probe
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France is probing possible foreign interference after a passenger ferry was infected with malware that could allow the ship to be remotely controlled, the interior minister said Wednesday.
From Barron's
A group of creditors holding bonds backed by car loans recently asked a bankruptcy court to probe what Tricolor’s bank lenders may have known about problems at the company before its collapse.
Debate over bonus payments for aviation safety workers is part of the broader fallout from the 43-day government shutdown, with federal officials also probing workers’ attendance and airlines’ compliance with mandated flight restrictions.
Following the post, Dana-Farber sought to retract six studies and correct 31 other papers as part of a probe involving several of its researchers.
At the same time, it is calling for antidumping probes of Chinese rivals and for a “Europe First” approach to public tenders that would favor local vendors, Heckendorf said.
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