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'What the U.S. Feared Is Coming True: Huawei and Xiaomi Push China’s Chip Empire Beyond Fantasy, Defying All Sanctions' - Daily Galaxy
China’s tech giants are defying expectations, making surprising strides in the semiconductor race.
Jul 23


'Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite rise in sewage spills' - The Telegraph
Liv Garfield was awarded a basic salary of £830,000, plus a further £2.3m in bonuses and benefits
Jul 18


'Amazon interferes in Canadian union efforts, labor board rules' - Investing
Amazon.com Inc. conducted a "lengthy and pervasive anti-union campaign" at a warehouse near Vancouver, Canada
Jul 17


'DOJ ends probe into T-Mobile's $4.4 billion merger 2 days after the company committed to end DEI policies' - MSN
The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it was closing an antitrust probe into T-Mobile's $4.4 billion merger with USCellular
Jul 15


'CA representative Nancy Pelosi discloses over $1 Million in Broadcom stock purchase amid AI surge' - News Break
California representative Nancy Pelosi has disclosed a purchase of Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) stock valued between $1 million and $5 million
Jul 14


'Cereal maker WK Kellogg shares jump 50% on report of possible $3 billion deal with Ferrero' - NBC
Shares of WK Kellogg soared more than 50% on Wednesday following a report that chocolate maker Ferrero is close to a roughly $3 billion deal
Jul 11


'Nvidia is first company to hit $4TRILLION market value as AI boom drives demand' - This Is Money
Nvidia last night became the world’s first $4 trillion company as the chip designer’s remarkable rebound continued.
Jul 10


'Jimi Hendrix Experience copyright trial set for December in UK' - RTE
A legal battle over the copyright of Jimi Hendrix's music is set to go to trial in December at the High Court in London.
Jul 10


'Vocus clears final regulatory hurdle for $5.3b acquisition of TPG assets' - Capital Brief
Vocus’ proposed $5.25 billion acquisition of TPG Telecom’s Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed operations has been given the go ahead
Jul 7


'AbbVie to Buy Capstan Therapeutics for up to $2.1 Billion' - US News Money
AbbVie said on Monday it would acquire privately held cell therapy developer Capstan Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $2.1 billion
Jul 3


'Apple Loses Bid to Dismiss Justice Department Antitrust Suit' - Insurance Journal
Apple Inc. lost its bid to throw out an antitrust case brought by the US Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general on Monday
Jul 2


'Blackstone's Cirsa gambling company seeks $2.95 billion valuation in IPO' - MarketScreener
Blackstone's gambling company Cirsa will seek a valuation of 2.52 billion euros ($2.95 billion) in an initial public offering of shares
Jul 1


'Mars' $36 billion Kellanova deal gets US antitrust approval as EU opens investigation' - Street Insider
Candy maker Mars' takeover of Pringles maker Kellanova was cleared by U.S. antitrust regulators on Wednesday
Jun 26


'Moody's fully acquires ICR Chile, solidifying its leading position in key Latin American markets' - GuruFocus
ICR will maintain its current rating methodologies and processes post-acquisition.
Jun 25


'FTC approves Omnicom–Interpublic Merger, bars political ad steering' - Social Samosa
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has conditionally approved Omnicom Group’s $13.5 billion all-stock acquisition of rival advertising giant
Jun 24


'EU Clears Liberty Media's Dorna Sports Merger' - Wall Street Journal
The European Commission decided the deal doesn’t raise competition concerns
Jun 23


Primary Health Properties: Assura board backs £1.79bn takeover bid - Hargreaves Lansdown
Primary Health Properties has won the bidding war for Assura, as the Assura board recommends an improved £1.79bn offer to its shareholders.
Jun 23


'Trump says reciprocal tariffs will target all countries' - Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a sma
Mar 31


'Crown Castle International Suddenly Fires CEO Steven Moskowitz' - Seeking Alpha
Crown Castle International (CCI) announced last night that the board terminated president and CEO Steven Moskowitz.
Mar 28


'Hawley Exposes Big Tech as Willing Collaborators in Censorship: ‘They Own It’' - Senator Hawley
Today in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) exposed how
Mar 27


'Apple sued for false advertising over Apple Intelligence' - Axios
Apple has been hit with a federal lawsuit claiming that the promotion of now-delayed Apple Intelligence features constituted false advertisi
Mar 27


'‘Superman’ Estate Sues Warner Bros. Discovery, Jeopardizing Release of New Film in Key Territories' - The Wrap
The estate of Superman co-creator Joseph Shuster is suing Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of the July release of the new James Gunn film
Mar 26


'Apple TV+ Bleeding Over $1 Billion Yearly As Streaming War Heats Up: Report' - Benzinga
The streaming service of Apple Inc., Apple TV+, is reportedly incurring annual losses exceeding $1 billion.
Mar 26


'Boston Celtics sold to private-equity manager for highest price in North American history' - Daily Mail
The most successful team in NBA history has been sold at a record price to a private-equity director who grew up in Massachusetts.
Mar 25


'EU antitrust regulators to decide on Liberty Media MotoGP takeover in July' - Grand Prix 24/7
EU antitrust regulators have set a July 1 deadline for their decision on Liberty Media’s 3.5-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) bid for Dorna Sport
Mar 14


