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...The string of high-profile exits has bruised Chicago’s reputation as a big-shouldered capital of commerce....
...It’s post-capitalist utopia (commerce-free after you’ve paid the $575-plus ticket) participants bring all their own supplies, water and accommodation — and promise to leave no trace....
...Its admirers compare it to Lazard or Goldman Sachs before their respective IPOs — a close-knit circle of supremely connected power brokers quietly shaping commerce around the world....
...“Commerce, speech, entertainment, news, work — as we’ve become more dependent on technology as a result of the pandemic, it’s not surprising to see these companies doing well.”...
...Some disputes follow the rules of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a part of the World Bank. Some fall under the purview of the UN Commission on International Trade Law....
...A crowd of suits and red ties slowly makes its way through a welcome arch made from red balloons, towards a temporary stage bearing a huge red banner that reads: “Grand Opening Risever Machinery, LLC.”...
...As a result, half of Americans do not trust the federal government or social media sites to protect their data online, according to a 2016 study from the Pew Research Center on Internet and Technology....
...Similar concerns swirled this year when the Commerce Department said it had decided to ask about individuals’ citizenship in the upcoming census....
...“Unless we see fundamental changes, this rule will remain unworkable,” said David Hirschmann, who runs the US Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness....
...Both the US Federal Trade Commission and the Senate commerce committee are investigating the practices of major consumer data brokers....
...At the heart of the healthcare case is how the justices view the commerce clause, one of the most widely debated parts of the constitution, and one that has only grown more contentious as the public has...
...New York’s World Trade Center was pocked with empty offices and unoccupied floors in the 1970s and the Shard reportedly has similar trouble luring tenants....
...their smartphones in an ephemeral way, for maps or to find a restaurant, there is no law that says that can’t be shared with advertisers or data brokers,” said specialist Justin Brookman of the nonprofit Center...
...Affinion (Apollo Management) , Vertrue (a group of private equity investors led by One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JP Morgan), Webloyalty (General Atlantic LLC) and their e-commerce partners...
...Silver Bait LLC produces fishing worms by the millions. But that’s only the beginning of what it produces....
...“Courts have a duty to ensure that litigants, and the courts themselves, are not subjected to frivolous, expensive class actions,” said Robin Conrad of the Nat-ional Chamber Litigation Center....
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