The first month of the new year has not even ended yet, and Wall Street firms are already building a case for stocks to rise even further this year. With the composition of the government now confirmed and Democratic lawmakers in control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, strategists are preparing to see more fiscal stimulus boost consumer spending, the economy and corporate profits in the coming months. This is set to lay the groundwork for a strong recovery once the… Source link

Bloomberg Trump Pardons Bannon, Lil Wayne, Broidy, But Not Himself (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump granted clemency to dozens of people on Wednesday, including his former strategist Steve Bannon, the rapper Lil Wayne and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, in one of his final official acts as president.A list of pardons and commutations the White House released early Wednesday, Trump’s last day in office, doesn’t include the president himself. Trump had discussed pre-emptively pardoning… Source link

It’s time to start looking ahead to the 2021 college football season. Monday was the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the 2021 NFL draft. While the transfer market will churn in the weeks and months to come, college football teams across the country have a good idea of what their rosters will look like for the upcoming season. It’s a season that we all hope will resemble the normalcy of seasons not so long ago. And, in true modern college football fashion, the teams in the playoff… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court… Source link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court… Source link

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court in Sherman, Texas, accusing the search engine company of working with Facebook Inc in a way that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant… Source link

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union investigations… Source link