Published 6 days ago Congress has passed a massive new COVID-19 relief package. Besides providing funding to help Americans, it also includes a law that bumps up the designation of illegal streaming from a misdemeanor to a felony. Deadline describes the rule as “felony streaming” which could land someone in prison for as long as 10…...
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Chen Zhijun, CEO of Orangeflag Finance Service Co, was sentenced to life behind bars for fraud over illegal fundraising, involving over 2.2 billion yuan (US$336.8 million), the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court said yesterday.Six accomplices were jailed from three years and six months to 13 years and six months.Between 2013 and 2017, the 48-year-old Shanghainese and his wife, Zhang Guiying, promised…...
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MEXICO CITY—Mexico is home to the world’s most powerful drug cartels, who have terrorized the country for years. But the country is poised to try something different in tackling the gangs by legalizing at least one of their products: marijuana. Mexico is set to become the world’s largest legal cannabis market as its Congress wraps…...
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President Trump says he wants most Americans to receive $2,000 checks from the federal government. So does the Democratic-led House of Representatives, which voted Monday to bump up the total from $600 per individual, as allocated by the $900 billion pandemic stimulus bill that Trump grudgingly signed on Sunday. Even some Senate Republicans are on…...
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For so many of us, the person of the year is Nothing. The thing that killed mom or laid out the elementary school teacher was Nothing. Nobody saw it. Either dad tracked nothing home from the grocery store or there was a fatal amount of Nothing smeared all over the produce. Maybe it was on…...
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Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre shares some of the most popular scams that arise during the festive season The spirit of the holidays is a time of giving for most but, for scammers, it is a time of taking, said a press release from the OPP. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre highlights the most popular holiday scams so…...
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Lori Loughlin has been released from prison after serving two months for her role in the college admissions scandal. The American actress, who stars in Netflix’s Fuller House, was released in the early hours of Monday morning from the federal prison in Dublin, California, where she had been serving her sentence.Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli,…...
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Even as America hits low ebb with an out-of-control pandemic and staggering economic pain, there is, at least, the comfort that the nation can wrest itself out of its current situation if only it can find the political will. As we wait for most Americans to be vaccinated, there is overwhelming evidence that mask-wearing, social…...
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Shopify’s soaring success leads to the dark side of scams and counterfeit goods, move theatres are going through quite the digital transformation, and the latest way to be judged for your taste in music is finally here!It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Thursday, December 24, and I’m…...
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These costs cannot always be budgeted and planned for. SynopsisThe total legal costs as disclosed by 78 of the Nifty-100 companies have increased at a compound annual growth rate of 10% in the past five years.ET Intelligence Group: Ten of India's leading companies together spent nearly Rs 10,000 crore towards legal costs in FY20. As…...
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