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Booker Prize finds new funder in billionaire Sir Michael Moritz

2019-02-28 01:01:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz steps in after the literary award's previous sponsor withdrew.

Facebook sticks by Gawker attack funder

2016-06-02 13:45:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Facebook says the billionaire who is helping people sue Gawker Media - threatening the publisher's future - will stay on its board.

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ExxonMobil, Funder of Climate Change Deniers

2015-12-02 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: It's been an interesting time watching the ExxonMobil attempt to defend its track record on climate science, in the wake of revelations that it had bone fide climate scientists properly studying the issue since the 1970's. The #ExxonKnew investigations by Inside Climate News and the LA Times have had ExxonMobil's head of PR, Ken Cohen, furiously tweeting, writing letters, and appearing on news programmes to defend his company's honor. "Our company's work to help understand the role that man-made...

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Hip implant maker claims surgical funder inflated patients' bills

2015-09-28 08:05:50| Biotech - Topix.net

A unit of Johnson & Johnson that makes artificial hips has accused a surgical funding company of seeking excessive profits from financing surgery for patients suing over the devices. The claim by DePuy Orthopaedics marks the first time that a device maker in the multibillion-dollar litigation over faulty hip replacements has publicly raised concerns about the controversial business of surgical funding, which has increasingly become a part of mass litigation over medical devices.

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