Securities and Exchange Commission
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Bitcoin on track for longest monthly winning streak in more than a year
- Markets
- December 28, 2020, 11:27
Bitcoin is on track for its longest monthly winning streak in more than a year after touching a record above $28,000 (€22,930) over the weekend. The(...)

Twitter faces $250m fine over new data privacy issue
- Technology
- August 4, 2020, 11:32
Twitter has confirmed that it is under investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for potentially misusing people’s personal information t(...)

Draining the swamp? Trump in spree of clemency for rich white men
- US
- February 19, 2020
US president Donald Trump, citing what he said was advice from friends and business associates, granted clemency on Tuesday to a who’s who of white-co(...)

Long-hyped smart fridges will never run out of milk or data
- Media & Marketing
- January 21, 2020, 06:00
Smart fridges have long been the go-to example of how the Internet of Things is going to magically eliminate all tiny annoyances from our domestic liv(...)

Elon Musk plays down ‘pedo guy’ tweet as Thai rescue defamation case opens
- Technology
- December 4, 2019, 10:07
It all boils down to what, exactly, Elon Musk meant when he called a British cave explorer “pedo guy.” In a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, Mr Musk and (...)

WeWork IPO filing shows group lost almost $700m in first half
- Work
- August 14, 2019, 13:18
The We Company, which owns WeWork, on Wednesday filed with regulators for an initial public offering and published detailed financial statements for t(...)

Kraft Heinz shares slump on new writedowns and falling sales
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 8, 2019, 18:28
Kraft Heinz, the Warren Buffett-backed food company, has disclosed another $1.2 billion (€1.07 billion) of write-downs, on top of the $15 billion char(...)

Facebook to pay $5bn to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal
- Technology
- July 24, 2019, 15:21
Facebook has agreed to pay more than $5 billion (€4.48 billion) to settle its cases with US regulators over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The(...)

Amazon faces investor pressure over facial recognition
- Technology
- May 22, 2019, 09:26
Facial recognition software is coming under increasing scrutiny from civil liberties groups and lawmakers. Now Amazon, one of the most visible purveyo(...)

The saga of white-collar crime at blood-testing start-up, Theranos, only came to light when whistleblowers called time on the company’s dubious practi(...)