A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a bill to allow news organizations to join together to negotiate ad rates with tech giants such as Alphabet Inc’s Google. The measure would allow news broadcasters and publishers with fewer than 1,500 full-time workers to jointly negotiate ad rates — many of which face financial struggles. One […]
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at cutting Google and Facebook’s clout in online advertising, an early sign that lawmakers will press on with efforts to rein in Big Tech in the new congress. The bill targets Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook, as well as Amazon.com and Apple, according […]
Wells Fargo & Co will pay fines of about $97.8 million for inadequate oversight of its compliance risks, enabling the apparent violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Syria and Sudan, federal authorities said on Thursday. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the bank’s deficient oversight enabled it […]
The criteria for new U.S. semiconductor subsidies is worrying companies such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix Inc, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday, a concern shared by the world’s leading contract chipmaker in Taiwan. Conditions include sharing excess profit with the U.S. government, and three industry sources said the […]
Britain’s finance ministry set out plans on Thursday to meet its target of becoming the world’s first net-zero aligned financial centre, proposing measures to stamp out so-called greenwashing in financial markets and channel cash into sustainable projects. The ministry said in an update to its Green Finance Strategy “we will ensure market participants have the […]
Microsoft has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, developing innovative technologies to enhance the capabilities of businesses worldwide. One such technology is ChatGPT, an AI-based chatbot that uses deep learning algorithms to understand and respond to natural language inputs. However, with the growing demand for AI-based chat tools, Microsoft is taking […]
U.S. criminal charges should be dropped against two former Societe Generale SA bankers for allegedly trying to rig the London interbank offered rate, prosecutors told a New York court on Wednesday. Muriel Bescond, a former head of Societe Generale SA’s Treasury desk in Paris, and her boss Danielle Sindzingre, who was SocGen’s global head of […]
The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc’s plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU would commit to sourcing 42.5% […]
Britain will set out plans on Thursday to boost its energy security and independence through investment in moving towards cleaner, more affordable energy sources. Wholesale gas and electricity prices in Europe surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and the British government has been subsidising household and business energy bills since October. “Transforming our […]
Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are looking to start trading private credit loans, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The banks are among the firms talking to private debt funds about facilitating secondary-market transactions, according to the report. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs […]