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The Arms-to-Iraq affair concerned the uncovering of the government-endorsed sale of arms by British companies to Iraq, then under the rule of Saddam Hussein.The scandal contributed to the growing dissatisfaction with the Conservative government of John Major and the atmosphere of sleaze that contributed to the electoral landslide for Tony Blair's Labour Party at the 1997 general election.
A section of the Iraqi supergun from Imperial War Museum Duxford. The "Supergun" affair was a 1990 political scandal in the United Kingdom that involved two businesses, Sheffield Forgemasters and Walter Somers, Gerald Bull, members of parliament Hal Miller and Nicholas Ridley, the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, a failed prosecution and components of a "supergun" (as newspaper headlines had ...
Matrix Churchill's directors were prosecuted in 1991 by Customs and Excise for breaching export controls. The trial did not go well for the government. The trial judge overturned the government's use of public interest immunity certificates intended to suppress some critical evidence (purportedly on grounds of national security).
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In April 2017, a Norfolk, Massachusetts, jury awarded a jewelry store over $34,000 after it determined that its competitor's employee had filed a false negative Yelp review that knowingly caused emotional distress. [144] In December 2019, Yelp won a court case that challenged the company's explanation of how its review recommendation software ...
The first one is part-way through the first sentence; The Churchill Machine Tool Company was the manufacturing subsidiary[1] of Charles Churchill & Co Ltd that was founded by the New England-born[2] Charles Churchill (b. 1837 - d. 1916).[3]
A further revival of the company name took place: a company formed as Churchill Atlantic (Manchester) Co Ltd, company registration number 01469025, had been incorporated in 1979 and in 1999 was renamed The Churchill Machine Tool Co Ltd; [102] two years later, in April 2001, it also failed and went into receivership. [103]
[5] [6] In July 2009, Matrix raised Matrix IX fund with $600 million. [7] As of 2018, the firm has raised eleven U.S venture capital funds and five China focused funds. [8] In November 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported that Matrix Partners is a major investor in Chinese semiconductor firms, raising U.S. national security concerns. [9]