Alexander C. Kaufman

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Alexander C. Kaufman is a reporter at the International Business Times covering companies, retail and media. He joined in May 2013. Previously, he was an editor of Mediabistro's FishbowlNY site and a media reporter at TheWrap in Los Angeles. Before that, he wrote about crime and city affairs at the Boston Globe. He studied political communication at Emerson College, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Berkeley Beacon, overseeing the design and launch of a first-of-its-kind HTML5 website, one of the first newspapers in the world to do so. He got his start as a journalist at 15, writing for the Long-Islander, a weekly founded by poet Walt Whitman. When he has downtime, he collects photos of German Chancellor Angela Merkel frowning on this Tumblr.

Kaufman can be reached at: a.kaufman@ibtimes.com | 646-484-7504

Former UBS, Citigroup Trader Tom Hayes Appears In Court To Face Libor-Rigging Charges

The former UBS trader is the first of a group of alleged conspirators at international financial firms to face charges for manipulating the Libor.

Samoa Air Rolls Out XL Seats For Obese Passengers

Samoa is one of the most obese countries. Now its airline accommodates that reality.

Phone Companies In State Prisons Charge Inmates Exorbitant Prices, Give Jails Kickbacks, Group Finds

Phone companies in state jails give kickbacks to prisons and charge insane prices.

Hong Kong Investigating HSBC (HBC) And Other Banks For Hibor Manipulation The Day Libor Rigger Is Charged In London

Maybe Hong Kong needs an Edward Snowden-type in its banks.

3D Printing Gets Foot In The Door At Footwear Companies Like Nike (NKE) And New Balance

Nike and New Balance are using 3D printing to build custom shoes.

Turkish Government Slams 'The Economist' Magazine For Criticizing Protest Crackdown

EU Minister Egemen Bağiş had some choice words for the weekly British magazine.

Turkey Protests, Two Weeks In, Call EU Accession Into Question: Does The Violence Strengthen Or Weaken The Case For Accession

Some say Turkey is an economic powerhouse needed to recharge the EU's economy, but more say it isn't ready.

Declan Walsh, The New York Times Reporter Kicked Out Of Pakistan, Surfaces In South Africa

The Islamabad bureau chief, kicked out of Pakistan, has resurfaced nearly 12,000 miles away.

China Buys Shares In Its Top Four Banks To Bolster Confidence After Last Week's Dip In Stocks

Beijing bought shares in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China.

Analysis: Fresh Fight Between The Sudans Is About People, Not Oil

Abyei, a conflicted, oil-rich region, is at the heart of a fresh battle between Sudan and South Sudan.

IMF Cuts US Growth Outlook For 2014 to 2.7 Percent, Blames Sequester

The International Monetary Fund blamed the sequestration and deficit reduction for its lowered GDP outlook for the U.S.

Portugal's President Wants The IMF's Role In Troika Reconsidered

Portugal's President Aníbal Cavaco Silva says the IMF has different goals than the EU, which governs the two other branches of the Troika.

Turkey Has A Long History Of Quashing Protests -- Here's Why The World Cares Now

Minorities have long been suppressed in Turkey -- but now protests in Istanbul and across the country have finally garnered attention abroad.

Fox Chief Rupert Murdoch Is Divorcing Wife Wendi Deng, Who Famously Defended Him From Pie-Throwing Protester

The News Corp. chairman and CEO is leaving his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.

Turkey Protests: EU Parliamentarians Call Out Erdoğan For Police Violence In Taksim Square

European Union parliamentarians are concerned about the police crackdowns on protesters.

Analysis: With $5.7B Acquisition Of Safeway's Canadian Assets, Sobeys Is Telling Loblaw (L) To Move Aside

Sobeys Inc.'s $5.7 billion purchase of Safeway Canada puts Loblaw, the country's largest grocer, on notice.

Prince Alwaleed Says He's Suing Forbes, Claims It's Not Just Because Of His The 'Rich List' Ranking

Prince Alwaleed, the ostentatious Saudi billionaire, says Forbes insulted the entire Saudi business community, not just him.

Russia's OAO Gazprom Says It Did Not Bid For Greece's DEPA Natural Gas Utility Because It Had 'Serious Problems' With Its Finances

Kremlin-controlled OAO Gazprom said Greece's natural gas utility known as DEPA had some "serious problems."

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) Is Looking At A Disappointing Second Quarter

The European bottler is looking at a dismal second quarter.

News Corp. Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Split

Rupert Murdoch will chair both 21st Century Fox and News Corp. when the media giant splits in two later this month.

Earnings Outlook For Second Quarter Is At Its Weakest Since 2001

More than three quarters of the 116 S&P 500 company earnings pre-announcements were negative.

French Prosecutors Say There's No Evidence From Latest Investigation That Dominique Strauss-Kahn Had Sex With Prostitutes

The former IMF chief may have aggravated pimping charges against him dropped.

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