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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by s_dev on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:48AM (#23639123)
It could happen anywhere -- the US has it's share of cowboys too. WeWork, Thanos etc. Ireland too has had a few cowboys.

Merkel might have to step in to clean this up -- it's embarrasing because of the number of German institutions that protected this fraud. The German Financial Regulator went after professionally accredited investigative journalists and seemed to indulge in other face palms.

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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by arnaudsm on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:51AM (#23639144)
Thanos, the famous Elizabeth Holmes' company that tried to kill the Avengers
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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by s_dev on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:28AM (#23639375)
Theranos. Certainly a hell of a typo.
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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by rudiv on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:39AM (#23639966)
With one snap of one's fingers, half the company's 'value' dies in an instant.
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Re:Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare by pkaye on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:46PM (#23645499)
Theranos didn't try to kill the Avengers though.
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