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Caroline Chen (ProPublica) 11 January 2022
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   On a visit to Hong Kong, ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen encountered a 21-day quarantine, a bevy of COVID tests, universal masking and, finally, a fear-free family holiday.   As I walked off the jet bridge into Hong Kong...

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IANS 04 January 2022
With youngest billionaire Elizabeth Holmes being found guilty of defrauding investors as founder and CEO of healthcare company Theranos in the US, her partner and the company's COO, Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani, now faces his own fraud trial for the same charges, which is set to begin in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 January 2022
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high-profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood-testing start-up, say reports. Theranos, a health technology...

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IANS 31 December 2021
Led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world's 10 richest people added nearly $402.17 billion (India has a forex reserve of about $635 billion) in 2021.   According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk added $121 billion to his net worth in 2021, becoming the world's richest man who...

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Max Blau  and   Lylla Younes (ProPublica) 21 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   The world’s largest chemical maker, BASF, produces ingredients for America’s most popular products, from soaps to surface cleaners to dishwasher detergent. Emissions from their U.S. plants elevate cancer risks for an estimated 1.5...

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Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke  and   Jeff Ernsthausen (ProPublica) 16 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   In the early 1900s some of the wealthiest Americans claimed their fortunes would never last through the generations. A century of tax avoidance later, the dynasties are going strong.   President Franklin D. Roosevelt pounded...

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IANS 16 December 2021
As the Internet faces one of the most serious vulnerabilities in recent years putting millions of devices at hacking risk, attackers are now making thousands of attempts to exploit a second vulnerability involving a Java logging system called 'Apache log4j2'.   The description of the...

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Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger  and   Jeff Ernsthausen (ProPublica) 13 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   When the Kentucky Derby allowed spectators to return this spring, after the pandemic had curtailed attendance in 2020, the mood was euphoric. Under cloudless skies, ladies swanned about in colorful broad-brimmed hats and gentlemen...

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Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel  and   Jeff Ernsthausen (ProPublica) 10 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.   After the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig...

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IANS 09 December 2021
The Italian Competition Authority on Thursday fined e-commerce giant Amazon $1.3 billion (1.1 billion euros) for using its dominance in the online shopping world and harming competing operators in the logistics space via its 'Fulfilment by Amazon' (FBA) service.   The antitrust...

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IANS 08 December 2021
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who was massively trolled for laying off 900 employees over a Zoom meeting call last week, has finally issued an apology to his employees, for the embarrassing act that made headlines globally and hundreds of memes on social media platforms.   In a letter...

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Stephen Ross, Donald Trump  and   Kelcy Warren (ProPublica) 08 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Donald Trump and other ultrarich Americans have earned billions, but they’ve also managed to repeatedly avoid paying any federal income tax by claiming huge losses on their businesses. Here’s a tale of two Stephen...

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Sachin Sathyarajan (The Leaflet) 07 December 2021
Amidst the growing concerns surrounding the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 and the knee-jerk travel bans in the after-effects, SACHIN SATHYARAJAN argues that the TRIPS waiver is the need of the hour.    The Omicron variant, declared as a “variant of concern” by the World Health...

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IANS 06 December 2021
Lawyers in the UK and the US on Monday initiated coordinated legal campaigns against Facebook, now known as Meta, on behalf of Rohingya Muslims for its alleged role in facilitating the genocide perpetrated by the Myanmar regime and extremist civilians against the Rohingya...

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IANS 03 December 2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Gita Gopinath, currently chief economist of the IMF, is set to succeed Geoffrey Okamoto as the institution's First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) early next year.   "Especially given that the pandemic has led to an increase in...

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Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica) 01 December 2021
This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Students and scholars from China who criticize the regime in Beijing can face quick retaliation from fellow students and Chinese officials who harass their families back home. U.S. universities rarely intervene.   On the...

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IANS 01 December 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, even as dozens of countries have already introduced such restrictions.   Although Omicron has been labeled a "variant of concern" by the...

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Nikhila Natarajan (IANS) 30 November 2021
Jack Dorsey, the maverick behind making Twitter the world's go-to social platform to rant, laud, troll or play simple catch up, is moving on.   Confirming long-standing speculation that he would, @Jack, Dorsey's handle for 18 years, enigmatically said: "not sure anyone has heard but,"...

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IANS 29 November 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that the government will ban the entry of all foreign nationals in principle from Tuesday amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.   Kishida told local media that the decision was made to avoid the worst-case...

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IANS 29 November 2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is all set to introduce a new anti-troll Bill that would force online social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to reveal the identities of anonymous users, in an effort to crack down on online trolling.   According to ABC News...

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