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- A bank persuaded Twitter to delete my tweets http://uk.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-persuaded-twitter-to-delete-my-tweets-2015-12 14 comments
- Elon Musk convinced Tesla investors to back his pay. Now he must persuade a judge. https://www.reuters.com/legal/musk-convincing-tesla-investors-back-his-pay-now-he-must-persuade-judge-2024-06-13/ 47 comments law
- [Graeme Bailey] Chelsea is keen on England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and may attempt to persuade Everton to sell him this summer. https://twitter.com/GraemeBailey/status/1785600281155088787 93 comments soccer
- [Nick Purewal] Juventus thought to be ready to step up pursuit of Jorginho from #ChelseaFC if/when Man Utd complete Rabiot signing. Juve will hope they can persuade the #CFC star to move and the club to sell. Jorginho has regularly publicly declared his happiness to stay with Blues long term https://twitter.com/NickPurewal/status/1558111357895163905 13 comments soccer
- Chelsea are trying to persuade Michael Edwards to be their new Director of Football, but looks keen to go abroad https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/some-early-names-for-dof 5 comments soccer
- Not my job to persuade Pogba to stay - Rangnick http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/1210/1266038-rangnick-does-not-expect-pogba-back-until-january/ 31 comments soccer
- A Tinder and Bumble scam has conned victims out of $1.4 million in crypto. The CryptoRom scam uses dating profiles to lure in crypto investors. Once baited, the victims are then persuaded to install a fake cryptocurrency trading app. https://www.techradar.com/news/tinder-and-bumble-users-targeted-by-major-ios-crypto-scam 25 comments cryptocurrency
- Should Biden and Trump focus more on persuading swing voters — or mobilizing the base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/30/should-biden-trump-focus-more-persuading-swing-voters-or-mobilizing-base/ 52 comments politics
- Why We Can’t Ignore McConnell’s Hypocrisy - Its obviousness shows Republicans no longer even try to persuade. https://newrepublic.com/article/159449/mitch-mcconnell-ginsburg-hypocrisy 35 comments politics
- Lionel Messi is now '90% likely to STAY at Barcelona' after Josep Bartomeu pleaded with superstar's father Jorge to help persuade his son to do a U-turn in 90-minute meeting on Wednesday https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8692007/lionel-messi-90-likely-stay-barcelona-josep-bartomeu-pleaded-father.html?utm_source=365scores&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=contact%252bus%252bat%252b365scores%252bfor%252bmore%252btraffic 9 comments soccer
- Democrats Fail to Persuade Republicans, but Hope Voters Are Paying Attention https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/us/politics/senate-republicans-trump-impeachment.html 19 comments politics
- Mikel Arteta tried to persuade Pep Guardiola to sign Granit Xhaka https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-transfer-news-mikel-arteta-xhaka-guardiola-man-city-a9260331.html 59 comments soccer
- The decade Big Brother came home: How tech giants persuaded us to buy products that track us at home https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/19/how-tech-giants-persuaded-us-to-buy-products-that-track-us-at-home.html 4 comments technology
- World leaders need to confront Trump's climate change denial - he should be shamed and ridiculed by his allies for his ignorance and persuaded to change https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views-climate-change-is-not-fake-world-leaders-need-to-confront-trumps-denial-11799350 12 comments climate
- Boris Johnson's plan to review UK sugar tax branded 'b******s' by Tory health minister - In a single-word tweet, Ms Dinenage said “Bollocks” – before going on to point out that the tax was already succeeding in persuading firms to cut sugar levels in their drinks. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-sugar-tax-tory-leadership-caroline-dinenage-liz-truss-a8987856.html 3 comments worldnews
- UK grocery store urges customers to rethink plastic with embarrassing bags. East West Market hopes humorous bags like ‘Wart Ointment Wholesale’ & 'Into The Weird Adult Video Emporium' will persuade shoppers to shun single-use plastic bags. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/11/vancouver-east-west-market-plastic-bags-shaming-customers 16 comments worldnews
- Mayor, Trying to Persuade Residents to Use Public Transport, Arrives to Work 2 Hours Late https://themoscowtimes.com/news/mayor-trying-to-persuade-residents-to-use-public-transport-arrives-to-work-2-hours-late-64095 3 comments russia
- Bin Salman 'tried to persuade Netanyahu to go to war in Gaza' say sources https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-israel-gaza-khashoggi-1952586885 23 comments worldnews
- Subsidies for electric cars can't last forever: Merkel - Subsidies to help persuade Germans to buy electric vehicles have helped boost demand but cannot go on forever, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-merkel-autos/subsidies-for-electric-cars-cant-last-forever-merkel-iduskcn1m7130 3 comments technology
- The New York Times keeps confusing die-hard Republicans with persuadable voters. https://newrepublic.com/minutes/149332/new-york-times-keeps-confusing-die-hard-republicans-persuadable-voters 30 comments politics
- Hired canvassers seek to persuade voters to take their name off Utah’s medical marijuana ballot initiative https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/03/hired-canvassers-seek-to-persuade-voters-to-take-their-name-off-utahs-medical-marijuana-ballot-initiative/ 10 comments politics
- Trump's 'Pants-Wetting Twitter Meltdown' Persuaded Me to Pre-Order Comey's Book, Says 91-Year-Old Ex-Congressman http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-pants-wetting-twitter-meltdown-comey-book-ex-congressman-887575 3 comments politics
