diversity as a core value driver.
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Speaking to Nick Stoll and Adrian Arciuli the Sydney striker was discussing her move in late October to one of Portugal’s top women’s clubs – F.C. Famalicão.
However, after less than a month her contract was terminated.
“I was a few weeks in, maybe a month, and they turned around and said, ‘you’re not required here anymore, we’re going to terminate your contract on a clause that’s in there,” she told Samantha Lewis recently.
“But the clause didn’t apply to me because it wasn’t a two-year season contract; I only had a one-year one, so it didn’t apply to me. But they went off the basis that it does.