87 m. ago US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction

Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandalA US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars while operating her failed blood-testing startup, once valued at $9bn, rejecting her multi-year appeal. The court also upheld the conviction of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, once Holmes’s romantic partner and president of Theranos.A three-judge panel for the 9th US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco rejected claims of legal errors at their separate trials held in 2022. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago ICC urged to investigate Biden for ‘aiding and abetting’ Gaza war crimes

US-based nonprofit Dawn also accuses ex-secretary of state Antony Blinken and ex-Pentagon chief Lloyd AustinA US-based nonprofit organization has urged the international criminal court to investigate former president Joe Biden and two of his cabinet members for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.The request, submitted by the Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) last month but made public by the group on Monday, urges the ICC to investigate Biden, as well as former secretary of state Antony Blinken and former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, for their “accessorial roles in aiding and abetting, as well as intentionally contributing to, Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Unforgotten theme tune: real life love story behind haunting track

ITV's Unforgotten murder investigation is concluding but there is one other question nagging everyone

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3 h. ago Steven Gerrard 'welcome' at Rangers with 49ers to clear permanent boss hurdle as Barry Ferguson 'knows' his status

It has been a whirlwind 24 hours at Ibrox with Philippe Clement shown the door and Ferguson named as interim biss

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4 h. ago Dairy company plans £90m investment and 90 jobs at Lockerbie site

The investment would have an impact on other Arla sites across the country.

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4 h. ago Apple announces $500 billion investment in US amid tariff threats that could affect the iPhone

Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas

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4 h. ago BMW committed to UK investment despite £600m funding pause, says minister

BMW announced it is delaying investment into its Oxford plant over the weekend, pointing to ‘multiple uncertainties facing the automotive industry’.

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5 h. ago Livingston MP welcomes £200m investment in Grangemouth refinery

The investment, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, will be delivered through the National Wealth Fund and aims to unlock private sector investment to ensure Grangemouth remains a hub for clean energy and skilled jobs.

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5 h. ago Incorporated Trades of Kirkcudbright honour the bard at their annual Burns Supper

Convener Ian D Swan welcomed a full house with guests from Irvine, York and Newcastle in the audience.

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5 h. ago Women are more likely than ever to invest. Here’s six tips to get started

New data shows some women are powering ahead as investors

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6 h. ago German election winner to welcome Netanyahu despite ICC arrest warrant

Israeli prime minister’s office describes Friedrich Merz’s gesture as ‘overt defiance’ of international court

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7 h. ago Apple announces $500bn in US investments over next four years

Spending ranges from new AI server factory in Texas to film and TV content and may add 20,000 jobsApple said on Monday it would spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.That $500bn in expected spending includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to US filming of television shows and movies for its Apple TV+ service. The company declined to say how much of the figure it was already planning to spend with its US supply base, which includes firms such as Corning that makes glass for iPhones in Kentucky. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this weekBP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.The chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, is poised to tell shareholders that the oil and gas company is scrapping its target to increase renewable generation 20-fold between 2019 and 2030 to 50 gigawatts, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Apple announces $500B investment in America including 20,000 new jobs and a new AI factory in Texas

The Silicon Valley tech giant pledged its 'largest-ever spend commitment' after Trump pushed companies to shift their manufacturing back home.

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7 h. ago Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reformCalls to toughen Lords rules as it is revealed one in 10 peers are paid for political adviceWhat is the House of Lords and what do peers do?A Guardian investigation into the House of Lords raises questions over the accountability of parliament’s second chamber, with revelations about how a string of peers are benefiting from commercial interests.One in 10 members have been hired to give political or policy advice, according to their own declarations, and others do paid work for companies that could conflict with their role as legislators. The findings expose weaknesses in the Lords code of conduct and raise questions about whether the rules on lobbying and paid employment should be tightened in line with restrictions signed up to by MPs.Nearly 100 members of the Lords are paid to give political or policy advice by commercial firms.A Labour peer offered access to minist...

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8 h. ago LA’s urban farmers pledge to rebuild and replant ‘even more than ever before’ after devastating wildfires

The January blazes wiped out a thriving communal food pathway unique to the Altadena neighborhood, but farmers are starting to plan for its renewalIn Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed’s Altadena backyard, beehives produced pounds of honey, copious amounts of fruit and vegetables were harvested, and hens laid plenty of fresh eggs. A couple of pygmy goats and a pair of 100-pound tortoises, Layla and Manju, roamed the urban farm, keeping the weeds trimmed, the compost turned and the soil alive with microbes, much to the delight of the hundreds of visitors who have enjoyed free tours and home-cooked meals since the couple began offering them in 2020.Passersby were often drawn to the Chatterjee-Sayeed residence since the lush butterfly-filled parkway next to their home has served as a free communal garden for more than a decade. Neighbors were welcome to stop by for persimmons, guavas, nopal pads, herbs and varieties of citrus. “We’d get 100 to 200 pomegranates and just hand them out to wh...

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8 h. ago Kilmarnock boss eyes up Rangers shock and insists home form can help top six bid

Killie welcome Rangers to Rugby Park on Wednesday night hoping to bounce back from a weekend loss to Aberdeen

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8 h. ago Rutherglen MSP insists investment from Scottish Government is reducing NHS waiting lists

The SNP’s Clare Haughey spoke out after new figures showed a 16.1 per cent drop in waiting times in NHS Lanarkshire for scoping procedures, a 14.9 per cent drop for ophthalmology waits and a 9.3 per cent drop for orthopaedics.

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8 h. ago Apple announces $500 billion US investment including huge AI factory

Official announcement comes after Donald Trump and Tim Cook were rumoured to have met – and ahead of potentially substantial tariffs on Apple’s products

Economics

8 h. ago Trump's Justice Department enforcer has long shrugged off criticism of aggressive style

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, has plowed through norms and niceties, whether scolding FBI leadership for “insubordination” in refusing his request to hand over the names of agents who investigated the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol or forcing out attorneys who worked those cases

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