Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick. In 2015, Forbes had named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States on the basis of a $9-billion valuation of her company. In the following year, as accusations of fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes's net worth to zero, and Fortune named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".

The China National Highway 110 traffic jam was a recurring traffic jam that began to form on 14 August 2010 on China National Highway 110 (G110) and the Beijing–Tibet expressway (G6) in Hebei and Inner Mongolia, mostly between Jining District, Ulanqab and Dongsheng District, Ordos. The traffic jam slowed thousands of vehicles for more than 100 kilometers (60 mi) and lasted for 12 days. Many drivers were able to move their vehicles only 1 km (0.6 mi) per day, and some drivers reported being stuck in the traffic jam for five days. It is considered to be the longest traffic jam in recorded history. Continue reading →