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fromFortune
1 week ago

JPMorgan says Javice firms billed millions just for 'attendance' | Fortune

JPMorgan seeks to avoid $10.2 million of Charlie Javice's $74 million legal bill, calling millions in fees and expenses unnecessary and abusive.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Curious Case of Mike Lynch by Katie Prescott review the extraordinary story behind the Bayesian tragedy

At least two terrible ironies surround the death of Mike Lynch. One lies in the name of his superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of 19 August 2024. He had named the boat Bayesian to honour Bayes's theorem, a mathematical rule that helps you weigh up the probability of something given the available evidence, which served as Lynch's guiding light over the course of a tempestuous career.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

The new Battle of Hastings: Locals fight to save pier as sheikh' puts it up for sale

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
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fromWIRED
4 months ago

The Superyacht, the Billionaire, and a Wildly Improbable Disaster at Sea

A celebrated superyacht named Bayesian hosted owner Michael Lynch, newly acquitted in a major fraud trial, amid a dramatic predawn lightning storm.
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