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Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Resigns As Advisor To President Obama
– Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Resigns As Advisor To President Obama:
2016 has not been too kind to Elizabeth Holmes, the Steve-Jobs wannabe in charge of fraudulent Theranos. She has thus far been banned for 2 years from operating labs, removed from hosting fundraisers for Hillary and lost her entire net worth.
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Forbes Slashes Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’ Net Worth From $4.5 Billion To Zero
– Forbes Slashes Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’ Net Worth From $4.5 Billion To Zero:
It was just a matter of time: shortly after none other than “youngest ever billionaire” Elizabeth Holmes herself admitted that the technology of her “innovative” company Theranos had been effectively a fraud, when several weeks ago the company voided and restated years of test results, the valuation of the company has finally been adjusted to reflect the underlying value of the company. And Holmes’ own net worth. As Forbes reports today, after Elizabeth Holmes topped the Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion, today, the magazine lowered its estimate of her net worth to nothing.
Theranos, Forbes notes, had no comment.
This is what Forbes said:
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America’s Age Of Impunity
Authored by Jeffrey Sachs, originally posted at The Boston Globe,
The Panama Papers opened yet another window on the global system of financial corruption, showing how political leaders and businesses use shell companies in secrecy havens like the British Virgin Islands and many US states to evade taxes and hide corruption and other crimes. Yet the system of corruption depends on another factor beyond secrecy, one that is perhaps even more important: impunity. Impunity means that the rich and powerful escape from punishment even when their malfeasance is in full view.