Not far off...many Dr's offices double bill for annual wellness visits, claiming there was something discussed outside the parameters...Dr's purposely direct questioning so that the patient will discuss such things...very slimy practice.
According to the article, the process is basically about removing the lignin from the wood, not adding chemicals. The knife was coated in "food grade oil" to seal it, so I suspect there are no chemicals to worry about here.
According to an FT article I found[1] while digging up information about how mandatory the dividend is - it looks like minority shareholders are being given preference in receiving the dividend. Which makes a lot of sense if this was more of a PR stunt and less an effort to pull a bunch of company value into MBS's personal bank account.
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