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...Columnist Helen Thomas looks at the threat to global supply chains as climate change leads to drought and the drying up of key waterways....
...Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, is expected to speak at the briefing, which kicks off at 11am ET....
...They go: Wherever their clients want them: St John in EC1 when it’s Frieze Week, Rochelle Canteen when it’s not; Milos or Mandolin in Miami....
...More than 33,000 infections were reported across the US on Thursday, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press briefing on Friday morning....
...Arguments about this interweave with a 19th-century story about Thomas (Karl Collins) and his wife Lucy (Rose), who are now free but deeply scarred by their experiences....
...Thomas Vinje, a lawyer at Clifford Chance who worked on Spotify’s complaint, said other groups had “similar concerns” but were “too afraid to take on Apple”....
...“The technology cases the European Commission has recently pursued have all been for naught, as the decisions have come too late to have any real effect in the market,” said Thomas Vinje of Clifford Chance...
...There are three ongoing geo-blocking investigations into Nike; video game suppliers Valve Corporation, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax; and holiday companies Kuoni, Rewe, Thomas...
...Thomas Vinje, a veteran antitrust lawyer who has represented both Google complainants and defendants in commission cases, said: “I am American....
...Thomas Vinje, a lawyer at Clifford Chance whose clients have raised competition concerns over Google’s Android contracts, said: “The bottom line is that Google’s so-called remedies would mean that both Android...
...It is a “landmark” case that has “exportability” beyond Germany, said Thomas Vinje, tech antitrust expert at law firm Clifford Chance....
...Meanwhile, Thomas Vinje, a lawyer who has represented complainants against Google, said: “As we have seen in the search case, Google is extremely creative in avoiding the consequences of antitrust decisions...
...Be sure to read Vestager’s full interview with the FT’s Rochelle Toplensky....
...Condor, a Thomas Cook-owned company, alongside British Airways owner International Airlines Group, bid for parts of Air Berlin in September but the administrator chose to proceed with the Lufthansa and easyJet...
...In addition to Lufthansa, EasyJet, British Airways owner IAG and Condor, a subsidiary of Thomas Cook, also bid for parts of Air Berlin in September....
...Thomas Vinje, spokesman for FairSearch, a complainant in the case said:”The commission’s decision stands on firm ground, both legally and factually, and we expect the commission to win on appeal.”...
...“Google’s offering a structural remedy, albeit an ineffective one, might encourage antitrust authorities to pursue structural remedies more vigorously than they otherwise might have,” said Thomas Vinje of...
...“There is a big gap in terms of what commercial people in many industries consider normal rebates and what some ladies and gentleman in the commission and courts consider normal,” said Thomas Luebbig, of...
...Google has none,” says Thomas Vinje, a lawyer who acted for opponents of the US tech behemoths in both cases....
...“CEOs and general counsel of multinational companies across the US, Asia and the EU are most concerned about EU approval,” says Thomas Vinje, global antitrust chairman of lawyers Clifford Chance....
...Thomas Cook, Kuoni, Tui, Rewe and Philips all said they intend to co-operate with the commission’s investigation. Other companies could not be reached for comment....
...Rochelle Toplensky is an EU correspondent for the FT Photographs: Marie Louise Munkegaard...
...Thomas Vinje, counsel to FairSearch, a lobby group that helped launch the case against Google by making a formal complaint, added that Google was abusing its dominant position in the sector to prevent competition...
...“We believe it is the European Commission that has the interests of consumers in mind,” said Thomas Vinje, counsel to interest group FairSearch....
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