Cheating scandals are not a new development in baseball. The latest seems unlikely to go away any time soon.
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Backstory To A Cheating Scandal
Subscription Bikes: Hazardous To Your Wealth
Consumers pay big bucks for Peloton bikes. To enjoy their fancy features, they have to keep paying.
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Elsie the Cow Goes Bust
A legend on Madison Avenue as well as down on the farm, Elsie the Cow faces unemployment as the dairy industry struggles.
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Exploiting Tragedy To Squeeze Apple
Investigators found evidence to conclude that a terrorist acted alone, but Barr pressures Apple to hack its phones anyway.
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Who Is An Alien?
The tax code still uses the archaic, demeaning term “resident alien.” Thanks to an editor’s fresh perspective, we don’t.
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A Data Law Of Unintended Consequences
An attack on a currency exchange firm exposes a vulnerability created, rather than fixed, by Europe’s data protection law.
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The 5 O’Clock Ayatollah
An ineffectual Iranian missile barrage almost created a Hollywood-style win-win, until tragedy struck a Ukrainian jetliner.
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Boeing CEO’s Delayed Departure
It is generally bad form to fire someone at the height of the holidays, but Boeing made a justified (and overdue) exception.
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Japan’s Justice, Ghosn Too Far
Chafing at their quarry’s cinematic escape, Japanese authorities plot a sequel where Carlos Ghosn’s wife plays a bigger role.
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British Faucets And American Chicken
Britain and America jointly pioneered the use of chlorine for public health, giving a modern poultry flap an ironic taste.
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