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Swiss authorities are investigating a series of bizarre deposits.Investigators in Geneva are trying to understand why two Spanish women flushed roughly €100,000 (0,000) down toilets at a UBS bank branch and three nearby restaurants.Vincent Derouand of the Geneva Prosecutors' Office said the first incident involving cut-up €500 bills occurred in May.Security camera footage led investigators to the two Spanish women. Derouand said that a lawyer for the women confirmed the cash belonged to them."It may be illegal [cash] and they tried to get rid of it," Derouand said. "We have to check where the money is coming from."Derouand declined to identify the women."This is a strange story," he said. "It does not happen often."UBS declined to comment on the cash found at the Geneva branch, citing the ongoing investigation.The European Central Bank plans to kill off the €500 note next year because of concerns that it "could facilitate illicit activities."Europe's top law enforcement agency says the note (worth about 0) is often used by money launderers because of its unusually large denomination and portability. Plus, using cash helps criminals keep transactions and savings anonymous.In a 2015 report, Europol said cash was still the "instrument of choice" for terrorists and €500 bills were in high demand.Switzerland was long known for banking privacy laws that made it possible for banks to refuse to hand over their customers' data to authorities.But in recent years the country has agreed to start sharing financial information with outsiders, including the European Union and the U.S. 1610

Taylor Swift is spreading the wealth this holiday season and helping some of those struggling to make ends meet during the coronavirus crisis.The pop star donated ,000 to two mothers who¡¯ve fell behind on rent and other bills amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to multiple reports.NBC News and Billboard report that Swift decided to donate to the struggling mothers¡¯ GoFundMe pages after reading about their situations in an article by The Washington Post.One of the mothers, Nikki Cornwell, told The Post that she was ,000 behind on rent and she feared that she¡¯d be evicted right after Christmas. The Nashville-based mom says she lost her factory job in March and came down with COVID-19 in May. She had been receiving 5 a week of unemployment, but that just ended.According to Cornwell¡¯s fundraising page, Swift donated to her on Wednesday and wrote that she¡¯s brave for sharing her story.¡°I'm so sorry for everything you've had to go through this year and wanted to send you this gift, from one Nashville girl to another. Love, Taylor,¡± wrote Swift with her donation.The second mother, Shelbie Selewski, lives in Macomb County, Michigan. She told The Post that she was ,100 behind on rent and utilities after losing her job as a medical receptionist. In order to make ends meet, the mom says she had to sell some of their belongings.Along with their financial troubles, Selewski told The Post that her new baby was born with a collapse lung, which puts the child at high risk for COVID-19.Like with Cornwell, Swift donated to Selewski through a crowdsourcing page.¡°No one should have to feel the kind of stress that's been put on you. I hope you and your beautiful family have a great holiday season. Love, Taylor,¡± wrote Swift. 1753

Stocks are tanking, and the tech world's richest executives are losing billions.Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are getting hammered as investors sell their shares and retreat into safer territory.The founders, CEOs and top investors in those companies are losing money quickly.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has lost roughly billion since his net worth and peaked in early September at 8 billion, according to?the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Amazon's stock (AMZN) has dropped more than 25% since then and is currently trading around ,500 a share, leaving Bezos with a 6 billion nest egg.It's not all bad news for him: Bezos is still the world's richest person.On Tuesday, Bezos and wife MacKenzie donated 0 million to two non profits that aim to end homelessness in America. It's part of the pair's pledge to donate? billion to fund existing nonprofits that help homeless families and to create a network of preschools in low-income communities.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's wealth is also taking a beating. He's lost roughly billionfrom his peak worth in late July and is now worth billion. He ranks as the seventh richest person in the world.Facebook has been rocked this year with a cascading series of problems, including a proliferation of hate speech on its platform, Russian political interference and the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.Facebook's (FB) stock has lost 40% of its value since July and is currently trading around 0 a share. The company continues to struggle with?executive departures and damaging expos¨¦s.Like Bezos, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan,?have pledged 99% of their wealth to their organization for philanthropic needs. They also recently donated 4 million to another nonprofit.Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who still owns 1% of the tech company, has lost billion from his high in early October. He's still worth roughly  billion and ranks as the second richest person the world, according to Bloomberg. 2066

The American Red Cross is now checking all blood donations for coronavirus antibodies, instead of just searching for recovered patients. The organization is calling it a ¡°game changer.¡±¡°We can then not only inform that donor of the testing results that we've identified COVID-19 antibodies in their blood, but also use that product as convalescent plasma to help patients who are ill with COVID-19 in the hospital,¡± said Dr. Pampee Young, Chief Medical Officer at the American Red Cross.Early results from the National Institutes for Health show the plasma can make a big difference for severely sick COVID-19 patients. And data from these new tests will help those researchers working to better understand the virus.The Red Cross says the need for whole blood donors is constant, but plasma is more unpredictable.Over the summer, plasma supplies ran low after unprecedented infections and demand in some states.Now, they're asking more donors to step up to restock for another potential surge in the fall and winter.¡°Because we can¡¯t predict the demand, we want to ensure that we have enough inventory, because what really saves lives are the units that are on the shelf, not something that we need to collect once we realize there¡¯s a need,¡± said Young.The Red Cross has taken additional safety steps during the pandemic. That includes making an appointment.You can sign up online at RedCrossBlood.org or by using the blood donor app. 1444

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