• TikTok could be banned in Europe as well as the US

    Hugely popular video app TikTok could be banned in Europe as well as the US, according to remarks made by the president of the European Commission. TikTok is also under two separate EU investigations, and President Biden last week signed a bill which would see the app banned in the US within nine months unless it is sold to an American company more

  • Xi Is on a Mission to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and the US

    (Bloomberg) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to the European Union for the first time in five years with a clear message: Beijing offers much more of an economic opportunity for the bloc than the US wants to admit.Most Read from BloombergTesla Soars on Tentative China Approval for Driving SystemStocks Trade for 390 Minutes a Day. Increasingly, Only 10 MatterUS Warns ICC Action on Israel Would Hurt Cease-Fire ChancesYen Sparks Intervention Suspicion After U-Turn From 1990 LowsWhat...

  • Why TikTok Will Likely Be Banned — And Not Sold — In The US

    The United States is giving ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, a stark choice — divest the popular video app

  • How Chinese firms are using Mexico as a backdoor to the US

    Chinese firms are racing to set up factories in Mexico to bypass US tariffs and sanctions.

  • UAE-backed firm drops its bid to buy the Telegraph

    RedBird IMI struck a deal with the Barclay family - long-time Telegraph proprietors - last year to take over the news group, which also includes The Spectator magazine.

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    Maps Show Passenger Trains in US vs. Europe?

    The maps purported to show a major difference in density between the two systems.

  • US Nuclear Weapons in Europe Violate Treaty Law

    The US Air Force practice of deploying nuclear weapons on military bases in other countries — and training foreign pilots to attack third countries with H-bombs — is called ‘nuclear sharing’ or ‘forward basing.’ The system has been repeatedly condemned in recent years by lawyer’s groups, international law experts, UN delegates, civil society, and foreign More

  • US TikTok ban would be 'devastating', UK firms warn

    UK businesses using TikTok say they could see a significant drop in sales if the app is banned in the US.

  • Dangote refinery ramps up production with US crude – Report

    The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery is taking advantage of cheaper oil imports from the United States for as much as a third of its feedstock as it starts up production. A report by Bloomberg on Thursday stated that the plant has been shipping products in recent weeks while readying two units to Read More

  • Jurors Are Dropping Like Flies in Trump NYC Case

    Well, that was fast. Juror #2, the oncology nurse who lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was dismissed from the jury in former President Donald Trump's bookkeeping case when the trial resumed on Thursday. Then, soon thereafter, prosecutors booted another juror from the case.

  • Law firm drops Village of Dolton as client, says it hasn't been paid

    The Del Galdo Law Group has been representing Dolton in more than a dozen cases, including some that involve serious injuries or death.

  • Drop in renewal deals poses revenue challenge for top IT firms

    Despite record deals announced in the final quarter of 2023-24, the deal momentum has slowed down from a year ago as companies are witnessing clients signing more net new and transformational deals rather than renewing old deals. The new deals are often of smaller value, leading to a dip in the revenue of software companies primarily due to lesser discretionary expenditure by client firms. This has also resulted in vendor consolidation and slower decision-making on larger deals, said...