Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
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Frozen Russian state-owned assets could be seized and used to support Ukraine, sanctions would be imposed on Iran, and TikTok’s Chinese owner would have to divest the video-sharing app under
Netflix Adds 9.33 Million Customers, Says Gains Will Slow
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Nebraska Tax Cut Bill With Advertising Tax Dies in Legislature
An attempt to fund a Nebraska property tax reduction plan with more sales taxes and a tax on advertising revenue, including digital ad revenue, failed Thursday after lawmakers ended their session without passing the plan.
Leidos Faults Veteran Employee Scoring in $61 Billion VA Protest
DOJ Prosecutor Wants to Make Antitrust Relatable (Podcast)
Hetal Doshi is the top antitrust litigator at the Department of Justice and she says she tries to make the cases her team tries easy for the average person to understand. Doshi speaks on this episode of our podcast, On The Merits, about how this philosophy played into recent cases that blocked mergers in the airline and publishing industries, . Doshi also talks about the idea that antitrust laws are meant to protect not only consumers from higher prices, but also to protect workers from lower wages.
Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Discuss a New $1.5 Billion Firm
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord are discussing a merger that would place the combined firm among the 30 largest by revenue, boosting the operation’s ability to compete with large rivals.
AI-Powered World Health Chatbot Is Flubbing Some Answers
The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0751538D%20SW%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f27a-d583-afbf-f2fe0ffe0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">World Health Organization-bsp-bb-link> is wading into the world of AI to provide basic health information through a human-like avatar. But while the bot responds sympathetically to users’ facial expressions, it doesn’t always know what it’s talking about.
AST SpaceMobile Allegedly Hid Supplier Woes, Satellite Delay
AST SpaceMobile Inc. and two of its top executives concealed information about delays in completing and launching the cellular broadband company’s first five satellites due to problems with component suppliers, an investor alleges in a proposed class action.
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