NEW YORK: Match Group Inc said on Thursday (Sep 3) the US Department of Justice has closed its investigation relating to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission on the dating apps owner’s business practices. The DOJ has also released the owner of Tinder and OkCupid dating apps from […]
Year: 2020
MELBOURNE: An Australian state reported a record 59 deaths today, the highest ever daily total for the country, including previously unrecorded fatalities in aged care homes over the past several weeks. The increase fatalities in Victoria state pushed the country’s death toll to 737 as the national cabinet — made […]
WASHINGTON: The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told […]
FILE PHOTO: A Star Ferry boat crosses Victoria Harbour in front of a skyline of buildings during sunset. Hong Kong, China June 29, 2020. HONG KONG: Financial firms in Hong Kong are scrambling to fortify their compliance operations following US sanctions and China’s new national security law, even as […]
NEW YORK: Unprecedented quantities of vaccines could be produced by 28 manufacturers in 10 countries over the next two years to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN children’s agency Unicef said yesterday, as it announced it would help lead efforts to procure and distribute them. Unicef’s role is part of […]
LONDON: Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said on Friday (Sep 4), in a “bet” on society’s failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments. The industry has faced increasingly urgent questions in recent […]
KENOSHA: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden put himself squarely in the middle of ongoing national tumult over racial injustice and police brutality yesterday, meeting with residents of strife-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, and speaking by phone with the Black man shot there by police. Biden’s trip to Kenosha, the site of sometimes […]
LONDON: Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobs after seeing a slower-than-expected recovery in international demand for air travel, Sky News reported on Thursday (Sep 3). The report comes as the company’s £1.2 billion (US$1.59 billion) rescue deal is set for completion this week after a London […]
BERLIN: German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard that eventually led to its collapse. The Munich public prosecutors office said it has discontinued the proceedings as it has not found enough evidence […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Thursday (Oct 3) it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the US election day on Nov 3, in a series of moves the company billed as its final plan for reducing risks of misinformation and election interference. Facebook, the world’s […]