Tag: US
Amazon Exec Tried Lobbying Third-Party Sellers For Support Against Big Tech...
An Amazon vice president took to a popular forum used by third-party merchants to encourage them to reject landmark legislation targeting the power of...
US Antitrust Bill Sparks A Growth In Tech Lobbying
Amazon and Alphabet are spearheading what is shaping up to be the most intense political campaign by corporate America in recent history as part...
US Senators Look To Pass Antitrust Reforms Before Midterms
Advocates of recent antitrust proposals fear that if congressional leadership doesn’t usher it through before the midterms, or at least the end of the...
New US Suit Looks To Undo Schwab-Ameritrade Deal
Retail investors hit Charles Schwab Corp. with federal antitrust claims in Texas on Thursday, seeking to unwind its merger with TD Ameritrade over claims that the...
US Sheep Herders Sue Over Cartel-Like Wage Suppression
Sheep herders in the US have banded together to sue their employers, accusing them of operating an illegal cartel that artificially suppresses their wages,...
US Supreme Court Sides With Social Media Firms, Stops Texas Law
Social media firms like Facebook or Twitter got an important court victory after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling suspending a Texas law...
Twitter Fined $150M Over Improperly Selling User Data
Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million fine after federal law enforcement officials accused the social media company of illegally using peoples' personal...
US Senators Set To Present Bill To Regulate Crypto
A big effort to regulate crypto in the US could come with a bill to set roles for the two government watchdogs, a report...
OCC’s Comptroller: Crypto Economy Is Dependent On ‘Hype’
Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), told an audience at a crypto event on Tuesday, May...
US SEC Looking Into Musk’s Twitter Stake Purchase
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's disclosure of his stake in Twitter in early...
