Tag: Contracts and orders
Actor indicted in $227M Ponzi scheme involving film rights
LOS ANGELES — An aspiring actor was indicted Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of running a massive Ponzi scheme that solicited hundreds of...
US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies...
Gap to sell Intermix clothing chain to private equity firm.
NEW YORK — Gap Inc. has signed a deal to sell the upscale clothing chain Intermix to private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners.
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Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shots
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production...
UN program inks Moderna deal on 500M doses, starting in Q4
GENEVA — Moderna and vaccine promoter Gavi have announced a firm deal by which the pharmaceutical company will provide up to 500 million doses...
Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Friday it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections...
Jags draft UGA’s Campbell, raise questions about Henderson
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A day after landing Clemson’s most dynamic offensive playmakers, the Jacksonville Jaguars turned their attention to the other side of the...
Late taxes another troubling sign for electric truck startup
CLEVELAND — The failure of an Ohio-based electric truck startup to pay $570,000 in real estate taxes due in early March is yet another...
Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response
DENVER — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be converted to...
The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved
BOSTON — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a...