'British government no longer NatWest's largest shareholder' - Investing.com UK
The British government has reduced its stake in NatWest (LON:NWG) Group, selling 89 million shares in the UK-based lender on Thursday.
Mar 14


'Sony Accuses USC of Ripping Off Music in Slew of Sports Posts' - Bloomberg Law
The University of Southern California “blatantly” infringed music copyrights in hundreds of social media posts, says Sony
Mar 13


'Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight' - ars Techina
Authors think that Meta's admitted torrenting of a pirated books data set used to train its AI models is evidence enough to win
Mar 13


'Kennedy tells US food companies to remove artificial dyes' - Street Insider
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told food companies including PepsiCo that the administration wants artificial out of the food supply
Mar 12


'PwC cuts record number of UK partners and halts tech apprenticeship scheme' - Financial Times
Moves come as consultants strain to protect annual profit pool of close to £1mn per partner
Mar 12


'Superman Box Office Pressure Rises As Expert Says DC Has To Save Warner Bros From Going “The Way Of Fox”' - ScreenRant
A new report details the high expectations from Warner Bros. Discovery for James Gunn's new Superman movie and the larger DC Universe.
Mar 12


'BlackRock Becomes a Power Player in Global Shipping—With Help From Trump' - Wall Street Journal
BlackRock said it is leading a consortium that would pay $22.8 billion to buy more than 40 ports around the world
Mar 11


'Sony Music removed 75,000 deepfaked items, which is scary' - Android Headlines
AI deepfakes are becoming more of a thing as the technology gets better, and it could do some real harm to companies.
Mar 11


'Disney didn't copy 'Moana' from a man's story of a surfer boy, a jury says' - Spectrum News
LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii.
Mar 11


'ASML to open repair hub in China despite US export curbs' - Tech in Asia
ASML Holding, a Dutch supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, plans to open a “reuse and repair” center in Beijing in 2025.
Mar 10


'UK's Assura shares rise on $2.08 billion bid from KKR, Stonepeak' - Reuters
Assura said on Monday it would consider a 1.61 billion pound ($2.1 billion) offer from U.S. private equity group KKR
Mar 10


'Virgin aims to raise £700m to rival Eurostar on cross-Channel trains' - The Guardian
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is aiming to raise £700m to fund its plan to launch cross-Channel rail services and compete with Eurostar
Mar 10


'DOJ still demands Google to sell Chrome browser over search monopoly: Report' - Tech Portal
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently suggested that Google should sell or separate certain parts of its business
Mar 10


'Nvidia drops 15% as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek spurs brutal rout of tech stocks' - Fortune
The surprise success of a Chinese AI startup is hammering U.S. tech stocks. That includes Nvidia, the California chip behemoth
Jan 29


'Utility companies are crying foul because tech giants like Amazon want to bypass the grid by plugging their data centers directly into power plants' - Fortune
Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are looking to strike deals with power plant owners
Jan 28


'Patrick Mahomes masters Josh Allen again to keep Kansas City’s three-peat dream alive as Super Bowl immortality awaits' - talkSPORT
The three-peat is alive as Kansas City Chiefs edged out Buffalo Bills in a thriller to reach the Super Bowl once again.
Jan 27


'Bank account snooping and driving bans planned in government crackdown on benefit fraudsters in the UK' - Sky News
The Department of Work and Pensions is launching a crackdown on benefit fraudsters, with a new bill being introduced to parliament
Jan 26


'Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary in 51-50 vote' - CBS News
Pete Hegseth's nomination once appeared on shaky ground amid allegations that included sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement.
Jan 25


'President Trump Signs Executive Order To Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)' - Bitcoin Magazine
The President has also assigned a working group to assess the creation of a strategic bitcoin stockpile.
Jan 24


'Chris Brown Slaps Warner Bros. Discovery With $500M Defamation Suit Over Sexual Assault Claims In "Sensationalized" Docuseries' - Blavity
Chris Brown has filed a $500 million defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery over...
Jan 23


'Enel Group Introduces Tokenized Solar Power Ownership on Blockchain' - Coin Trust
Italy-based Enel Group, a prominent player in the green energy sector, has collaborated with cryptocurrency wallet provider Conio to launch
Jan 22


'President Trump launches Project Stargate: OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure' - Bloomberg
OpenAI’s Sam Altman called it the “most important project of this era”, while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said it was the “beginning of a...
Jan 22


'Jeff Bezos-Backed Perplexity Reportedly Makes $50 Billion Move To Merge With TikTok, But Elon Musk's X Remains This Analyst's Favorite Bidder' - Sahm Capital
Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity reportedly bid to merge with TikTok U.S. on Saturday, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives hinted Elon Musk’s X...
Jan 21


'Nintendo Stock Falls After Switch 2 Reveal Disappoints' - Wall Street Journal
Nintendo shares fell more than 4% after the Japanese videogame maker said it would start selling the successor
Jan 21


'Trump vows to save TikTok as service is restored' - Mobile World Live
TikTok resumed service after the social media platform stopped working for US users for a brief period over the weekend
Jan 20
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