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Google files EU antitrust complaint accusing Microsoft of stifling cloud competition
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission Wednesday accusing Microsoft of using unfair licensing contracts to stifle competition in the multibillion-dollar cloud computing industry. At the heart of Google’s complaint is the allegation that Microsoft uses unfair licensing terms to “lock in” clients and exert control […]
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U.S. Senate committee faults Boeing safety practices, FAA oversight
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, June 18, 2024. Allison Bailey | Afp | Getty Images A U.S. Senate panel investigating Boeing‘s safety culture on Wednesday faulted the planemaker’s […]
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Bettina Orlopp: The woman tasked with leading Commerzbank amid UniCredit takeover battle
Bettina Orlopp, chief financial officer of Commerzbank AG, speaks during a fourth quarter earnings news conference at the bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerzbank announced Tuesday it has picked 10-year veteran, and current Chief Financial Officer Bettina Orlopp to helm the bank as […]
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German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows
25 September 2024, Berlin: The German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang resign. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images) Fabian Sommer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The joint leaders of the German Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang said they would step aside, making way for a […]
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Meet the ex-Goldman wealth advisor who quit to solve Britain’s £567 billion gender investment gap
Ayesha Ofori, founder and CEO of Propelle. Propelle Ayesha Ofori is a former Goldman Sachs wealth advisor who quit her high-profile job to resolve Britain’s gender wealth gap, after realizing she had spent her career making rich men even richer. Ofori is the 40-year-old founder and CEO of female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, which launched […]
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Britain’s Rightmove rejects $8.1 bln sweetened bid from Australia’s REA Group
The Rightmove Plc app on an App Store page on a smartphone arranged in London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British real estate portal Rightmove on Wednesday rejected a sweetened $8.1 billion takeover proposal from Australian property listing firm REA Group, saying the bid undervalued the company. “The […]
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Caught cold by UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment
A protestor holds a placard with a slogan reading “Stop Merger Horror” during a union demonstration outside the Commerzbank AG headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Italy’s UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion-euro merger of Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, a move […]
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Japan’s largest rice shortage in years is exacerbated by sushi-hungry tourists, weather
A plate of nigiri sushi. Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage in recent months due to a mix […]
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China central bank cuts medium-term loan rate
China’s central bank lowered the cost of its medium-term loans to banks on Wednesday in a move consistent with broad policy easing measures announced a day earlier to shore up a flailing economy. Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images China’s central bank lowered the cost of its medium-term loans to banks on Wednesday in […]
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Chinese yuan hits strongest level against the dollar in 16 months
The Chinese yuan has weakened sharply against the U.S. dollar in the last several weeks as the greenback strengthens and investors worry about China’s economic growth. Fotoholica Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images China’s yuan briefly rose to its strongest level in over a year on Wednesday after Beijing unveiled a slate of stimulus measures […]
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