Billionaires’ share of global wealth soars during pandemic

The share of global wealth of the world's richest people soared at a record pace during the Covid pandemic, a report on inequality showed Tuesday. Since 1995, the slice held by billionaires has risen from one percent to three percent, according to the World Inequality Report. "This increase was exacerbated during the Covid pandemic. In …

CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart helped fuel an opioid epidemic | Reuters

Nov 23 (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found that pharmacy chain operators CVS Health Corp (CVS.N), Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA.O) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N) helped fuel an opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties, in the first trial the companies have faced over the U.S. drug crisis. Jurors in Cleveland federal court concluded that actions by the pharmacy …

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s ‘fraud arrest’, falsified trial data, and the media blackout | HeraldScotland

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla's 'fraud arrest', falsified trial data, and the media blackout | HeraldScotlandPfizer CEO Albert Bourla's 'fraud arrest', falsified trial data, and the media blackout | HeraldScotland IN one of the more bizarre twists of the pandemic so far, you may have read that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was arrested during an FBI …

Former Barclays CEO, Jeffrey Epstein, and Snow White

Former Barclays CEO reportedly exchanged 1,200 emails with Jeffrey Epstein For example, the two reference “snow white” in a short, two-message exchange referring to a conversation the men already had in person, the FT reported, citing one of the people familiar with the matter. The regulators haven’t yet determined the significance of the phrase, a …

Inside the US Military’s Secret Undercover Army – Newsweek

The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called "signature reduction." The force, more than ten times the size …