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Belgium extradites Russian accused of financing ISIS from inside EU
Belgian authorities have extradited a 30-year-old Russian citizen at the request of Russia’s law enforcement agencies, the FSB said in a statement on Saturday. The man, identified as Ali Gekhaev, a radical Islamist, is accused of rendering financial support to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). He had lived in the EU since 2015, according to […]
New investigation says partner in Trump’s Toronto hotel raised financing after sending $100 million to a Putin-controlled bank
Mike Cassese/Reuters FT: Trump’s business partner on the Trump Toronto tower paid a $ 100 million commission to a middleman with Kremlin links to help facilitate the sale of a stake in a Russian steel mill. The stake was sold for $ 850 million and some of that money may have gone to the Trump […]
That 3D-printed rocket company just got $35 million in private financing
Enlarge / Hello, Aeon 1 rocket engine. (credit: Relativity Space) Relativity Space aims to not only 3D print its rocket engines, but nearly all of the booster itself. And now it has raised a considerable amount of money for a company with just 17 employees. On Tuesday, Relativity Space announced an additional $ 35 million […]
Mueller is reportedly investigating Jared Kushner’s efforts to seek foreign financing for his family’s business
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating contacts between White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and foreign investors during the transition period, CNN reported. In particular, Mueller is investigating Kushner’s interactions with a Chinese government-linked company that was close to investing in the Kushner family’s real-estate property at 666 Fifth Avenue. The new […]
Cardiac Biomarker Company Critical Diagnostics Completes $8.5 Million Financing and Announces Two Promotions
PRESS RELEASE: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 3, 2018– Critical Diagnostics, makers of the Presage® ST2 Assay and ASPECT-PLUSTM ST2 Test, both used to help physicians in the management of heart failure patients, today announced it completed an $ 8.5 million equity financing from a consortium of industry-related investors. Proceeds will be used to continue global commercialization […]
DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Apple Watch adding EKG monitoring feature — Theranos gets $100 million in financing — Accenture and Roche partner to improve tumor board solution
Welcome to Digital Health Briefing, a new morning email providing the latest news, data, and insight on how digital technology is disrupting the healthcare ecosystem, produced by BI Intelligence. Sign up and receive Digital Health Briefing free to your inbox. Have feedback? We’d like to hear from you. Write me at: aaouad@businessinsider.com WHY APPLE IS LOOKING TO BUILD EKG MONITORING INTO WATCH: Apple is developing […]
Duma ratifies international convention on countering terrorism financing
Published time: 14 Jul, 2017 11:45 The Russian lower house has ratified the convention on the confiscation of illegal funds and on countering the sponsorship of terrorism, introduced by the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism […]
Qatar’s rejection of Arab states’ ultimatum & denial of terrorism financing ‘shockingly naive’ – UAE
Accusations by the Arab quartet which imposed a blockade against Qatar over the monarchy’s alleged support of terrorism are baseless defamation, the country’s foreign ministry said. The UAE termed Doha’s arguments weak and shockingly naive. “The State of Qatar’s position on terrorism is consistent and known for its rejection and condemnation of all forms of […]
The ambitions of VR and AR developers don’t match their financing needs
EXCLUSIVE: Virtual reality and augmented reality are still in their infancy. But with hundreds of companies, tens of thousands of employees, and over $ 4 billion in investments to date, the industry is taking a big swing at the future success of VR and AR. Despite all this movement, there are signs that not all is […]