[ad_1] Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee should pressure Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on their platforms’ efforts to stem fraud allegations baseless election campaign and vaccine skepticism. Opaque algorithms that prioritize user engagement and promote disinformation could also come under close scrutiny, a panel … Read more
[ad_1] US equity futures fell slightly on Thursday as new data pointed to a further recovery in the labor market. S&P 500 futures fell 0.5% a day after the general market gauge was dragged lower by tech stocks. Futures on Nasdaq-100 edged down 0.6%, indicating that tech stocks could extend their losses. The benchmark index … Read more
[ad_1] A United Airlines Holdings Inc. Bombardier CRJ-550 aircraft sits at a gate at O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images United Airlines is adding more than two dozen non-stop routes between the Midwest and coastal cities popular with vacationers for the summer season, a bet travelers will … Read more
[ad_1] The news comes just days after the city’s health ministry announced it was withholding the first additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines at the hospital, which is in a predominantly black community in zip codes hardest hit by the virus. Loretto CEO George Miller said he authorized a vaccination clinic at the Trump International Hotel … Read more
[ad_1] Turkey’s economy faces further turmoil after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s surprise ouster of central bank governor has added another chapter to years of unpredictable economic policy, scaring foreign investors and possibly sowing the seeds of ‘a financial crisis. Last Friday, Erdogan replaced Naci Agbal with Sahap Kavcioglu, a former member of parliament from Erdogan’s … Read more
[ad_1] Workers are seen on the production line of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters Two Chinese battery makers are expected to rise as global demand for electric car batteries could increase by around 30-fold over the next 20 years, Goldman Sachs analysts said in a … Read more
[ad_1] A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell of the trading session in New York, the United States, March 13, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters GUANGZHOU, China – Major double-listed Chinese tech stocks traded in Hong Kong were hammered on Thursday amid fears some companies … Read more
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) – Tencent Holdings Ltd. downplayed the impact of Beijing’s heightened surveillance on China’s biggest internet companies, saying a potential overhaul of its $ 120 billion fintech wing should have little impact on its business. His shares sank the most in two months. President Martin Lau acknowledged that founder Pony Ma recently called regulators, … Read more
[ad_1] ‘People shouldn’t be afraid of the word white privilege’: new Labor secretary speaks of inequality, racism and union power in first interviewThe Washington Post Labor ministry proposes to defer increase in minimum wages for H-1B workers until 2023West India Virus worker safety rule tests offer after Trump’s DOL Nixed projectBloomberg Law The First 100 … Read more
[ad_1] Charlie Gasparino of FOX Business discusses the push for Amazon think tanks and the latest GameStop stock market move. A senior Amazon executive criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., In a Twitter post on Wednesday, suggesting the senator was all talkative and lacking in action when it came to implementing progressive policies. The tech giant’s … Read more