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• Former NYU, Yale official pleads guilty to stealing money meant for equity programs

  03-03-2024 10:00 via foxbusiness.com
  
  An academic equity official has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions from New York University and using the money for personal expenses and an $80,000 pool at her luxe Connecticut home from funds that were supposed to go to women and minority businesses.Cindy Tappe, 57, pleaded guilty Monday, according to Manhattan prosecutors.After stealing the funds, she landed a new job as operations director at the Yale School of Medicine. The Ivy League school fired her after the charges became public.NYU
  
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• Trader Joe's steamed chicken soup dumplings recalled, could contain pieces of hard plastic

  03-03-2024 04:33 via foxbusiness.com
  
  One of Trader Joe's fans' most beloved products was recalled because it may have been contaminated with hard plastic from a permanent marker pen.According to the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), over 61,839 pounds of Trader Joe's Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings were recalled on March 2.The California-based grocery chain said that the recalled products were sold nationwide.The problem was discovered after some consumers complained about hard plastic in t
  
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• Boeing, Alaska Airlines hit with $1B lawsuit filed by 3 Flight 1282 passengers

  03-03-2024 03:03 via foxbusiness.com
  
  Three passengers who were on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 when a door plug blew out mid-flight on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet in January have filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the airline and Boeing. Kyle Rinker and his girlfriend Amanda Strickland were seated just two rows diagonally behind the teenager who had his shirt sucked off when the door plug flew off, their attorney Jonathan Johnson, an aviation law specialist, said in a press release this week. Kevin Kwok, who was also sit
  
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• With Flovent inhaler off the market, some parents face challenges in getting generics for kids with asthma

  03-03-2024 01:49 via foxbusiness.com
  
  After Flovent, one of the most popular inhalers for treating childhood asthma, was discontinued this past January, some parents are reporting challenges in obtaining the generic versions of the medication.Both versions are identical medications and manufactured by the same pharmaceutical company, GSK, which is based in London."Effective Jan. 1, 2024, and subsequent to the availability of these authorized generics, GSK will discontinue manufacturing branded Flovent HFA (all strengths) and branded
  
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