東京地検特捜部は29日、日大理事長の田中英寿容疑者を逮捕した。同容疑者は、日大医学部付属板橋病院の建て替え計画などを巡り、医療法人「錦秀会」前理事長・籔本雅巳被告から少なくとも8000万円のリベートを受領した疑いが出ている。田中容疑者は受け取った現金などを申告せず、所得税約5300万円を脱税した疑いで逮捕された。田中容疑者は「現金は受け取っていない」と逮捕容疑を否認しているという（読売新聞、時事ドットコム、朝日新聞、産経新聞、東京新聞）。
すでに田中容疑者宅の家宅捜索で1億円を超える現金が見つ…
@satecoさんが科学研究費にまつわる話題をいくつかツイートしている。そのツイートによると、科学研究費でプリンターを購入したいと申請を行ったところ、お上から「この科研費研究以外の印刷に使ってはいけない」「他の研究に絶対に使わないということを証明できるなら買っても良い」と言われたりしたそうだ。このほかにもペットボトルのお茶代やコピー用紙などの費用の扱いなどで、研究室の頭脳がその分野の解決のために何日も使われていたりする模様。実際、こうした科学研究費の厳しすぎる運用条件に怒りを感じている現場の人は多い…
Credit card companies are seeking to push further into the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) market. American Express (Amex) announced today that it plans to partner with Opy, the U.S. subsidiary of Australian fintech Openpay, to allow all of its U.S. cardmembers to pay in installments for qualifying purchases in the healthcare and automotive segments. […]
Annual price growth hit 10% in November, up from 9.9% in October, according to Nationwide indexHouse prices in the UK continued their upwards climb in November, reaching double-digit growth again as demand remained strong after the end of the stamp dut…
We used to pay £400 but we suspect the cause is a recently installed smart meterWe are being pursued by Thames Water over a £1,000 bill which it alleges has accrued in six months. We suspect its recently installed smart meter is at fault, but three rec…
Trading card snafu let players essentially mint money from a free download.
Consumers logged online Monday and spent $10.7 billion, marking a 1.4% decrease from year-ago levels, according to data released Tuesday by Adobe Analytics. This year’s tally marks the first time that Adobe has tracked a slowdown in spending on major s…
ThreeFlow, which provides software for insurance brokers selling employee benefits, announced today that it raised $45 million in Series B funding. New investor Accel led the round alongside existing investors Emergence Capital, Equal Ventures, and First Trust Capital Partners. The Chicago-based company, formerly known as WatchTower, raised $8 million for its Series A round in […]
Fraudsters aim to exploit shoppers’ desire to save money, but follow these tips before splashing outBlack Friday and Cyber Monday aren’t only on shoppers’ and retailers’ radars – scammers take any opportunity they can to exploit our eye for a bargain, …
It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for poorly served European startups. But the reasons are fairly simple when you look at them. For starters, the US tech industry boomed in the last […]
