In a dismal year for most companies, a minority have shone: pharmaceutical groups boosted by their hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine; technology giants buoyed by the trend for working from home; and retail…
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Month: June 2020
WireCard CEO In A World Of Pain As Banks Force Margin Call On €150MM Stock-Pledged Loan
He may have avoided prison for the time being, but the financial pain for Markus Braun, CEO of the biggest corporate fraud in German history is just starting. According to Bloomberg sources, Braun i…
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Meet The 29-Year Old Short Seller Who Made Millions On Wirecard’s Downfall
As the FT reporters who kept the pressure on Wirecard in the face of legal threats, covert hacks, aggressive surveillance and other intimidation tactics (Germany’s financial regulator BaFin even laun…
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Seattle Official Peddles Conspiracy Theory That CHOP Shooting Was Right-Wing Attack
A leftist Seattle councilwoman who embedded herself in the front lines of the city’s George Floyd protests – which culminated in the establishment of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (now called the …
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Coronavirus live updates: Santa Clara County to open 2 free pop-up COVID-19 testing sites
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The outbreak of COVID-19 is having a major impact across the world but also in cities across Northern California. A shelter-in-place has been issued in the Bay Area, along with…
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