Decide if it is in the government s interest to pursue renaissance technology s potential $6.8 billion tax before, that s before fines and interest. things could get more complicated withexit. and the initial skirmishes with trump in primary races, bob mercer is leaving renaissance technologies aselling his stake in bright ba in breitbart to his daughters. what does it all mean? for more on mercer, i m joined by senior writer for newsweek, max cutner. let s talk about max mercer resigning. robert mercer. a research role is like a tenured professor to hang around and maybe work on something. selling his stake of breitbart