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Why Do Celebrities Keep Getting Sued for Their Instagram Posts?
Jennifer Lopez, Gigi Hadid, Justin Bieber and other stars are being saddled with six-figure lawsuits for sharing photos…of themselves.
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Facebook's Libra Currency Battered by Defections, Pushback
Facebook faces a rough road ahead with Libra, but defections by high-profile partners are still unlikely to spell the end for the digital currency.
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Prosecutors Say Man Cheated Delta Frequent Flyer Program
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta say the managing partner of a Chicago travel agency fraudulently accumulated millions of points in a Delta Air Lines frequent flyer program.
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Pittsburg Woman Convicted of Embezzling $250k From Employer
A Pittsburg woman who embezzled nearly $250,000 by tracing her employer’s signature onto checks and used a company credit card to pay her daughter’s phone bill was convicted Thursday by a Contra Costa County jury.
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Impossible Foods, Others, Use Partners to Expand
After months of shortages, Impossible Foods is partnering with a veteran food production company to ramp up supplies of its popular plant-based burgers. The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is partnering with OSI Group, an original supplier to McDonald’s and one of the world’s largest food producers. OSI, based in Aurora, Ill., will immediately begin production of the Impossible Burger at...
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College Admissions Scandal: Who is Rick Singer?
The man in the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal could go to prison for 65 years and pay a fine of more than a $1 million.
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Tesla CEO's Buyout Bid Raises Eyebrows, Legal Concerns
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seeking relief from the pressures of running a publicly held company with a $72 billion buyout of the electric car maker, but he may be acquiring new headaches with his peculiar handling of the proposed deal. Almost everything about the deal is outlandish, from Musk’s out-of-the-blue disclosure in a nine-word tweet to the assertion that...
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Scottish Hospital Is Ready to Treat Cryptocurrency Addiction
A Scottish hospital is ready to begin treating people with cryptocurrency addictions, NBC News reported. Castle Craig Hospital, a residential rehab center that treats alcohol, drug, behavioral and gambling addictions will now treating crypto-addiction within its gambling program, the center’s website says. The compulsive need to check the price of cryptocurrency or to make trades can turn into an all-consuming...
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Uber CEO Aims to Pare Losses and Get ‘the Love Back'
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is focused on cutting the company’s massive losses and “getting the love back” after a year of damaging revelations about the ride-hailing service’s sometimes heartless treatment of its employees, drivers, regulators and rivals.
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Panama Hotel Votes to Drop Trump, But His Company Won't Go
An attempt to oust President Donald Trump’s hotel business from managing a luxury hotel in Panama has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct. Trump Hotels is contesting its firing, and its staff ran off a team of Marriott executives invited last month to visit the property during a search for a new hotel operator, according to two people familiar...
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Apple Embarks on Emmy Quest With Big Bet on Video Streaming
Television is one of the few screens that has Apple hasn’t conquered, but that may soon change. The world’s richest company appears ready to aim for its own Emmy-worthy programming along the lines of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
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Houston's Businesses Inching Back to Work as Waters Recede
More than a week after Harvey poured more than 4 feet of rain on Houston America’s fourth-biggest city is striving to reopen for business.
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Trump's New Communications Director Isn't New to His Ways
After three people tackled the assignment with limited success, the job of keeping President Donald Trump on message has for now fallen to Hope Hicks, a young former public relations aide and political neophyte who entered his orbit not knowing the ride would eventually take her into the cutthroat world of Washington politics. Word of Hicks’ promotion — she already...
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New $28.75 Charge to Visit Elvis' Grave During Vigil Upsets Fans
For nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating his death, without paying a penny.
This year, on the 40th anniversary of the rock n’ roll icon’s death, it’s going to cost them $28.75.
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Trump to Nominate Richard Spencer for Navy Secretary
President Donald Trump says he’s found a new candidate for the civilian post of Navy secretary.
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Border Wall Bids Include Tourist Attraction, Solar Panels
Tuesday was the deadline for companies to propose designs for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will ask several of the bidders to build prototypes in San Diego. The government won’t identify companies until contracts are awarded around June 1 — and even then, only the winners — but some bidders released plans on...
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Stock Rally Sputters After Vote on Health Bill Is Delayed
After a promising start, U.S. stock indexes gave up an early rally and ended mostly lower Thursday after Republicans delayed a vote on their health care bill and left investors concerned about delays for the business-friendly agenda of President Donald Trump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose as much as 96 points just before 1 p.m., but doubts about the...
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New A's Team President Committed to Oakland Ballpark
The Oakland A’s new team president David Kaval says he’s committed to keeping the team in Oakland.
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Lew Wolff Stepping Down as Managing Partner of the Oakland Athletics
Lew Wolff is stepping down as managing partner of the Oakland Athletics, the team announced in a press release.