More and more, we are seeing our country’s lawmakers attempt to take on different monopolies in the marketplace to strengthen the free and fair competition that is so important to our economic model h

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Show caption Travelers load their belongings into an Uber at the Los Angeles international airport. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA Uber Heavy spending on driver incentives pushes Uber to bigger-than

The accounting firm has been fined and ordered to pay over £2.75m in costs, for serious misconduct in its role in the 2011 sale of bed retailer Silentnight to a private equity group. An independent t

Musk has an interesting relationship with his self-image, as evidenced by his appearance on SNL as Wario. Like most of the super-rich, Elon Musk has one eye on his legacy, keen to shape how his huge

Hello Everyone, We are currently working on a social platform for mobile devices (ideally iOS and Android). We have designed the app in Adobe XD and have a flow of how the app (MVP) would look and fe

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As the story unfolded, more unusual things began to happen. There were extensive leaks to the media which he says "cast Ghosn in a particular light and was in favour of Nissan". This information, he c

Share A LinkedIn icon Share by linkedin An email icon Share by email KEY POINTS GM said quarterly earnings were dragged down by some $1.3 billion in warranty recall costs, including $800 million rela

Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during the Computex Show in Taipei on May 30, 2017. LONDON — Nvidia's $40 billion bid to buy U.K.-based chip designer Arm from Japan's SoftBank has s

The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. The venture

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The company behind Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Stride Rite and other shoe names is adding premium women's activewear brand Sweaty Betty to its portfolio as it expands its categories, geographies and onl

(CNN Business) Activision Blizzard is raking in the cash even as the fallout over a harassment and discrimination lawsuit threatens its enormous business. The gaming company behind hugely popular tit

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google approved 85% of employee requests to work remotely or relocate once its offices fully re-open, the company told staff Tuesday. Google is one the largest companie

The British insurer Prudential is working with the Asian Development Bank on a scheme to buy out coal-fired power plants in Asia in order to shut them down within 15 years. Its backers say the plan i

(CNN Business) Alibaba sought to reassure investors by unveiling a 50% increase in its share repurchase plans Tuesday while reporting somewhat mixed results. The Chinese online shopping behemoth has

A Frontier Airlines passenger was taped to his seat after he allegedly groped two flight attendants and punched another in the face on a Miami-bound flight from Philadelphia last week, according to a

Afterpay has been seen as a key indicator of the prospects for the niche no-credit-checks online payments industry that jumped in popularity last year as more users, especially young people, opted to

The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Aug 3 (Reuters) - E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) interfered

Square said late Sunday that its bitcoin-related investments had a $45 million drag on the company’s second-quarter operating income. That’s more than double its first-quarter impairment. The digital

PepsiCo announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell Tropicana, Naked and other North American juice brands to a French private equity firm. The deal with PAI Partners will net pretax cash proceeds of $3.

Tencent has said it would introduce measures to reduce children's access to and time spent on its Honor of Kings game. The company also said it plans to eventually roll out the policy to all of its ga

Pepsico's Tropicana juice is seen on display at a new Wal-Mart store in Chicago, in a January 24, 2012 file photo. Aug 3 (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc (PEP.O) unveiled a $3.3 billion sale of its Tropicana

A new study on U.S. oligopolies uses, according to its author, a “groundbreaking model" to more accurately measure competition in U.S. markets and the consequences for consumers “who are capturing a s

There's a new minimum wage on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs is giving its junior bankers a pay raise, the last major Wall Street firm to do so in a year where record deal-making activity has led to fier

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Young adults will be offered incentives to get jabbed by companies like Deliveroo (Picture: LNP) The Government is set to ‘bribe’ younger people to get jabbed with a ‘vaccines for vouchers’ scheme th

Summary ISM manufacturing index decreases to 59.5 in July New orders measure falls, employment gauge rises WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in July for

Summary First half profit $10.8 bln vs $4.3 bln in 2020 Profit rebounds mostly due to plunge in bad loan provisions Revenues squeezed as HSBC misses out on trading boom China regulatory crackdowns

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2021 /CNW/ — Today, FORTUNE announced the FORTUNE Global 500 for the 2020 fiscal year, ranking the world’s largest corporations by revenue. Walmart claimed the top spot for the eight

Zoom Agrees To Settle A Privacy Lawsuit For $85 Million Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP Zoom will pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users'

Afterpay has been seen as a key indicator of the prospects for the niche no-credit-checks online payments industry that jumped in popularity last year as more users, especially young people, opted to

Dublin, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Antidepressants Global Market Report 2020-30: Covid 19 Implications and Growth" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The globa

New York (CNN Business) Zoom Video Communications agreed to pay $85 million in a preliminary lawsuit settlement filed Saturday afternoon. The deal is in response to a class action lawsuit over users'

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustratin