NBA Gearing Up for A Unique Season
After a successful 2019-2020 campaign, the new-look NBA is looking to adapt similar COVID-related changes into a 2021 season.
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Can You Identify a Deepfake?
In the era of fake news, deepfakes are the application of artificial intelligence that has spilled into misinformation with the potential to exploit and target individuals online.
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The Economic Implications of Legalizing Marijuana
The looming decision regarding the legalization of marijuana during this election cycle is a major development to watch.
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The Perks of On-Campus and Off-Campus Housing
On-campus and off-campus living situations both offer different benefits for students, begging the question-which option works best for you?
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The Opioid Crisis: Another Pandemic Sweeping the Nation
For quite some time, Purdue Pharma has been regarded as a symbol of corporations profiting from America’s deadly addiction to opioid painkillers. Recently, the Justice Department announced a historic $8.3 billion settlement with the company. This fine is the largest such settlement ever reached with a pharmaceutical company. As part of the agreement, Purdue Pharma has agreed to plead guilty to three felonies. However, state authorities and several families who have lost loved ones to killer drugs believe that the Justice Department’s terms, including a $225 million civil settlement with the billionaire Sackler family that once ran the firm, are far too lenient.
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Google’s Antitrust Lawsuit
To many in the public, Google is a company they rely on nearly every day, from their business to personal life. Google has the biggest search engine including YouTube, the most used email service in the world, and finally, more recently a company’s step into the smartphone market. It can be easily said that Google has hands everywhere in the world of tech.
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Goldman Sachs Pleads Guilty to 1MDB Scandal and Pays $2.9B Fine
Last Thursday, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. agreed to pay a $2.9B fine to regulators for raising funds for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund tied to multiple cases of fraud and corruption. Dubbed as “one of the biggest financial scams in history,” the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has led one of the world’s largest investment firms to plead guilty after further investigations ensued.
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PayPal Sparks a New Cryptocurrency Trend for the Digital Wallet
The digital payment giant PayPal (PYPL) announced on October 21st that it is expanding its market by allowing its 346 million worldwide users to use their digital wallet to buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Starting in 2021, PayPal users will also use their cryptocurrency as a payment method to PayPal’s 26 million merchants.
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Preem Drops Out Of Controversial Expansion Plan
In 2016, a large oil company, Preem, applied for a permit in order to expand their Lysekil refinery on the west coast of Sweden.
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NCAA Football Continues to Struggle With Virus
The NCAA brought back college football and to say the least, it was not a foolproof plan.
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