The messaging app Telegram has become the latest company to file a formal antitrust complaint to the EU over Apple’s App Store. In a complaint to EU chief competition officer Margrethe Vestager, Telegram, which has more than 400 million users, said Apple should “allow users the opportunity to download software …
Read More »Dirty tricks and the 2020 elections: lessons from the KGB
The report detailed how Russia was suspected of using fakes and planted stories to wreak havoc on the West during the Cold War through influence operations rather than military might. And these tactics did not stop with the fall of the Berlin Wall. In fact, social media and the cloak …
Read More »Lawmakers warn that new ‘onerous’ USPS loan terms imposed by Mnuchin ‘could accelerate the disappearance of the postal service’
Top Congressional Democrats warn that an emergency loan deal announced Wednesday by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, could “accelerate the disappearance of the Postal Service “by giving the administration unprecedented access to the internal …
Read More »J&J begins clinical trial of single-dose coronavirus vaccine
FOX Business’s Edward Lawrence reports on the Trump administration’s agreement with companies like Fujifilm to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Then, The Wall Street Journal editorial page deputy editor Dan Henninger looks at investing in biotech companies and the upcoming presidential election. Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that the first human …
Read More »Yum Brands (YUM) 2Q 2020 Earnings Report: Same Sales Drop in Same Store
Yum Brands reported Thursday that global sales at the same store fell 15% in the fiscal second quarter, led by falling sales at the KFC brand, but the company said sales began to stabilize at its open locations. Store closings peaked in early April, CEO David Gibbs said in a …
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