scheme
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Former worker Hayley Baddiley has called for the ceramics industry to be included in the British Industry Supercharger scheme - which provides relief from electricity costs for firms in sectors like steel and chemicals.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Federal officials allege a visa-fraud scheme in Louisiana involved law enforcement manufacturing false crime reports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The center of the scheme, authorities said, was Chandrakant “Lala” Patel, the friendly owner of a Subway and other small businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The 19-page document, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, provided details about Amazon’s alleged price-fixing scheme, largely derived from emails between Amazon and the vendors who sell products on its site.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
To write down a number with this scheme, all an Egyptian scribe had to do was record groups of these symbols.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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