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...Among the latest actions, the PCAOB found that PwC ignored red flags in its audit of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, one of the world’s largest traders of shipping fuel, which went bust in 2018 as a result...
...It’s a bit like the TV show NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, but for dead whales....
...The central issue in the case was whether Google stopped rivals to its Play Store and payment services from gaining traction on Android devices....
...The broader “services” segment it is part of has a 35 per cent operating income margin. Epic argues that the app store margin is far higher....
...Google, meanwhile, argues that its charges are justified by the costs of running the Android mobile platform and all the other services it provides to developers, even when they do not use its payment service...
...There’s an allegation of tying the buy box [ie, better placement on a product order page] to Amazon fulfilment services....
...Investment firms ploughed an epic $1.2tn into deals in 2021 at high prices....
...Marc Rowan offers bangers on buyouts Count Apollo Global Management chief Marc Rowan among a growing chorus of prominent investors who believe an epic run for private equity returns has ended....
...Ocean-crossing birds wheeling and diving high above. To some, “sea to sky” is synonymous with Vancouver....
...It has faced sustained criticism and legal challenges from app developers, including Fortnite maker Epic Games and music service Spotify....
...In 2020 Epic, the Fortnite game developer, sued Apple for failing to share the rewards its app had brought. The original ruling went in Apple’s favour but this is on appeal....
...London’s restructuring advisers will also be casting a careful eye over the rest of the Barclay empire, which includes online retailer Very Group and delivery service company Yodel....
...If the monetary policy generals are in DC, then SOMA are the marines who get stuff done and have to hold the territory against the “feral hogs” of finance....
...I don’t think people think when they’re getting Disney+ or Netflix or whatever subscription service they have, that they’re thinking, “Oh, that’s a cloud service”....
...It’s in many ways broader than Epic’s....
...Miles JohnsonSo it’s sort of like a secret currency exchange service but for major criminals....
...The weekly service from Abu Dhabi, the most practical way in, is booked on WhatsApp by those in the know....
...“Theoretically it would be quite simple to program a marine drone to target a specific Russian vessel....
...Funding the protection of natural carbon sinks certainly provides a climate service to the world....
...A 44 per cent loss in four months is epic. The 52 per cent loss of its long-only equity portfolio is ARKK territory. (Ed note: ARKK is actually “only” down 47.2 per cent this year)....
...Providers argue that this is fair because they bring millions of users to apps and offer ongoing services such as security....
...This increasingly influential crop of lenders also financed the $6.2bn takeover of Vista-controlled cloud service provider Datto by its rival Kaseya on Monday, with Golub, Blackstone, Ares, Owl Rock Capital...
...Google also announced that eBooks and on-demand music streaming services — categories “where content costs account for the majority of sales,” — will now be eligible for a service fee as low as 10 per cent...
...AQR’s co-founder Clifford Asness described the week as “epic” on a Twitter post. Absolute Return’s gains come after returning 16.8 per cent to investors in 2021....
...This, after all, is the same firm that cemented its reputation for a take-no-prisoners approach during an epic clash with private equity powerhouse Apollo over the bankruptcy of casino group Caesars....
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