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Apple, Microsoft, HP Among Companies Shunning GOP Convention
ABC News Apple hasn’t been a big cash donor to past conventions, although it gave $165,000 in computers and other tech gear for the 2008 GOP gathering and $140,000 worth of products to that year’s Democratic event. It also loaned iPhones to organizers of the … |
Florida Times-UnionBrown indictment alleges charity was slush fund for trips, luxury seats at events, car repairsFlorida Times-UnionIn their 53-page indictment, prosecutors allege Brown and a small group of her longtime confidants funneled tens of thou…
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Contributions surpass $375000 for shooting victim’s family
Daily Journal Online The campaign, posted on the Gofundme.com website, raised contributions for the family of Alton Sterling from some 13,000 donors in its first 23 hours. The scholarship campaign was launched by actress-writer Issa Rae, who describes herself on the … |
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Comptroller Calls Mayor’s Fundraising Group a ‘Slush Fund’
Observer It does not work for this city,” Stringer said today during a press conference announcing an unrelated audit into the Department of Finance. De Blasio’s fundraising has received plenty of scrutiny in recent … But even though he has decided to close … De Blasio fundraiser a “slush fund,” says fiscal watchdogNewsday |
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Contributions surpass $375,00 for shooting victim’s family
Daily Journal Online Protesters stand on cars as they congregate at N. Foster Dr. and Fairfields Ave., the location of the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge … |
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Americans Say Major Donors Influence Congress More Than Constituents
RTT News Gallup noted that the perception of influence over Congress is unrelated to party identification, as similar percentages of Republicans, Democrats, and independents said each of the groups has a major influence on congressional voting. “Americans’ … Americans: Major Donors Sway Congress More Than ConstituentsThe FINANCIAL |
New ScientistThree-parent-babies might have health problems in later lifeNew ScientistJose Antonio Enriquez, at the CNIC research institute in Madrid, and his team made this discovery in mice that had been specially bred to have mitochondria from a don…
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Meet T Rajkumar Rao, the man who built a Rs 75-crore illegal kidney trade
Firstpost The law stipulates all transplant centres to have a committee review donations of kidneys by living and unrelated people to make sure they are motivated by altruism rather than commerce. But illegal organ trade — of which that of kidneys is by far the … |
India WestSouth Asians Needed to Save Lives: Register as Marrow DonorsIndia WestFor a transplant to succeed, donors and recipients should have a matching set of genes called Human Leukocyte Antigens. About one-third of patients can find an identical se…
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New campaign-disclosure allegations leveled at Tim Eyman
The Seattle Times The investigation also found that the disclaimer tag on the ads listing the top five donors for the committee may have been incorrect. The complaint is what the PDC calls a citizen-action complaint, and the agency doesn’t make a decision on penalties … |