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Dacia has extended its scrappage scheme in the UK to offer drivers money off a new car in its range. The deal will now run until the end of March 2018. Under the scheme drivers are encouraged to trade-in their older more polluting vehicles for a new lower emissions model in Dacia’s range. Both the […]
Published time: 3 Jan, 2018 11:24 Google’s tax optimization scheme moved 7 percent more money in 2016 than it did during the previous year, according to a Dutch regulator. The scheme saved the US tech giant at least $ 3.7 billion in taxes. The company uses subsidiaries in Ireland, Singapore and the Netherlands to shield […]
John Moore / Getty Images The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Robert Shapiro, alleging he bilked investors — many of them senior citizens — out of $ 1.2 billion as part of a Ponzi scheme. The SEC says it has frozen all remaining assets as it pursues its case, which includes […]
The DDoS attack that crippled the internet last fall wasn’t the work of a nation-state. It was three college kids working a *Minecraft* hustle. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a309e696be0701f2d320ea2/master/pass/Minecraft_3.jpg Feed: All Latest
The new PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds release on Xbox One should be reaching the UK right around now, meaning more players joining the game’s servers. This should help boost the amount of players online, meaning shorter wait times for those still queueing for a chance at PUBG on Xbox One. The initial download size has been confirmed at […]
Ford is extending its UK scrappage scheme into 2018 offering drivers more time to cash in on their old car. The American car giant was amongst the majority of manufacturers including VW and BMW offering motorists money off a new low emissions cars. Under the Ford scrappage scheme drivers can bag up to £2,000 off […]
An illegal immigrant’s plan to father a so-called “anchor baby” to stay in the US backfired after it emerged the mother of his child was his 15-year-old stepdaughter. He now faces multiple sexual assault charges and up to 90 years in prison. Horacio Alvarado, 32, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, insisted on a paternity test in 2015 […]
Kristaps Porzingis became the New York Knicks’ clear No. 1 player when they traded Carmelo Anthony. Porzingis has adjusted to the role better than imagined, averaging nearly 30 points per game for the 3-3 Knicks. Porzingis has been good enough to keep the Knicks competitive, which may change the way the team has to approach […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Media for Medical) The billionaire founder and majority owner of Insys Therapeutics was arrested Thursday on racketeering and fraud charges for an alleged nationwide scheme to push an extremely potent opioid drug containing fentanyl onto patients. According to the Department of Justice, John Kapoor, 74, of Phoenix, Arizona, used bribes, kickbacks, […]
Mark Lennihan/AP A Florida software engineer was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Friday. He was found guilty of scheming to help an illegal bitcoin exchange avoid having banks and regulators look into its activities. Yuri Lebedev was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan to 16 months in prison on Friday, according […]
