Antitrust regulators and consumer advocacy groups are increasing their scrutiny of Google’s planned acquisition of fitness tracker firm Fitbit. Google announced that it was buying Fitbit last year for $ 2.1 billion and said it hoped to complete the deal sometime in 2020. But the acquisition may be delayed for …
Read More »Is the stock market closed today? These are the hours for the July 4th holiday.
Text size Yana Paskova / Getty Images After a first half of the year filled with vintage events, investors will have a much-needed break on Friday as most of the US markets will be closed to observe on July 4th. After the significant liquidation in March, the shares recovered some …
Read More »Oregon soldier refuses to wear mask in cafeteria, on leave: reports
An Oregon State Police soldier who refused to wear a mask at a Corvallis cafeteria on Wednesday was reportedly put on leave. “F — Kate Brown,” the soldier reportedly told the store’s deputy manager, referring to the state governor, a Democrat. Brown’s state mask mandate to fight the coronavirus went …
Read More »Jada Pinkett Smith talks about ‘Healing’ after August Alsina’s romance allegations – NBC New York
Jada Pinkett Smith is approaching the table. Earlier Thursday, the actress apparently addressed August Alsina’s recent allegations that the two had been romantically involved when she went to Twitter to write: “There is some healing that must happen … so I’m going to the Red Table.” . This response comes …
Read More »UK investigates multi-billion dollar deal between Apple and Google
American and European regulators are closely watching Apple for possibly violating antitrust laws related to the App Store. Apple doesn’t allow iOS and iPadOS users to download apps from a third-party app store, but by cutting app purchases by 30%, Apple is forcing some developers to increase their prices to …
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