here in the skies over the country, there have been increasing air incursions. a powerful snow storm brings the us capital to a standstill with hundreds of thousands losing electricity and schools closing in the southeast of the country. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was billed as a potential revolution in healthcare but was itjust a massive case of fraud? a usjury has found elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. prosecutors said the 37 year old convinced them that small machines developed by theranos could detect certain diseases with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick. in a moment we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict, but first our north america tech reporter james clayton on how theranos was founded. we d like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that t
#0u # ou pretty things, don t you know you are driving your mama and six years after his death, david bowie s estate sells his entire catalogue of songs for more than $250 million. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was built as a potential revolution in healthcare or it was a massive case of fraud. a usjury has found elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors after prosecutors said she had swindled private investors between 2010 and 2015. the 37 year old did that, they said, by convincing those investors that small machines developed by theranos could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but first, our north america tech reporter on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing.
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she was once the darling of silicon valley with her company at one point valued at $9 billion but now elizabeth holmes has been found guilty of fraud and conspiracy following a four month trial in california and awaits her sentence. the founder of the discredited blood testing company, theranos, was accused of lying to investors and retail customers by overstating what the firm s machines were capable of and the accuracy of its tests. holmes can appeal against the verdict in federal appeals court. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire. she rated a machine that she called the mike edison, that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinces a very prominent people. the pitch convinced some very important people. media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good ca
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