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Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook “intentionally and knowingly” violated U.K. data privacy and anti-competition laws and urgently needs to be regulated and investigated, a scathing new report by British lawmakers said. The final report issued Monday by the U.K.’s Digital, Culture, …
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Fortnite impact on video game firms EA, Activision Blizzard, Take-Two
Chesnot | Getty Images A gamer plays the video game ‘Fortnite Battle Royale’ developed by Epic Games during the ‘Paris Games Week’ on October 26, 2018 in Paris, France. “Fortnite” — a free-to-play online video game — has shaken up the gaming industry in recent years, catapulting itself beyond the …
Read More »UAE announces IDEX weapons deals as Middle East arms spending climbs
Markus Matzel | ullstein bild | Getty Images Attendees walk the floor at IDEX, the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, in Abu Dhabi in 2015. The United Arab Emirates announced about $1.35 billion in defense deals with local and international companies on the opening day of IDEX 2019, the International …
Read More »Geneva Motor Show to debut electric versions of two long-gone cars
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Exhibitors ride in a 1922 Hispano Suiza H6B Chapron Splendid Landaulet motor vehicle during the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California, on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. But it will be back at the Geneva Motor Show in the form …
Read More »Stocks rally on US-China trade deal but bond investors fear recession
Trade talks between the U.S. and China appear to be making some progress and are scheduled to continue in the coming week. That has helped lift stocks, with the S&P 500 up 2.5 percent and the Dow gaining 3 percent in the past week. The Federal Reserve’s about-face on policy …
Read More »Airlines to add nonbinary gender options for tickets
JOSHUA LOTT | AFP | Getty Images Travelers check-in at the United Airlines Premier Access at O’Hare International Airport on April 12, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Airlines are planning to present travelers who don’t identify as either male or female more options when they book their flights. Airlines for America, …
Read More »Trump urges European allies to take back hundreds of ISIS fighters
T.J. Kirkpatrick | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. The United States is asking its European allies to “take back over 800” ISIS fighters that have been captured in …
Read More »NBA Commissioner Adam Silver dismisses chatter about career switch
Lachlan Cunningham | Getty Images OAKLAND, CA – MAY 31: Commissioner Adam Silver of the NBA addresses the media before Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on May 31, 2018 in Oakland, California. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is flattered by the reports that the NFL and …
Read More »Southwest declares ’emergency’ after out-of-service aircraft doubles
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines Co. planes stand on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Southwest Airlines Co. is scheduled to release earnings on January 25. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Southwest Airlines …
Read More »Trump’s message is having an impact on NATO, secretary general says
Yves Herman NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg talks to the media as he arrives at an European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on defense spending is having an “important” impact on the military alliance. “I’m …
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