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Calvey, the founder of Russia-focused private equity group Baring Vostok, was detained along with other executives in early 2019 on charges of embezzlement linked to mid-sized lender Vostochny. He and the executives deny the charges. “The court, unfortunately, didn’t or couldn’t understand substance of the case with no victim, no damage and no beneficiary,” Calvey told reporters outside the court after the more than 12-hour-long sitting was over. Calvey will not… Source link

Calvey, the founder of Russia-focused private equity group Baring Vostok, was detained along with other executives in early 2019 on charges of embezzlement linked to mid-sized lender Vostochny. He and the executives deny the charges. “The court, unfortunately, didn’t or couldn’t understand substance of the case with no victim, no damage and no beneficiary,” Calvey told reporters outside the court after the more than 12-hour-long sitting was over. Calvey will not… Source link

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal attorney for former President Donald Trump, was suspended Thursday from practicing law in New York. Giuliani, who was also a New York City mayor and U.S. attorney, had propagated baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and tried to persuade state legislators to override the will of the voters during the 2020 presidential election A New York appellate court found that “there is uncontroverted evidence that respondent communicated demonstrably false and… Source link

The NBA fined Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid $35,000 and suspended the Atlanta Hawks center Bruno Fernando one game without pay following the altercation between the teams in Game 6, the league announced on Sunday.  The 76ers and Hawks meet for Game 7 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Tipoff is 8 p.m. ET on TNT. Fernando was suspended for leaving the bench area during the altercation and will serve it on Sunday.  Embiid fined for ‘escalating’ situation  Embiid fell on top of the… Source link

The French Open, plus the three other Grand Slam tournaments, issued a joint statement Sunday announcing that world No. 2 Naomi Osaka has been fined $15,000 for skipping her media obligations following her Round 1 win against Patricia Maria Țig at Roland-Garros. Osaka was also warned about the consequences of continuing to skip media sessions, which could be a whole lot worse than a $15,000 fine. Osaka said last week that she would not participate in any of her contractually mandated media… Source link

Amid blowback over perceived preferential treatment for LeBron James, the NBA explained on Monday why it declined to suspend him for breaking the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.  James reportedly attended an event promoting a tequila brand alongside Drake and Michael B. Jordan prior to the Lakers‘ play-in game against the Golden State Warriors last week. The appearance reportedly violated the league’s COVID-19 protocols, but the league declined to suspend or isolate James for… Source link

Turns out Yermín Mercedes won’t be the only person punished in the aftermath of this season’s biggest unwritten rules controversy. Minnesota Twins reliever Tyler Duffey was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing behind the White Sox rookie in Tuesday’s game, the league announced Thursday. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was also suspended one game and fined for the pitch. Duffey is appealing the discipline, so he won’t serve the suspension now, but… Source link

The Los Angeles Sparks acquired wing Gabby Williams less than a week after the Chicago Sky placed her on the full-season suspended list. Williams appeared not to agree with the Sky’s decision to sideline her for the WNBA season with several social media posts pointing to her dissatisfaction. After the trade was announced, she tweeted this: Williams is part of the French national team’s preliminary roster for the Women’s EuroBasket 2021 qualifying tournament ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.  If… Source link

Google removed former president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign app from Google’s Play Store earlier Wednesday. It wasn’t removed for any of the many other reasons that Trump has been removed from the world’s largest platforms, but rather because it just didn’t work, Android Police reports. Prior to its suspension, the app provided campaign news, an event schedule, and ways to donate to the campaign, but at some point, it stopped working, prompting Google to take it down. Android… Source link

Many local businesses rely on their Google My Business (GMB) listing as a major online marketing tool. In fact, for a large group of small businesses, a GMB profile is their only form of internet marketing. Foolish? Yes. Risky? Yes. But for small local businesses that operate on a tiny marketing budget (or even no budget at all), a free GMB profile is often the only online marketing strategy they have. When they run into issues with Google My Business, those issues can literally put them out of… Source link