Sources: PC Magazine
A government investigation uncovers corruption at recruitment centres in 11 regions with 112 criminal proceedings opened. Bribes averaged around US$6,000 for a medical certificate granting an exemption from military service. 2023-08-12
Armed bandits kidnap a negotiator who had been sent to pay the ransom by the parents of the remaining students being held in captivity. The bandits had demanded nearly US$73,000. 2021-07-25
Nvidia announce that they are acquiring Arm Holdings, the market-dominant designer of smartphone processors, for US$40 billion in the semi-conductor industry's largest-ever deal. 2020-09-13
A US federal judge orders PricewaterhouseCoopers to pay US$625.3 million compensation to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The judge rules PwC negligently caused losses to F.D.I.C. by failing to uncover fraud during audits of Colonial BancGroup. Colonial, one the nation's 25 largest banks, and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, the 12th-largest mortgage broker in the US, both collapsed in August 2009 as a result of fraud between the two. F.D.I.C. was the receiver for Colonial. 2018-07-2
A court in Istanbul issues a warrant for the seizure of MV "Vitaspirit", a Maltese tanker that crashed into a historic waterfront mansion on the Bosphorus on April 7, until the mansion's owners receive US$50 million. 2018-04-10
The largest U.S. broadcaster, iHeartMedia, owner of 850 radio stations, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating US$20 billion in debt. 2018-03-15
"Star Trek Into Darkness" earns an estimated US$70.6 million during its opening weekend in the US and Canada. 2013-05-19
Google agrees to pay $7 millions to settle a privacy lawsuit over the handling of wireless data. 2013-03-12
A group of Asian finance ministers announce a new US$700 million bond fund to promote the issuance of local bonds because of the guarantee the new funds would provide potential investors. 2010-05-2