© Reuters. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google said on Sunday that antitrust claims in a Texas lawsuit were “misleading,” responding in a blog post as state attorneys general plan suits against the Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc unit. In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint about Google’s advertisingRead More →
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said Sunday health-care procedures to combat the coronavirus were just as important as government funding for the nascent economic recovery and, to date, these efforts to reduce coronavirus infections have been “uneven.” See full story. Asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus appears to beRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Amazon logistics center in Lauwin-Planque (Reuters) – California investigators are examining Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:)’s business practices as part of an inquiry into the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The state’s review focuses at least in part onRead More →
Just seven days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed Title VIII ̶— commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act —̶ of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. President Johnson considered the law as an homage to the great civil rights leader. Read More →
Tesla Inc. and Chief Executive Elon Musk improperly sought to squelch a union organizing effort at the electric-car company’s Fremont, Calif., factory with rules and Musk’s Twitter account, according to a judge’s ruling released Friday that also demands that Musk read aloud the findings to employees at the factory. ComplaintsRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Bank Of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York (Reuters) – Bank of America (NYSE:) Corp’s commodity arm Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve a probe into its trading practices, the U.S. Department of JusticeRead More →
© Reuters. A Heinz Ketchup bottle sits between a box of Kraft macaroni and cheese and a bottle of Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce on a grocery store shelf in New York (Reuters) – Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:) Co said on Friday the numbers it restated last month were accurate following completionRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of global online travel brand Expedia is pictured at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. state attorneys general are investigating Expedia (NASDAQ:) Group and hotel chains like Hyatt Hotels Corp and Marriott International Inc for allegedRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo commodities trader Glencore is pictured in Baar (Reuters) – Glencore (LON:) shares plunged the most in nearly four months on Friday after news overnight that U.S. regulators were investigating whether the miner broke some rules through “corrupt practices”. Shares of the company fell asRead More →
‘Sustainability is embedded in everything we do.’ That’s Best Buy’s BBY, +0.15% CEO, Hubert Joly, talking about the big-box electronics and appliance chain’s commitment to environmental and other progressive practices. It’s a claim endorsed this week by Barron’s, which ranked Best Buy — dubbed the last man standing in consumer-electronicsRead More →
