A whistleblower who warned regulators about Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is now accusing General Electric of misleading investors, sending the company’s stock on a downward spiral. Investigator Harry Markopolos accused GE on Thursday of engaging in accounting fraud worth $38 billion, saying the company is hiding massive losses and heading for bankruptcy. The issues he […]
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New Jersey’s largest city faced off in court Thursday against an environmental group seeking to force officials to expand the distribution of bottled water to more residents facing potentially high lead levels. The arguments in federal court came days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Newark to begin issuing bottled water to residents served
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Image copyright Alamy Image caption Have Didcot’s concrete towers blighted or complimented the beautiful landscape around them? Beautiful to some, a blot on the countryside to others, Didcot Power Station’s monumental cooling towers have dominated the landscape of rural Oxfordshire for decades. But they will produce clouds of dust rather than steam when they are
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Image copyright Getty Images The debate over the future of running Britain’s rail network flared up once more this week. While the government tepidly defended its system, unions and passengers united to attack it as prices were hiked again above the government’s own preferred measure of inflation. Even the Department for Transport called the current
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On Wednesday evening, a phalanx of Amazon employees known as “FC ambassadors” began tweeting again about how great it is to work at Amazon. When the ambassadors see others on social media discussing the brutal working conditions at Amazon fulfillment centers, its anti-union actions or anything else unflattering about the company, they step in to
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Daniel Cormier has always seemed to have the endgame all figured out. The UFC heavyweight champion has everything in place for a satisfying, fulfilling life after mixed martial arts. A loving family. A burgeoning career in broadcasting. Varied business interests, including a couple of Los Angeles barbershops and a poke restaurant in Miami. Even more
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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Corey Lewandowski: fired Trump campaign manager, pugilistic politico, lobbyist. Future U.S. senator? Mr. Lewandowski is reportedly considering a campaign in New Hampshire to challenge the Democratic incumbent, Senator Jeanne Shaheen. And ahead of a rally there tonight,
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Noah Centine-oh-my-god, Netflix has announced the release date for the “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” sequel. The streaming service revealed that the follow-up to the hit teen romance film “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P. S. I Still Love You,” based on the book of the same name by Jenny Han,
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The Latest on the outlook for the Colorado River (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Conditions on the over-taxed Colorado River have improved dramatically over the past year, but not enough to stave off voluntary cutbacks for some water users in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. A federal report released Thursday says the water level in
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is safe and in a hospital for evaluation after his plane crashed in east Tennessee, the NASCAR television analyst and retired driver’s sister tweeted. Earnhardt’s sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted that the driver’s wife, Amy, and 15-month-old daughter, Isla, also were on the plane along with two pilots. “Everyone is safe and
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