SAN JOSE, Calif./WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday accused Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) of trying to buy its way to dominance in the metaverse, launching a high-profile lawsuit to try to stop parent Facebook from buying virtual reality app developer Within Inc. The FTC filed a lawsuit in July to end …
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Dec 7 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its strict zero COVID policy since the pandemic began three years ago, easing rules that had curbed the spread of the virus but had hobbled the world’s second-largest economy worldwide and sparked protests. The easing of rules, which include allowing infected people …
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UIWANG, South Korea, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight against the freezing cold and the government’s talk that they are well paid “labour aristocracy.” They are only too aware of the impact their strike has …
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New York CNN Business — There’s at least one group of shoppers who are enthusiastically hitting the malls this holiday season — and they don’t seem too bothered by the pesky inflation eating away at their discretionary dollars. They’re Gen Z. And how they buy matters. This cohort of consumers born between 1997 and 2012 …
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate) – The global economy is heading for an unprecedented confluence of economic, financial and debt crises, following the explosion of deficits, borrowing and debt over the past few decades. In the private sector, the mountain of debt includes that of households (such as mortgages, credit cards, car loans, student loans, personal …
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Amid stubbornly high inflation, a record proportion of Americans are turning their 401(k) accounts into emergency piggy banks, according to Vanguard. Dissecting data from a sample of about 5 million employer-sponsored 401(k) accounts that Vanguard manages, the researchers said that 0.5% of account holders made difficult withdrawals in October. It’s a “worrying” all-time high, said …
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CNN Business — The dictatorial management style of Twitter owner Elon Musk risks driving the company headlong into unforced business mistakes, content moderation disasters and the degradation of the platform’s core features that help protect vulnerable users, according to a former top Twitter executive who led the company’s content moderation before quitting abruptly. this month. …
New York CNN Business — Elon Musk claimed on Monday that Apple had “threatened” to remove Twitter from its iOS app store, a move that could be devastating for the company Musk just acquired for $44 billion. “Apple (AAPL) has also threatened to remove Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why,” Musk …
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To receive it in your inbox, subscribe for free, here. New York CNN Business — Over the weekend, mainland China experienced something it hadn’t seen in over 30 years: thousands of protesters flooding the streets, defying the Communist Party. The protests had …
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