investigation
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Two co-defendants charged as part of the same investigation were jailed in June.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said Monday she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a shadowy cyber unit of the IRGC, the Islamic republic's ideological army, over the attacks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Nvidia’s board has opened an independent investigation into whether Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence operation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Nvidia shares showed signs of recovery after hours, rising more than 1% following heavy losses Monday as investors responded to an internal investigation into Chief Executive Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Colin, what if he hauls me off to Cleveland? Will you and Marion continue the investigation? Will you write to me? What if we get locked inside this closet?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
“Usually investigations are an outgrowth of an election; this time it was the point,” said Simpson Thacher partner Rafi Prober, co-head of the firm’s congressional-investigations practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
In a statement posted on LinkedIn on Monday, Megaspeed said investigations by U.S. authorities and others found “no evidence of any violations concerning the illicit transfer of chips or any illegal activities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
For 30 years, Novaya Gazeta published investigations into corruption, human rights violations and abuse of power in the country.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the investigations subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, made a similar request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
And Sherlock Holmes says he will stay in London, but he travels to Devon secretly and does investigations of his own.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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