- May urged to secure EU trade deal with 'Norway-style' payments | Pro-Remain ministers believe finance is key to persuading bloc to back bespoke agreement https://www.ft.com/content/5d2ffe8e-fd40-11e7-a492-2c9be7f3120a 21 comments europe
- US plan to take out North Korea’s nuke facilities using a ‘bloody nose’ strike - "The Trump administration hopes that pre-emptive action would show the trigger-happy dictator that the United States is serious about stopping his bellicose pursuits and persuading him to negotiate" http://www.businessinsider.com/us-reportedly-wants-bloody-nose-strike-against-north-korea-2017-12 7 comments worldnews
- Conservatives probably can’t be persuaded on climate change. So now what? https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/11/10/16627256/conservatives-climate-change-persuasion 24 comments politics
- Donald Trump has persuaded Republicans to doubt the intelligence on Russia’s hacking https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/13/donald-trump-has-convinced-republicans-to-doubt-the-intelligence-on-russias-hacking/?utm_term=.cd33b148f662 3 comments politics
- [Wojnarowski] Several league executives are already wondering if Colangelo would eventually persuade Sixer's ownership to hire his son, Bryan, a former general manager with the Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns, into a high-ranking team position. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--despite-front-office-change--76ers-discussing-extension-for-coach-brett-brown-222754461.html 52 comments nba
- "Kerr, Welts and current Warriors player development coach Bruce Fraser-all of whom worked closely with the 41-year-old Nash when he was playing in Phoenix -- are among Nash's closest friends in the league and ultimately persuaded him to consider joining the NBA reigning champions as a part-timer." http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13664255/steve-nash-talks-part-consultant-golden-state-warriors 29 comments nba
- Reddit Cofounder Calls on Google's Larry Page to drop support CISPA-- the only way we can beat CISPA at this point is to persuade Google to oppose it. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/reddit-opposes-cispa/ 569 comments technology
- The Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled Out of Control -- Sheriff's Death Is an Alarm Bell: The death of a West. Va. sheriff should persuade the federal government to put the necessary resources into fighting this epidemic http://www.alternet.org/drugs/prescription-pill-epidemic-has-spiraled-out-control-sheriffs-death-alarm-bell 4 comments politics
- "Gun-rights advocates, led by the NRA, have successfully campaigned against firearm registries [and] helped persuade Congress to make it tougher to study...firearm trafficking, stymie scientific research...and create restrictions that force U.S. law enforcement to record gun sales on microfiche." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-13/gun-lobby-helps-block-data-collection-by-crimefighters.html 35 comments moderatepolitics
- Arsenal must do everything they can to persuade Robin van Persie to remain at the Emirates Stadium - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9109947/arsenal-must-do-everything-they-can-to-persuade-robin-van-persie-to-remain-at-the-emirates-stadium.html 42 comments soccer
- To the people leaving this flyer on the doors in our neighborhood: stay the fuck of our lawns and thanks for helping me persuade my wife to let me purchase my concealed weapon! http://weyou.us/z/22g 3 comments reddit.com
- Obituary: Mietek Pemper --- Polish Jew, born 1920. Friend of Oskar Schindler. Secretary to commandant of Plaszow labour camp, Amon Goeth. Persuaded Schindler to save Jews from Auschwitz by employing them to build arms for Nazis. Drew up "Schindler's List" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8578020/mietek-pemper.html 115 comments worldnews
- Aipac has persuaded more than three-quarters of the members of the US House of Representatives to sign a letter calling for an end to public criticism of Israel. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&ct3=maa4aegbuabqanvzegf3&usg=afqjcnfzmyw_e7bpgi9liaqam4gb-57_iq&cid=8797523972237&ei=mvoys-cghzwo8ashioyoag&rt=section&vm=standard&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2010%2Fmar%2F30%2Fus-israel-lobby-pressure-obama 5 comments politics
- "By calling a modern politician like Obama a communist, the Republicans have invited eye-rolling and alienated the most important voters - the persuadable ones," - interesting analysis of Obama's political strategy. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-obama-moved-in-for-the-kill-20100329-r85u.html 35 comments politics
- FBI broke law in phone searches by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or by persuading phone companies to provide them http://www.reuters.com/article/idustre60i0kb20100119 5 comments politics
- GM posts huge loss, Exxon posts huge profit.... Wasn't it the lobbying of gas companies that persuaded these automakers to stop the electric car production? http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/01/news/companies/general_motors/index.htm?cnn=yes 44 comments business
- Mr. Romney was not there to defend freedom of religion. He was trying to persuade Christian fundamentalists that he is sufficiently Christian for them to support him. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07fri1.html?em&ex=1197176400&en=20b583cb55ceb4ab&ei=5087%0A 3 comments politics
- krugmanhow: "How to Persuade a Health Care Apologist that many of us are actually Getting Screwed" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/opinion/09krugman.html?n=top/opinion/editorials%20and%20op-ed/op-ed/columnists/paul%20krugman 2 comments reddit.com