MARCH 20, 2019
The tip that triggered the investigation into the largest alleged collegiate entrance scam ever prosecuted came from a financial executive's last-ditch effort to squirm out of the crosshairs of federal authorities, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
The executive, identified by the Wall Street Journal as Morrie Tobin, was being investigated as part of a separate financial fraud...
MARCH 19, 2019
MUMBAI, INDIA - Anil Ambani’s not going to jail after all, and Ericsson AB got its money. The Swedish company’s lawyers should take a bow.
While the future of the Indian tycoon’s shrinking empire remains shrouded in uncertainty, at least questions over his near-term living arrangements got answered on Monday. Amm – while secured lenders wait patiently for RCom to...
MARCH 19, 2019
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates - Bloomberg
Bloomberg tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least $10 billion, making them decabillionaires. Now, the world contains two centibillionaires simultaneously.
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, has again eclipsed the $100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos in the exclusive...
MARCH 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government's authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.
The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative justices in the...
MARCH 19, 2019
Whitley Bay, UK - A full moon sets near Whitley Bay in the United Kingdom on February 19 as the sun begins to rise, ahead of the super snow moon on Tuesday evening. - Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/Zuma Press
The third and final supermoon of the year will light up the sky on March 20, closing out a...
MARCH 19, 2019
Used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S. aluminum companies are turning fewer of them into new metal, another indication of the economic challenges facing recycling.
Arconic Inc. and other aluminum rollers are producing less sheet for beverage cans and more higher-margin, flat-rolled aluminum for automotive and industrial components. Prices for used aluminum cans in the U.S....
MARCH 18, 2019
Since the UAE is a desert country and the weather is typically warm and sunny, rainfall is infrequent and does not last for a long period. It mostly rains during the winter period between December and March in the form of short downpours and occasional thunderstorms.
However, as early as mid-October last year, at the tail-end of summer,...
MARCH 18, 2019
Darrell Blatchley, above, found around 40 kilograms of rice sacks, grocery bags, banana plantation bags and general plastic bags in the stomach of the whale. - Darrell Blatchley/D' Bone Collector Museum Inc.
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES - A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of...
MARCH 17, 2019
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday (March 17) evening after a prolonged illness. Parrikar was 63.
Manohar Parrikar had tweeted for the last time on March 11, 2019. He had paid tribute to Goa's first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar on his birth anniversary.
Tributes to Goa's first Chief Minister Dayanand (Bhausaheb) Bandodkar on his birth anniversary. We...
MARCH 17, 2019
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. - Justin Sullivan
Google denied "working with the Chinese military" on Saturday after President Donald Trump publicly criticised the company in an evening message posted on Twitter.
"Google is helping China and their military, but not the U.S.," Trump said. "Terrible!"
The tech giant responded swiftly.
"We are not working with the Chinese military. We...
