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...Advisory firm Global Counsel has named former US Federal Communications Commission chair Tom Wheeler as a senior adviser....
...The [US Federal Trade Commission], SEC, and other federal agencies exist to regulate bad products. This is what governments do....
...There is for sure a debate to be had about when the Federal Reserve et al should have pivoted their stance more forcefully to tackle inflationary pressures, and what they should and shouldn’t do now....
...Since Jeff Bezos formed Amazon in 1994, there have been five US presidents, 18 permanent or acting attorneys-general, 11 chairs of the Federal Trade Commission and 10 Treasury secretaries....
...As chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina brings deep expertise and needed innovation to antitrust enforcement as a fearless champion for consumers and workers....
...(FT) Semiconductor shortage to hit GM earnings General Motors said that the global shortage of semiconductors would have a short-term impact on the company’s earnings and cash this year, even as it reported...
...The Trade Desk SECTOR: TECHNOLOGY / HQ: VENTURA, US A year ago The Trade Desk was a promising adtech business that was smaller than the large advertising groups it serves....
...(FT, Bellingcat) Pharma deal cleared The Federal Trade Commission has given the go-ahead for US drugmaker AbbVie’s $63bn takeover of Botox-maker Allergan, which will see some of the latter’s assets sold...
...‘They’ (the Fed) are looking at ‘us’ (equities, the yield curve et al), and we the market, are looking at them, in a veritable echo chamber — as ‘we’ are both looking at the same data.”...
...The inquiry would find that Trump was warned countless times of the epidemic threat in his presidential daily briefings, by federal scientists, the health secretary Alex Azar, Peter Navarro, his trade adviser...
...“This is a bad day for world trade.” agreed Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president....
...British prime minister Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, on Wednesday evening provisionally agreed the bulk of a 26-page text that will form the final part of Britain...
...The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into Facebook....
...We suppose, before getting to what might stop this, one should probably discuss what’s hitting the Wunderbund et al. Still early in the day, after all....
...But, as Neil notes, things could have been worse without all that warehousing shenanigans from Goldman et al....
...(Financial Times) Saudi prince ‘refused’ to pay fee on Gaddafi jet sale: Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, one of the world’s richest men, “simply refused” to pay $10m commission to a Jordanian businesswoman...
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...Related links: SEC V. TREVOR G. COOK, PATRICK J. KILEY, ET AL, Case No. 09 CV 3333 – SEC Litigation release...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...And several investigations by government agencies, including, the SEC, (potentially) the FBI, the DOJ, and the Federal Trade Commission....
...It’s not working for our federal budget. It needs to change. This is a big problem, and all of us are called on to solve it....
...Again, Hugenholtz et al, point out that the majority of cases brought under the Directive have been about databases that would have been created anyway - telephone numbers, television schedules, concert...
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