FTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court
Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality company Thursday in a San Jose,…
December 2022
Shell, Exxon Face Delays In Exiting California Oilfield
(Reuters) – The sale of a Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp oil-production joint venture in California has been pushed…
FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69B merger
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard,…
CRTC Rejects Telus’ Request To Charge Processing Fee On Credit Card Payments
(Reuters) – A Canadian regulator said on Thursday it had rejected Telus Corp’s request to charge a processing fee on…
Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs
Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal…
Amazon To Roll Out TikTok-like Shopping Experience In Social Commerce Push
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it will roll out a TikTok-like feed on its e-commerce app, hoping to…
Factbox-Why Are Oil Tankers Stuck In Turkish Waters?
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s maritime authority said on Thursday it would continue to block the passage of…
Column-Funding Cuts Have Put U.S. Social Security Customer Service In Crisis Mode
By Mark Miller (Reuters) – Call the Social Security toll-free number for assistance these days, and this is the message…
Memphis nonprofit puts money behind drive to curb gun deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tanita Hilliard made a wish the night a shooter livestreamed himself driving around Memphis, firing at…
Apple Supplier Foxconn Pushed China To Ease COVID Curbs – WSJ
(Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn’s founder-director Terry Gou had warned China that the government’s zero-COVID stance would threaten the position…