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SINGAPORE (July 29): The US Justice Department sent the strongest signal yet that it was prepared to take on technology giants such as Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, announcing a broad antitrust review into whether the companies are using their power t

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Nearly US$30 million ($41.5 million) of funds stolen from scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was used to buy jewellery for the prime minister's wife, including a rare 22-carat pink diamond set in a necklace, according

(June 16): The US Justice Department is seeking to recover US$540 million ($747 million) in assets -- including art works, jewellery and film rights -- that it says were purchased with funds misappropriated from Malaysia’s 1MDB wealth fund.

SINGAPORE (June 13): Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho is alleged to have pocketed US$300 million ($415 million) in less than a week after funds illegally siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) were used to finance the US$2.2 billion purchase of

LOS ANGELES (May 18): The producer of “The Wolf of Wall Street” is in talks with the US Justice Department to settle a lawsuit alleging the movie was funded by money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.

MUMBAI (Nov 30): In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud".

WASHINGTON (Nov 8): Preserve the US political establishment, or blow it up? That’s the question facing 226 million Americans eligible to vote for president Tuesday, with as many as 50 million having done so already.