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Josh Wander: Co-founder of failed Everton bidder charged with $500m fraud

Josh Wander: Co-founder of failed Everton bidder charged with 0m fraud

The co-founder of investment firm 777 Partners – which made an unsuccessful bid to buy Premier League club Everton – has been charged with defrauding lenders and investors of more than $500 million (£372m). Josh Wander, 44, lied and used fake financial documents to inflate the finances of 777, according to Manhattan federal prosecutors in the United States. A potential …

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Blue Origin only bidder for new VIPER lander award

Blue Origin only bidder for new VIPER lander award

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin was the sole bidder for a NASA task order that revived a canceled lunar rover mission. NASA announced Sept. 19 it had selected Blue Origin to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, to the moon’s south polar region in late 2027. The rover will fly on the second mission of Blue Origin’s Blue …

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Paramount bidder Skydance vows to end DEI policies and create CBS News ombudsman

Paramount bidder Skydance vows to end DEI policies and create CBS News ombudsman

Skydance, the entertainment company set to take over Paramount in an $8 billion merger, told federal officials this week that it will hire an ombudsman who will review “complaints of bias” at CBS News. The ombudsman will be in place for “at least two years,” Skydance general counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon said in a letter addressed to Federal Communications Commission …

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