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This is a list of Ponzi schemes, fraudulent investment operations that pay out returns to investors from money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned from the operation of a business .
The logo of Wells Fargo. The Wells Fargo cross-selling scandal was caused by creation of millions of fraudulent savings and checking accounts on behalf of Wells Fargo clients without their consent or knowledge due to aggressive internal sales goals at Wells Fargo. News of the fraud became widely known in late 2016 after various regulatory ...
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The U.S. government accused Microsoft of illegally monopolizing the web browser market for Windows, primarily through the legal and technical restrictions it put on the abilities of PC ...
Paid CEOs an average of. $8,321,300. in the last year of his directorship, more than 20% of all directors. Decreased CEO pay by an average of. $1,536,423. between 2008 and 2012, only 26% of directors decreased pay more. Shares of his companies decreased by. 72.0%. between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 5% of all directors.
A Ponzi scheme ( / ˈpɒnzi /, Italian: [ˈpontsi]) is a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. [1] Named after Italian businessman Charles Ponzi, this type of scheme misleads investors by either falsely suggesting that profits are derived from legitimate business ...
For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Leading medical groups recommend ...
Computer viruses generally require a host program. [5] The virus writes its own code into the host program. When the program runs, the written virus program is executed first, causing infection and damage. By contrast, a computer worm does not need a host program, as it is an independent program or code chunk. Therefore, it is not restricted by the host program, but can run independently and ...
QAnon [a] ( / ˈkjuːənɒn / KYOO-ə-non or / ˈkjuːænɒn / KYOO-an-on) is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. [1] [2] QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q".