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Alex Morrell

@alexmorrell

Senior correspondent covering Wall Street @businessinsider. Hunted & reported on billionaires in a past life @Forbes. Alum of @columbiajourn and @UWMadison.

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Kim Renfro (@kimrrenfro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

it's been a long two years as we've bargained over a new contract, and now myself and 250 of the Insider Union editorial staff are walking out to demand we finish this contract *now* 🙌🪧💙

Insider Union ✊ (@insiderunion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Who’s got the power? WE’VE GOT THE POWER! ✊✊✊ Right now, over 250 Insider Union members are on a one-day walkout to say: Don’t lay off our coworkers! If you’re in the area, come join the massive picket line we’ve organized in Zuccotti Park. It’s time to fight back! 🔥

Hayley Cuccinello (@hcuccinello) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here's the full story on the chaotic transformation of Wells Fargo's wealth business. Amid layoffs, staffing shortages, reduced client services, and whiplash decision-making from bank leadership, employees have fled en-masse. businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-pr…

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BREAKING: @itscaitlinhd has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for her definitive account of the secret Trump-administration policy that separated migrant children from their parents. on.theatln.tc/75TuOtF

Dan DeFrancesco (@dandefrancesco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of Wall Street's hottest trading strategies from a few years ago is all but dead these days. An obituary for the index-rebalance trade. Today's 10 Things on Wall Street newsletter: businessinsider.com/index-rebalanc…

Insider Union ✊ (@insiderunion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE. Management failed to agree on a fair contract that settles our healthcare ULP and pays us what we're worth. Starting now, over 250 Insider employees are on indefinite strike. You want us back Insider? Settle the contract. ✊

It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE.

Management failed to agree on a fair contract that settles our healthcare ULP and pays us what we're worth. Starting now, over 250 Insider employees are on indefinite strike.

You want us back <a href="/thisisinsider/">Insider</a>? Settle the contract. ✊
Jeffrey Cane (@jeffrey_cane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Growing quickly from low-key family office to hedge fund giant, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors now faces its biggest challenge yet. via Alex Morrell businessinsider.com/schonfeld-hedg…

Brian Sullivan (@sullycnbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

bonkers story. Popular decongestant is challenged by scientists in 2007 as being ineffective FDA apparently says “hey, let’s keep it on the market” Tens of millions take it. 16 years later FDA votes 16-0 that it really, truly doesn’t work apnews.com/article/sudafe…

dakin campbell (@dakincampbell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm thrilled to see more news organizations covering the prison healthcare company Corizon, and its use of the Texas two-step bankruptcy play. Please check this one out, from Beth Schwartzapfel and The Marshall Project ( they were good enough to cite our reporting).

Matt Drange (@mattdrange) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵I began reporting this story back in 2017. At the time, I'd heard rumors about a handful of teachers. I had no idea the abuse stretched back 40 years & involved dozens of educators. This is the story of how so many from my childhood were hurt, as their community stood silent.

Matt Drange (@mattdrange) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Important story on the rampant misuse of non-compete agreements by Alex Morrell, illustrating how "the imbalance of money and power between employers and employees can short-circuit well-intentioned legal provisions." businessinsider.com/how-hedge-fund…

Hayley Cuccinello (@hcuccinello) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dan Simkowitz is the most "CEO-esque" candidate to replace James Gorman. But he is the least likely to become Morgan Stanley's next CEO. Check out my profile of the little-known exec who runs the bank's $1.4 trillion asset management biz: businessinsider.com/dan-simkowitz-…

Jeffrey Cane (@jeffrey_cane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What's going on at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors? Employees of the hedge fund are getting anxious. via Alex Morrell and Bradley Saacks businessinsider.com/schonfeld-empl…

Tyler Katzenberger (@tylerkatzen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Daily Cardinal asked a UW System spokesperson for an interview for this story multiple times. They declined. I firmly stand behind our reporting, which included a full copy of the email from Rothman. You can read it here: dailycardinal.com/article/2023/1…

Reed Alexander (@reedalexander) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW FROM Business Insider, reported by Hayley Cuccinello and me: LITQUIDITY UNMASKED: Inside the rise, ambitions, and secret identity of the ex-banker dominating Wall Street’s rumor mill. litquidity He’s been one of the most mysterious yet influential voices on Wall Street: the

Alex Morrell (@alexmorrell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stellar reporting and writing from Reed Alexander and Hayley Cuccinello. Littered with great details about Henry Medina's efforts to scale his fledgling media company Litquidity while preserving his anonymity. businessinsider.com/litquidity-ano…

Stellar reporting and writing from <a href="/reedalexander/">Reed Alexander</a> and <a href="/HCuccinello/">Hayley Cuccinello</a>. Littered with great details about Henry Medina's efforts to scale his fledgling media company Litquidity while preserving his anonymity. 

businessinsider.com/litquidity-ano…
Jeffrey Cane (@jeffrey_cane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Deal-making looks to have its mojo back. Meet the 20 powerhouse M&A bankers who paved the way in 2023. via Alex Morrell and Reed Alexander businessinsider.com/top-investment…

Forbes Softball (@forbessoftball) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last night, we reignited our softball rivalry with the Wall Street Journal for the first time in 2024. But no matter what happens between the lines, we stand with our colleagues at WSJ in opposition to the unlawful detainment of Evan Gershkovich in Russia. #WeStandWithEvan

Last night, we reignited our softball rivalry with the Wall Street Journal for the first time in 2024.

But no matter what happens between the lines, we stand with our colleagues at WSJ in opposition to the unlawful detainment of Evan Gershkovich in Russia.

#WeStandWithEvan
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Coatue rising star Aaron Weiner's hedge fund launch will get multi-billion dollar check from Millennium in exclusive deal businessinsider.com/coatue-star-ge… via @businessinsider