News Around the Globe
By Elisa The US will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower-income countries and the …
Read MoreBy Feuer The hotel heiress revealed Tuesday that she has invested in Origin Protocol, a decentralized platform that’s focused on launching NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, and is joining the company …
Read MoreBy Lapin Apple employees are up in arms over a newly announced policy that would cut their work-from-home time beginning in the fall, according to a report. Staff members on …
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By Steigrad Billionaire investor Bill Ackman confirmed that his blank-check company Pershing Square Tontine Holdings is in talks to buy a 10 percent stake of Universal Music Group for about …
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By Feuer Regulators in Europe and the United Kingdom on Friday announced they have launched formal competition investigations into Facebook in a two-front offensive on the social media giant’s use …
Read MoreBy Neill The ferry service for Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket was targeted in a ransomeware attack that slowed service Wednesday just days into the peak season. Customers were unable to …
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By Wayt Dogecoin prices skyrocketed on Wednesday after crypto-trading giant Coinbase said it would start allowing users to trade the joke cryptocurrency on its platform. The dog-themed coin surged 34 …
Read MoreBy Feuer Jay-Z will rap to some of Wall Street’s biggest names next month at the Robin Hood Foundation’s annual investors conference, event organizers confirmed. The Brooklyn-born rapper is expected …
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By Feuer WeWork’s ousted CEO Adam Neumann might finally find the door with a renegotiated exit package. Neumann received a juiced-up stock award worth $245 million, on top of $200 …
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By Feuer The price of bitcoin rose nearly $2,000 per coin Monday afternoon immediately after Musk tweeted, “Spoke with North American Bitcoin miners. They committed to publish current & planned …
Read MoreBy Steigrad Disney’s chief executive said he believes Disney World and Disneyland will reach full capacity this fall – but admitted that the theme parks are still hammering out some …
Read MoreBy Garger The wife of the billionaire owner of Pornhub’s parent company wants her husband to cut ties with the smut platform that has been mired in controversy. Priscila Bergmair …
Read MoreBy Wayt Tesla is once again jacking up prices on its most popular electric cars, tacking on thousands of dollars as microchip shortages continue to spark production hiccups. The electric …
Read MoreBy Feuer The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped after Chinese authorities called for a crackdown on “mining” and trading. The Chinese government said in a statement that greater …
Read MoreBy Elisa Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn suffered a setback when a Dutch court ordered him to repay 5 million euros ($6.1 million) in wages to Nissan and Mitsubishi in a case he …
Read MoreBy Feuer The CEO of Colonial Pipeline claims he ignored FBI guidance and forked over a $4.4 million ransom to the hacking group DarkSide because “it was the right thing …
Read MoreBy Feuer The Volkswagen-owned luxury brand announced Tuesday that it will transition its fleet of cars to hybrid vehicles this decade, culminating with the debut of its first fully electric …
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By Lydia Kevin Mayer – who left the helm of Disney’s streaming juggernaut last summer to lead TikTok – is being viewed as a contender to helm the as-yet-nameless WarnerMedia-Discovery …
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By Elisa Facebook lost a legal battle Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over a European Union privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop …
Read MoreBy Elisa Google has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet. SpaceX will set up ground stations …
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