affair
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With the region under renewed focus following Huang’s admittance to having an affair with a former executive of Singapore-based cloud provider Megaspeed, the U.S. government will likely move “to close that route,” Burke said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Stocks recovered some since, but the shocking exit of former Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang this week following his affair with a suspected Chinese spy hit shares in Nvidia and caused more investor angst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
"I think it's pretty outrageous," 38-year-old Chen Yu-ting, who works in finance, said of Huang's affair with someone believed to have spied for Beijing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
How could the Nvidia CEO’s affair threaten US national security?
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Named interim chief executive Thursday after Huang resigned in the wake of two extramarital affairs, she must stabilize a company facing federal and internal probes while it searches for a permanent CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
While her feelings about Huang have changed as a result of the affairs, Hsieh said she would not remove the photos from her shop.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
He also told me: “Plus, you had a full-time job and still gave up all that time on dad’s affairs and got nothing for it. I just don’t want to give her anything.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Bill Gates of Microsoft and Jeff Bezos of Amazon had affairs exposed in the last decade.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
He smiled again, again kindly, and he said, “I am Miriam’s nephew, dear. I’m living here until I get her affairs in order.”
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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