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...Andreas Schwab, the MEP who led the discussions on the DMA, said: “It’s quite clear where we stand now: overall, different efforts and a few changes were made but they are not up to the challenge.”...
...“Companies looking to set up AI ventures in Europe will need to comply with our new AI rules,” said Dragoș Tudorache, an MEP who led the development of the legislation....
...Mohammed Chahim, a socialist MEP who led the negotiations for the parliament, said the agreement — which is provisional until a final set of negotiations this weekend, after which it must be approved by...
...Andreas Schwab, a German MEP who led the debate of the rules at the European parliament, agrees about the huge potential of the law....
...Markus Ferber, a German MEP, said: “Today’s ruling is a clear sign for fair competition in the digital realm. Competition rules also apply to the giants of the internet....
...But some MEPs say the regime remains too weak. Andrus Ansip, an Estonian MEP and former commissioner who helped craft the copyright directive, said he was open to further changes....
...profits beat estimates as trading revenues soar (FT + Lex) Standard Chartered profits rise 40% on back of global interest rate increases (FT) Deutsche Bank profit buoyed by rising interest rates (FT) MEPs...
...Besides Rallo and Boral, who worked together at Aegis Capital and Maxim Group, there’s Ben Piggott....
...MEPs want at least 150 new people dedicated to enforcing the DMA while the commission anticipated only 80 in its original proposal....
...But UK chemist chain Boots could have a chance to crack it under the aegis of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries....
...“The DMA is already showing its effectiveness even though it is not yet a rule book,” says Schwab, the German MEP....
...Other MEPs and officials said their Twitter feeds had recently been filled with adverts from tech lobby groups on issues that Google particularly cares about....
...Andreas Schwab, the MEP leading the debate on the Digital Markets Act at the European Parliament, said: “The decision of the court proves that the EU is on the right track....
...Some MEPs were still hoping to exert political pressure to force the chief executives to attend the hearing....
...MEPs working on two landmark draft European digital regulations, the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), told the FT the laws could be amended as they pass through the EU parliament...
...Buhlmann was CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network until the end of 2018. Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, the New York-based hedge fund, has hired Rosanna Konarzewski as chief communications officer....
...Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s executive vice-president in charge of competition and digital policy, on Tuesday argued to MEPs that structural separation of big tech is not “the right thing to do”....
...“Having in mind how Big Tech was used to sway elections and how Brexit happened, you may think this comes way too late and some MEPs will want to legislate as fast as possible....
...“If you feel strongly about this, please consider contacting the MEPs,” he said. Jason Kint, chief executive of Digital Content Next, said the company had gone too far....
...Andreas Schwab, a German MEP and longtime Google critic, is also unsure....
...EU governments and MEPs spent three years debating how to design new rules to protect rights holders in the digital economy without impinging on free expression....
...Most are at least partially state-owned, but others, including the Hungarian subsidiary of Robert Bosch LLC, are not....
...Julia Reda, an MEP from Pirate Party Germany, said the agreement was a blow for internet freedom and urged MEPs to reject the deal in a vote that is likely to come in late March....
...Sharon Bowles, the former MEP and a leading contender to chair the UK’s new accounting watchdog, said the figures indicated the Big Four — KPMG, EY, PwC and Deloitte — were “behind the times” and “failing...
...Voters across the EU will choose hundreds of new MEPs in May, and Brussels is concerned about online propaganda from populist and Eurosceptic forces and possible interference by Russia....
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