Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Juul, the San Francisco e-cigarette startup that city officials want to kick out, is trying to buy a 29-floor office tower in the heart of the city

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E-cigarette startup Juul Labs is reportedly in talks to purchase a 29-floor building in downtown San Francisco as it struggles to house a...

Googlers across the country are staging a big 'sit-in' because they say organizers of November's sexual harassment walkouts were retaliated against (GOOG, GOOGL)

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Google employees in offices around the world are staging a May Day "sit-in" on Wednesday to protest what they say are instances...

A Norwegian Cruise Line employee sexually assaulted an 11-year-old passenger after using a master key to enter her cabin, a lawsuit alleges (NCLH)

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A new lawsuit alleges that a Norwegian Cruise Line employee sexually assaulted an 11-year-old passenger. In 2018, a steward on Norwegian...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

A drugmaker allegedly used free Las Vegas trips, fancy dinners, spa treatments, and Starbucks gift cards to bribe doctors to sell more of its expensive drug

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A company now owned by the $1 billion drugmaker Mallinckrodt allegedly paid doctors and their office staff "bribes" to increase ...
Friday, April 26, 2019

The FBI reportedly just raided microbiome-testing startup uBiome as part of an investigation into improper billing

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The FBI raided microbiome testing startup uBiome's San Francisco offices on Friday.  The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Here's why Facebook is paying a fine of $3 billion to $5 billion (FB)

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Facebook is estimating that it could be subject to a $3 to $5 billion fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to the company...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tim Cook said Apple's fight with the FBI in 2016 was a 'very rigged case,' and he wishes it went to court (AAPL)

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Apple CEO Tim Cook was interviewed by visiting Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs at the TIME 100 event on Tuesday. Gibbs asked Cook about pr...