Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How a U.S. lawsuit claims Google, Facebook cooperated to undermine ad competition
By Paresh Dave and Katie Paul (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google, the two biggest players in online advertising, used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally, Texas a...
Dec 16, 2020
Exclusive: Successor to exiting U.S. attorney general Barr won’t say if he will name special counsels
By David Shepardson and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen declined to say on Wednesday whether he would name special counsels to investigate ...
Dec 16, 2020
One night in Wuhan: COVID-19’s original epicentre re-learns how to party
By Cate Cadell and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) - In a crowded Wuhan beer hall, Zhang Qiong wipes birthday cake from her face after a food fight with her friends. "After experiencing the first w...
Dec 16, 2020
Exclusive: U.S., EU deal on aircraft subsidies should include China clause – USTR
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Europe should agree to cooperate in opposing any future "hurtful" subsidies used by China to build up its commercial airc...
Dec 16, 2020
Exclusive-U.S. trade czar Lighthizer’s advice for Biden on China: “Hold their feet to the fire”
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden should keep pressing China to stick to the "Phase 1" trade deal, which Beijing has done a "reasonably good job" imple...
Dec 16, 2020
Southern England to enter strictest tier of lockdown – The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Large areas of southern England including East Sussex and Surrey will enter the country's strictest tier of coronavirus restrictions on Saturday, The Telegraph newspaper reported https://b...
Dec 16, 2020
Google faces third antitrust lawsuit as 30 U.S. states plan action -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google, already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas, is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday...
Dec 16, 2020
Luckin Coffee to pay $180 million penalty to settle accounting fraud charges -U.S. SEC
By Katanga Johnson (Reuters) - Luckin Coffee Inc has agreed to pay a $180 million penalty to settle accounting fraud charges for "intentionally and materially" overstating its 2019 revenue and underst...
Dec 16, 2020
Roku to carry AT&T’s HBO Max streaming service
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - HBO Max, the streaming service from AT&T Inc-owned WarnerMedia, will be available on the Roku streaming platform beginning Dec. 17, the companies said on Wednesday. Until t...
Dec 16, 2020
Saudi Arabia receives two shipments of COVID-19 vaccines: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia received two shipments of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday and will begin distributing the shots in the next three days, the health minister and state TV said on Wednesday...
Dec 16, 2020
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