as did my brother and most of my relatives. Using a long metal hook, I pulled hot steel rods off a roll line, then tied the bundle with metal wires. I knew steelworking was dangerous. Just weeks after I started, a twelve-year employee...
executives, and payment processors with crimes including bank fraud and violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. At around the same time, a civil suit was launched against the companies themselves[2], seeking $3 billion from them. The legal paperwork was filed with the U.S....
The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down. You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry
These days, it’s readily acknowledged that the USSR was evil, but it started with Vladimir Lenin promising “Peace, Land, and Bread!,” followed by the Cheka, forerunner to the Gestapo, Stasi, AVO, CDR, SABIN, and FBI. Why does this happen over and over down through history? How can...
One racist forum, Stormfront.org,has attracted a particularly violent membershipfrom all over the world since it was founded in 1995. Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, was a member for three years and emailed a racist manifesto to other members just hour...
He’s generally on target, as each of the three statistical claims are backed by the numbers. But Bloomberg can’t claim all the credit, in that the declines began before he took office and continued afterward; and experts including the FBI warn against using statistics...
It was just over seven years ago when Batman and Superman graced East Lansing with their presence. Do you remember when they filmed at the Broad Art Museum?
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Wearable company Jawbone was once valued at more than $3B. However, intense competition in the wearables market and a protracted legal battle with dominant incumbent FitBit resulted in considerable financial losses that ultimately sank the company. Jawbone, which was founded as AliphCom in 1999, ...
Frank Abagnale, an advisor to Trusona, was one of the world’s most wanted conmen 50 years ago. His story provided the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s 2002 filmCatch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as the FBI agent trying to stop him. After turning...