Sep 14, 2017

Steve Schwarzman doesn't Google Steve Schwarzman

Dan Primack, author of Pro Rata

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Blackstone Group CEO and informal Trump advisor Steve Schwarzman said a lot of important things during an on-stage interview earlier this week at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference, including about Brexit and the presidential CEO council he once chaired. But Schwarzman's most surprising line was about what he claims to have never done:

I've never Googled myself.

Schwarzman also claims to have never used a mobile app, including ride-hail ones like Uber or Lyft.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday evening blocked a lower court order that would have allowed voters to cast ballots curbside at Alabama polling places on Election Day.

Whit it matters: With 13 days until Election Day, the justices voted 5-3 to overturn a lower court judge's ruling in favor of a lawsuit arguing that curbside voting would "violate federal laws designed to protect America’s most marginalized citizens" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer dissented.

Editor's note: This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates.

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Why it matters: The revelation comes roughly two weeks before Election Day. Ratcliffe said Iran has sent threatening emails to Democratic voters this week in states across the U.S. and spread videos claiming that people can vote more than once.

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