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...In 2018, the group acquired Esco, a manufacturer of ground-engaging tools for large mining machines, before selling off its flow control business, which supplied the power generation, nuclear and chemical...
...The possible eclipse of Intel by a Southern California supersemi combo might look like a coup de grâce, but that would be too simplistic a summary....
...control over the data flowing through their networks....
...“If the government can use the All Writs Act to make it easier to unlock your iPhone, it would have the power to reach into anyone’s device to capture their data,” Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said...
...The power of this arrangement came into view after the US justice department allowed CME to take over the Chicago Board of Trade....
...If you’re thinking about stock fraud, you don’t want to do it in the US where the SEC has both prosecutorial power and a desire to exercise it....
...power....
...In these harsh conditions, some companies and some regions are better positioned to survive than others. Many US coal companies are bleeding cash....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...At the Mountaineer plant, Mr McManus warns that his company would have to add the cost of any new pollution control measures to consumers’ electricity bills....
...But we’d argue that as long as the issuers of these digital currencies — whether they be banks, internet companies or the anonymous owners of shedloads of processing-power — fail to understand what makes...
...The last big US deal to be blocked outright was AT&T’s 2011 attempt to buy T-Mobile USA....
...The companies seeking the overhaul have a trove of consumer data at their fingertips because they control the “wire” that connects millions of homes to the internet and telephone services....
...Don’t assume the Southern Weekend saga will result in a relaxation of government control of the media, warns journalist Zhang Hong in the South China Morning Post....
...The Seaboard deal was similar in scale to its $653m acquisition of SPM Flow Control in 2007, which originally established Weir as a large supplier to upstream oil companies in North America looking to exploit...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...(Financial Times) - The Google v Oracle case could have big implications for the software industry....
...But if regulators accept the argument that this has left music companies with little or no pricing power, they could set a precedent for mergers in Hollywood and other industries exposed to piracy....
...Eric Svenson, vice-president of policy and environment at PSEG, the New Jersey-based power company, said the rules were “overdue” and praised the EPA for adopting a pragmatic approach....
...“Spending has been out of control at Chesapeake without the transparency of other companies,” he added....
...AT&T could offer to acquire less spectrum from T-Mobile USA, sell spectrum in the most concentrated markets to rivals, or even agree to price controls to address the DoJ’s concern that losing T-Mobile would...
...Weir launched its own investigation in 2004 and all staff involved in the illegal payments have left the company, he says. “Since 2001, Weir has been transformed....
...In the past six months a third of companies have delayed or cancelled plans for capital spending....
...Investors in company shares were selling, fearing the effects of a European sovereign debt crisis on the global economy....
...The company will be integrated into IMI’s existing severe service division, which already specialises in supplying mission-critical values and control systems in the oil and gas and power generation markets...
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