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By Vega Google is reportedly staring down the barrel of an antitrust probe from China. Beijing is investigating whether Google leveraged the dominance of its Android operating system for smartphones …
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By Mills Facebook said Wednesday it would start replacing the direct messaging service within Instagram with a version of its Messenger app, the first major step in its plan to …
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By Lisa Target has finally announced the date for its big annual shopping event — and it just so happens to coincide with Amazon’s Prime Day. Target’s Deal Days event …
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By Vega The search giant on Monday said it will no longer give high-profile app developers a pass on its 30-percent app store fee starting next year. Google said it …
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By Jane Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her family are facing a 35 million pound ($45 million) hit from the coronavirus pandemic, partly due to a shortage of tourists, the …
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By Manskar WeWork has sold a majority stake in its China business to a private-equity firm in the troubled office-sharing startup’s latest effort to cut costs. The deal announced Thursday …
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By Vega Facebook’s long-delayed oversight board, which will have power to overrule Mark Zuckerberg on what content to censor, will launch next month ahead of the US presidential election. The …
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By Steigrad ViacomCBS investigated an allegation of sexual misconduct by its chief executive Bob Bakish, according to a new report. A former employee at Viacom’s Nickelodeon cable channel claimed that …
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By Alexander Walmart said Tuesday it would run a pilot project to deliver self-collection test kits for the coronavirus through automated drones at customers’ doorsteps. The retailer has partnered with …
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By Mcenery A junior analyst at an investment bank was regularly harassed by her sex-obsessed boss — and was fired shortly after she caught him masturbating in a conference room, …
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By Alex US President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s given his “blessing” to a proposed deal that would see the popular video-sharing app TikTok partner with Oracle and Walmart and …
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By Kelly Months after killing its iconic nudie magazine, Playboy Enterprises is eyeing a return to the stock market. The company founded by Hugh Hefner 66 years ago has been …
Read More By Manskar Even the queen is taking a financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Part of Queen Elizabeth’s UK real estate portfolio lost $716 million in value last fiscal year …
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By Manskar A federal judge blasted bankrupt car-rental firm Hertz’s proposal to pay top executives millions of dollars in bonuses as she shot down the plan Thursday. US Bankruptcy Judge …
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By Fickenscher Amazon aims to open as many as 1,500 small warehouses across the US — many of them in suburban locations — as it raises the stakes in its …
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By Alan Warren Buffett-backed Snowflake’s shares more than doubled in value in a volatile debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after the cloud-based data warehouse company raised …
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By Steigrad YouTube is rolling out a short-form video feature called “YouTube Shorts” to compete with the popular social media platform TikTok. YouTube said Monday that YouTube Shorts — set …
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By Nicole Automaker Daimler and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the US government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials said Monday. …
Read More By Manskar A watchdog group accused Amazon of jacking up prices for essential goods it sold directly to consumers during the coronavirus pandemic, even though the company has blamed spikes …
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By Jeniffer The billionaire businessman behind Revlon is entertaining offers for his Hamptons property known as “The Creeks” for around $180 million, sources familiar with the situation said. A Perelman …
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