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Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty’ in civil fraud case, but his business will still get slammed

Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty’ in civil fraud case, but his business will still get slammed

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented financial figures to get cheaper loans and other benefits. Still, Trump got slammed hard, facing big cash penalties, outside supervision of his companies and restrictions on his borrowing. In a pretrial ruling last year, the same judge threatened to shut down much of… Source link

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Google Answers How Long It Takes To Recover From Algorithmic Penalty

Google Answers How Long It Takes To Recover From Algorithmic Penalty

In a recent Google SEO office-hours Google answered the question as to how long it takes to recover from an algorithmic penalty that arose from content quality issues. Google’s new office-hours format doesn’t allow for follow-up questions, resulting in answers that lacks nuance and are less helpful than the old format where the Googler can ask clarifying questions. For example, we have no idea if the “algorithmic penalty” that is referenced in the question means that the site… Source link

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NCLAT directs Google to pay 10% of Rs 1,337.76 cr CCI penalty

NCLAT directs Google to pay 10% of Rs 1,337.76 cr CCI penalty

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday directed Google to pay 10 per cent of the Rs 1,337.76-crore penalty imposed on the tech giant by fair trade regulator CCI. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters A two-member bench, however, declined to grant any immediate stay the operations of Competition Commission of India (CCI) penalty and said it would pass any order after hearing out other parties. The appellate tribunal has issued notices to CCI and directed to list the matter on… Source link

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ESPN’s Troy Aikman suggests the NFL ‘take the dresses off’ after controversial ‘MNF’ roughing penalty

ESPN’s Troy Aikman suggests the NFL ‘take the dresses off’ after controversial ‘MNF’ roughing penalty

ESPN analyst Troy Aikman used a sexist trope during the Chiefs-Raiders game on Monday night after another brutal roughing the passer penalty. (Isaiah J. Downing/USA Today) ESPN “Monday Night Football” analyst Troy Aikman was, understandably, upset after a bad roughing the passer call right before halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ 30-29 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s easy to understand why. Yet right before play resumed, Aikman made a sexist comment during the broadcast. “I hope… Source link

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Google Answers If Core Update Ranking Losses Are A Soft Penalty

Google Answers If Core Update Ranking Losses Are A Soft Penalty

Google’s Office Hours Hangout featured a question about algorithm updates and whether the rankings of a negatively affected site is suppressed by a “soft penalty.” The person asking the question made reference to a soft penalty, which is a phrase that’s been around for several years but isn’t really a thing. They also make reference to suffering from a “flag” that’s been assigned to their site, which alludes to Google having marked the site in some way, as in flagged. Here is… Source link

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Nick Saban thanks reporter for heads-up about ‘Horns Down’ penalty vs. Texas

Nick Saban thanks reporter for heads-up about ‘Horns Down’ penalty vs. Texas

You might have heard Alabama head coach Nick Saban has a somewhat tenuous relationship with reporters, but he was grateful for at least one of them on Wednesday. During a news conference ahead of Alabama’s road game against Texas, a reporter asked Saban how he addressed the possibility of a “Horns Down” penalty against the Longhorns. Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks had confirmed the hand gesture mocking Texas’ own signature gesture would continue to be a taunting penalty earlier in the… Source link

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Nick Kyrgios gives away point to Daniil Medvedev with ridiculous penalty

Nick Kyrgios gives away point to Daniil Medvedev with ridiculous penalty

Nick Kyrgios faced a chance to break Daniil Medvedev in the third set of their fourth-round US Open showdown on Sunday. Instead, he did this. After having a point secured when Medvedev popped up a return short of the net, Kyrgios crossed over to Medvedev’s side of the court and slammed the ball to the ground. He then pointed in the air and smiled. Why? Only Kyrgios knows. But he appeared to take great pleasure in the move. It was illegal, of course. You can’t hit an opponent’s ball before it… Source link

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Tom Brady gets first unsportsmanlike penalty for arguing

Tom Brady gets first unsportsmanlike penalty for arguing

Everyone already knew Tom Brady got away with a lot of talking to officials during a game, mostly complaining about non-calls against him.  Officials probably didn’t like hearing Brady brag publicly about how much they let him get away with.  A couple days after Brady said that he gets away with “talking smack to the refs when I don’t think I get the right call,” he got the first unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of his career, according to NBC’s Al Michaels. Los Angeles Rams linebacker Von… Source link

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