Tag: US
Cicilline: Congress Needs “The People’s” Help To Rein In Big Tech
Rep. David Cicilline (Democrat - Rhode Island) says passing antitrust regulation to rein in companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google is going to...
Mega Salt Producers Deal In The Works
K+S has signed an agreement to sell its North and South American salt business to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings and affiliates for $3.2 billion, reported...
Facebook Claims Gov Breakup Of Whatsapp & Instagram Defies Established Law
According to Facebook, a government effort to break up Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would defy established law, cost billions of dollars, and harm...
Playboy To Become A Public Company Via Merger
Playboy, the storied men’s magazine publisher turned prolific brand licensor, will return to the public markets after nearly a decade through a special-purpose acquisition...
House Dems Push To Breakup Big Tech
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, democratic lawmakers are expected to call on Congress to curtail big technology companies, possibly through forced...
JPMorgan Chase To Pay Nearly $1B In Record Spoofing Settlement
JPMorgan Chase admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay more than US$920 million to resolve US authorities’ claims of market manipulation involving two of the bank’s...
US Judge Halts Trump’s TikTok Ban, Hours Before Start
A federal judge on Sunday blocked President Trump's TikTok ban, granting a temporary reprieve to the wildly popular video-sharing app, reported the Wall Street...
House Votes To Restore The Application Of Antitrust Laws To Insurance...
The US House of Representatives voted Monday, September 21, in favor of legislation that would amend the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act and restore the ability...
Tyson, Perdue, Escape Antitrust Suit Over Immigrant Wages
Tyson Foods and other top poultry processors tentatively escaped a lawsuit alleging an industrywide scheme to depress the wages of their largely immigrant workforce,...
Senator Hawley Calls For Probe Into New TikTok Rival
Zynn, a rising TikTok-like service that pays its users, is drawing the attention of China hawk and Big Tech antagonist Sen. Josh Hawley (Republican...