California fines Uber for failure to cooperate with assault probe

California fines Uber for failure to cooperate with assault probe

Datafloq     •     December 15, 2020, 12:00 am

(Reuters) -Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc was fined $59 million on Monday for failing to provide the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) with information on certain sexual assault…

California urges court to compel Amazon to comply with coronavirus probe

Datafloq     •     December 15, 2020, 12:00 am

(Reuters) -California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday petitioned a court to force Amazon.com Inc to comply with outstanding subpoenas over a state investigation into its handling of the…

U.S. FTC seeks data on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use personal data

Datafloq     •     December 15, 2020, 12:00 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the personal information…

Is Astrazeneca's for bid American rival a deal too far?

Money | Mail Online     •     December 14, 2020, 10:42 pm

The Cambridge-based pharmaceuticals group is offering £29billion for Boston-based rival Alexion, in a cash-and-shares deal that seeks to take advantage of its strong share price.

Finance bosses warn Bank of England over negative rates

Money | Mail Online     •     December 14, 2020, 10:42 pm

Executives at some of the largest lenders said the Bank needed to 'carefully consider' whether negative rates would have the desired effect of boosting the economy.