Neri Oxman, billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s wife, accused of plagiarism in MIT dissertation

[ad_1] Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has been a vocal critic of Harvard’s recently resigned president, Claudine Gay, over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of antisemitism on campus. Now his wife, Neri Oxman, has been accused of similar plagiarism in her own MIT dissertation.  A Business Insider article published Thursday alleged Oxman plagiarized parts of…

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PepsiCo products are being pulled from some grocery stores in Europe over price hikes

[ad_1] PARIS — Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lay’s potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery chain said it pulled PepsiCo products from shelves in France on Thursday and added small…

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Tesla recalls over 1.6 million vehicles in China to fix automatic steering, door latch glitches

[ad_1] BEIJING — Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million Model S, X, 3 and Y electric vehicles exported to China for problems with their automatic assisted steering and door latch controls. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced the recall on Friday. It said Tesla Motors in Beijing and Shanghai would use remote upgrades…

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Young voters in Bangladesh dream future free from political chaos as nation goes to vote

[ad_1] DHAKA, Bangladesh — At a technology center in Bangladesh’s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding issue. Many of them make the daily trip to Dhaka on the shining new metro rail while scouring their smartphones for the latest on social media. For decades, political battles in Bangladesh have been fought on…

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