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The U.S. Justice Department announces that they have brought 718 law enforcement actions costing $836 million in COVID-19 fraud during the pandemic.
2023-08-23

Brent Crude oil reaches its highest price since its 2014 peak, at $99 per barrel, amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
2022-02-23

The United States will contribute $64 million to the United Nations' famine prevention effort in Afghanistan.
2021-09-13

The UK's national debt exceeds £2 trillion ($2.61tn) for the first time, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
2020-08-21

Indian Minister of Power R. K. Singh announces that India will halt the importation of US$2.8 billion worth of Chinese power equipment due to heightened tensions between the two nations.
2020-07-3

Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, denies all charges of embezzling more than $50 million in public funds. Kamerhe, who appeared before a court for two hours wearing prison fatigues and a surgical mask, could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
2020-05-11

Discovery Communications announces it will acquire Scripps Networks Interactive for US$ 14.6 billion.
2017-07-31

Nike agrees to pay a combined $2.4 million to consumers of Nike+ FuelBand over false advertising.
2015-07-26

Dublin-based generic drugmaker, specialty drug supplier, and medical imaging agent producer Mallinckrodt Plc increases its presence in U.S. hospitals by buying privately held Ikaria Inc, a maker of a respiratory drug and its delivery system, for $2.3 billion from a group of investors led by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. The deal includes INOmax, which is the only approved product to treat hypoxic respiratory failure in infants through nitric oxide.
2015-03-5

South Korean company Samsung Electronics says that they have $56 billion in cash and plan to use some of it for mergers and acquisitions.
2015-02-17