Court rejects Boeing plea deal in 737 Max crashes, citing DEI concerns

Court rejects Boeing plea deal in 737 Max crashes, citing DEI concerns

Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, holds a sign with photos of the crash victims during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the Hart Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, … Read more

Shares of Google parent plunge after DOJ seeks forced selloff of Chrome browser

Shares of Google parent plunge after DOJ seeks forced selloff of Chrome browser

Shares of Google parent Alphabet plunged more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order a selloff of Google’s Chrome web browser – one of several remedies aimed at breaking up the Big Tech firm’s monopoly over online search. The stock drop signaled anxiety on Wall Street about Google’s future after … Read more

Google Chrome browser could fetch $20B if judge orders sale: report

Google Chrome browser could fetch B if judge orders sale: report

Google’s Chrome browser would be worth $20 billion on the open market if the Justice Department succeeds in convincing a federal judge to order divestment, according to a report. The DOJ will recommend in a Wednesday filing that US District Judge Amit Mehta order Chrome to be sold as part of a suite of changes … Read more

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome: report

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome: report

The Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system, the report said. … Read more

Trump Picks Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, and Yes, He’s Serious

Trump Picks Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, and Yes, He’s Serious

What’s crazier than (potentially) putting notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health? Nominating GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general of the United States, which Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that is not the set up to a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it is something … Read more

TD Bank to pay $3B in historic money-laundering settlement

TD Bank to pay B in historic money-laundering settlement

TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Originally Published: October 10, 2024 at 4:46 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s … Read more

Liberal MPs call for probe into Canadian connections to alleged Russian propaganda scheme

Liberal MPs call for probe into Canadian connections to alleged Russian propaganda scheme

Liberal MPs are calling for a committee investigation of Canadian connections to U.S. allegations that Russia has used state-run media, unwitting influencers and websites to spread disinformation. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against two Russian nationals accusing them of setting up a conservative media outlet as a front for pro-Kremlin propaganda. … Read more

Google ads are everywhere. Now they’re being taken to court, too

Google ads are everywhere. Now they’re being taken to court, too

One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the company faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company — this time over its advertising technology. The U.S. Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether the firm holds a monopoly over … Read more

How Harris campaign’s Big Tech ties could undermine Google antitrust breakup effort

How Harris campaign’s Big Tech ties could undermine Google antitrust breakup effort

The Kamala Harris campaign’s cozy ties with Big Tech have sparked worries that Google will be allowed to wiggle out of a proposed breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned. Harris is close to Paul Weiss – the white-shoe law firm leading Google’s defense in another major antitrust case targeting … Read more

Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report

Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report

The Justice Department is reportedly considering a push for a historic breakup of Google’s business empire after a federal judge ruled the Big Tech giant has an illegal monopoly over online search. DOJ attorneys could ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell portions of its business – with potential candidates for divestment including … Read more