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Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday. She was 96. The queen, who was coronated in 1953, spent more than 70 years as the head of the British royal family. One of Queen Elizabeth II’s many royal duties as queen was paying tribute to the rich history of England’s sporting culture. A number of athletes and professional sports leagues issued statements and paid tribute to the queen on Twitter following news of her death. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your… Source link

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Share Tweet Share Email As the global economy makes its bounce back after dealing with the impacts of Covid-19 restrictions, advertisers and digital marketers are finding themselves in clear air. Leading the charge is Yahoo, coming off the back of its recent acquisition by Apollo Global Management. Mediaweek spoke to head of global revenue & client solutions at Yahoo, Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, when she made her way from New York City to Sydney for AdWeek. It’s been a big 12 months for Yahoo,… Source link

The Democratic Party’s effort to pass a social spending package, formerly known as Build Back Better, is now stretching into its second year with advocates still holding out hope it could happen via a slimmed down version in the months ahead. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) suggested that there may be a consensus forming on how to at least pay for it. During an event at the progressive Center for American Progress, Warren said that her push to impose a minimum tax on the income that… Source link

Don’t miss CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says it’s time for the U.S. to create its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). Warren spoke with NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press Reports,” scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. NBCUniversal shared a partial transcript of the conversation with CoinDesk. “So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, ‘We could… Source link

It’s no surprise that Elizabeth Holmes’ co-defendant and former boyfriend, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, came out swinging against her Tuesday in opening statements to his criminal fraud trial, defense lawyers say. “Sunny Balwani did not start Theranos. He did not control Theranos,” Balwani’s attorney, Steve Cazares, told jurors in opening arguments, The New York Times and other media organizations reported. The description of Balwani’s role countered that of prosecutors, who Source link

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on three counts of criminal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud Monday, with a jury unanimously finding her guilty of illegally fleecing investors out of millions of dollars through her startup blood diagnostics company.  The jury deadlocked on three counts of wire fraud, and she was found not guilty on four counts of defrauding patients. Holmes, 37, turned toward the judge and jurors as the judge’s deputy read the… Source link

A federal jury has said it has failed to reach a unanimous verdict on three of 11 counts in the criminal case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was accused of defrauding patients and investors in a blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billion. During a proceeding Monday where Holmes was present, both her attorneys and prosecutors agreed that Judge Edward Davila could bring in jurors so he could read a jury instruction encouraging deadlocked jurors to continue… Source link

After four full days of deliberations in the fraud case against Elizabeth Holmes, no verdict was reached by the time jurors were excused on Thursday afternoon. Deliberations in the case, which includes more than 900 exhibits and testimony from 32 witnesses, including Holmes herself, resumed Monday following a three-day weekend due to a court holiday Friday. Deliberations are scheduled to resume at the federal courthouse in San Jose on Tuesday, starting at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Holmes, 37,… Source link

A big question is on the minds of jurors, prosecutors, and maybe even Elizabeth Holmes and her defense team, as government lawyers come close to wrapping up their fraud case: Will the fallen Silicon Valley entrepreneur take the stand to defend herself? There’s no easy formula to arrive at a decision, criminal trial attorneys tell Yahoo Finance, though some critical considerations are bound to weigh in. “The biggest risk that you can take at trial as a defense lawyer is to call your client… Source link