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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

More than 200 employees at Google parent company Alphabet announced plans to form a union Monday, joining with the Communications Workers of America to organize full-time and contract workers alike. The move comes after public walkouts and controversies over employee dismissals at Google in recent years. … Source link

Apple (AAPL) has officially launched its anticipated answer to Peloton (PTON) app, Apple Fitness+. Available now on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, Apple Fitness+ is meant to be a kind of one-stop-shop for your fitness needs whether you’re just starting out or are an experienced fitness fanatic. For $7.99 per month or $79.99 a year, Fitness+ gives you access to a host of on-demand, recorded workouts for 10 different types of exercises including everything from strength training, to yoga and… Source link

A draft law proposing to limit foreign shareholdings in Russian companies that offer online video streaming services to 20% could worsen the investment climate, a spokesperson for internet giant Yandex told Reuters on Monday. Russian lawmaker Anton Gorelkin on Friday submitted the draft law to the lower house of parliament, the Duma, saying in a blogpost that new amendments were aimed at protecting the Russian market from “the excessive influence of foreigners”. Yandex, which owns… Source link

GlobeNewswire Flushing Bank Has Plans to Open a New Location on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, NY UNIONDALE, N.Y., Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Bank (the “Bank”), announced that the Bank plans to open a new location at 89-12 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY.  This full-service branch will be opening later this month. John R. Buran, President and CEO of Flushing Bank, stated:… Source link

‘The San Francisco 49ers were 4-6 going into their bye week. Before they played last week against the Los Angeles Rams, they found out they were being forced from their home base in Santa Clara, without knowing when they’d be able to play or practice there again. It’s OK if you chalked up the 49ers’ season to the Super Bowl hangover already. We knew some teams would catch some really bad breaks in a weird 2020, and it’s arguable nobody has had worse luck than the 49ers. They have… Source link

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex set to buy Tinkoff Bank in defensive move to boost fintech  AIM Group Source link

The news late last week that Microsoft has been in negotiations to acquire the short-form video app TikTok was a bit surprising. Hearing business-focused Microsoft mentioned in the same sentence with the dancing and lip-syncing wonder that is TikTok didn’t sound quite right—at first. But upon further reflection, a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up begins to make more sense. In fact, a deal—if both companies are able to appease the Trump administration—could be good news for Microsoft. As TikTok… Source link