The Federal Trade Commission is examining the tech giant’s acquisitions as part of its antitrust investigation, seeking to determine if…
Read more "FTC Antitrust Probe of Facebook Scrutinizes Its Acquisitions"
Posted on August 2, 2019 December 3, 2022 alphabet cl , anti competition issues , corporate , entertainment , facebook cl , federal trade commission , government policy , kwexclusive , media , online service providers , ownership changes , regulation , social media platforms , technology
Facebook has signed up more than a dozen companies including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber to back the new cryptocurrency…
Read more "Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers"
Posted on June 13, 2019 December 21, 2022 banking , commerce , corporate , electronic payment systems , entertainment , facebook , financial technology , markets , mastercard , media , online service providers , ownership changes , plans , social media platforms , strategy , tools , virtual currencies
South Dakota’s retirement system also nearly doubled its investment in upscale-goods maker Tapestry, and bought more Verizon stock in the…
Read more "A Top State Pension Loaded Up on Berkshire Hathaway, Kroger, and Facebook Stock"
Posted on May 12, 2019 December 22, 2022 business , commodity , companies , consumer services , corporate , disruptions , entertainment , equity markets , facebook , financial performance , management , media , online service providers , ownership changes , share price movement , social media platforms , technology , tools , wholesale , wireless telecommunications services
Facebook’s shift toward private messaging, payments and e-commerce echoes the footsteps of WeChat, China’s social networking super app that many…
Read more "Facebook Shift Nods to Example of Chinese Super-App WeChat"
Posted on March 7, 2019 June 24, 2019 commerce , computers , consumer electronics , corporate , entertainment , facebook , lifestyle , living , media , mergers , mobile applications software , online service providers , ownership changes , political , social media platforms , software , technology , tools , wechat
Marriott says it responded quickly when it learned in recent weeks of a colossal theft of customer data, but cybersecurity…
Read more "Marriott’s Starwood Missed Chance to Detect Huge Data Breach Years Earlier, Cybersecurity Specialists Say"
Posted on December 2, 2018 June 24, 2019 corporate , cybercrime , hacking , hospitality , information security , legal action , leisure , mergers , ownership changes , political , privacy issues , restaurants , shareholdings
The choice of Mark Read to succeed Martin Sorrell caps a monthslong search at the world’s largest advertising firm and…
Read more "Ad Giant WPP Taps Company Veteran Mark Read for CEO"
Posted on September 2, 2018 June 24, 2019 advertising , business , consumer services , contracts , corporate , Digital Marketing , internet search engines , mergers , online service providers , ownership changes , public relations , senior level management , shareholdings , technology
The Justice Department filed an appeal of the antitrust clearance for the AT&T-Time Warner deal, saying the judge ignored “economics…
Read more "DOJ Says Judge Ignored ‘Economics, Common Sense’ in Allowing AT&T-Time Warner Deal"
Posted on August 6, 2018 June 24, 2019 anti competition issues , antitrust , corporate crime , domestic politics , entertainment , executive branch , government policy , international relations , justice department , legal action , media , mergers , ownership changes , political , shareholdings , wireless telecommunications services
Broadcom struck a deal to buy software company CA Technologies for nearly $19 billion, a surprise move that takes the…
Read more "Broadcom to Buy CA Technologies for $18.9 Billion"
Posted on July 12, 2018 June 24, 2019 applications software , computers , corporate , industrial electronics , mergers , ownership changes , purchase , semiconductors , shareholdings , software
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