#Bears LB Roquan Smith ends hold-in, returns to practice

#Bears LB Roquan Smith ends hold-in, returns to practice

“Bears LB Roquan Smith ends hold-in, returns to practice” LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith is done sitting. The team’s 2018 first-round draft pick had been staging a hold-in while seeking a contract extension, attending practices without taking part, but he began to practice Saturday for the first time at this training…

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#China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings .1 billion

#China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings $8.1 billion

“China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings $8.1 billion” A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in jail and fined his Tomorrow Holdings conglomerate 55.03 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), a record in China. Xiao and Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally siphoning away public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and…

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#Fake-art whistleblower accused of possessing stolen works

#Fake-art whistleblower accused of possessing stolen works

“Fake-art whistleblower accused of possessing stolen works” George Lotfi was a rarity. Ranking among New York’s more venerable dealers in antiquities, he was also a prolific whistle-blower — cooperating with the New York City district attorney’s office to rat out sellers-and-smugglers who peddled treasures that had been looted, faked or ginned up with phony provenance. He…

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