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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The spat between the companies and the Italian government concerned a regulation obliging online service providers operating in Italy to join a register and submit various information as well as… Source link

PARIS (AP) — Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright. The dispute is part of a larger battle by authorities in Europe and elsewhere to force Google and other tech companies to compensate publishers for content. “We disagree with a number of legal elements, and believe that the fine is disproportionate to our efforts to reach an agreement and comply with the new… Source link

(Bloomberg) — European and U.S. equity futures slipped Monday and Asian stocks were steady as investors mulled the outlook for Federal Reserve stimulus support and OPEC+ tension over oil. Shares dipped in Japan and Hong Kong and fluctuated in China, where cybersecurity probes into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. as well as some other online platforms highlighted Beijing’s push to curb the influence of the nation’s internet companies. Chinese technology firms fell in Hong Kong. The S&P… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs Predicts Over 50% Rally for These 3 Stocks Take a good look at the headlines, and you’ll be excused for thinking that we’re back in 1979. The late Carter years are remembered as the time of ‘stagflation:’ high inflation, high unemployment, fuel shortages, and a general malaise. So far, we’ve seen fuel shortages and gas station lines across the Southeast, rising commodity and housing prices, and unemployment ticking up even as the number of job openings… Source link

(Halil Sagirkaya / Anadolu Agency) Hackers aren’t the only ones taking advantage of the recent flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server—Google is, too.  On Friday, Google bashed Microsoft over the vulnerabilities in a blog post that’s ostensibly about funding journalism. “Microsoft was warned about the vulnerabilities in their system, knew they were being exploited, and are now doing damage control while their customers scramble to pick up the pieces from what has been dubbed the Great… Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks That Could See Outsized Gains Well, it’s official. Joe Biden is now President, and he’ll be backed – at least for the short term – by Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress. Wall Street is taking the measure of the new Administration, and sees, among its first moves, a boost in fiscal stimulus that is likely to goose consumer spending, bump corporate profits, and provide general economic support in the first half of 2021. Covering the… Source link

You ever have one of those dramatic friend couples? You know the type. One week, one half of the couple is all over social media declaring that they’ve found their soulmate with softly filtered pictures of the two of them, the next week there are complaints that their partner isn’t attentive enough and maybe it’s time to move on. A few days later, they break up. A couple of weeks later, they’re back together with more declarations of love. A month or two passes, the cycle repeats. It… Source link