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Epic Games isn’t just fighting the app stores over the right to process its own in-app payments in its popular game Fortnite, it’s also taken up its antitrust legal battle with the tech giants via Bandcamp, the internet music company Epic acquired in March. The following month, Epic filed an injunction asking for the right to allow Bandcamp to continue operating as usual instead of being forced to adopt Google’s own payments system as is now required via a policy change, or risk… Source link

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said most Russian banks and 52 foreign organisations from 12 countries had access to the country’s alternative to Swift.Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Some Russian banks have been banned from the SWIFT banking system due to the Ukraine war. Russia is now urging the use of its alternative System for Transfer of Financial Messages. Russia’s central bank said it will stop revealing the names of those participating in its alternative to SWIFT. Russia’s… Source link

A Nest device is seen in close-up.  Smith Collection/Gado /Getty Images If you’re shopping on Amazon for smart home-security systems, then a few names probably jump out: Ring, Google Nest and Wyze. Each is a bestseller of security and surveillance equipment on Amazon. Here’s an overview of the three brands, from their most popular accessories or do-it-yourself systems, to the main… Source link

Since the start of the Ukraine War, a barrage of western sanctions has crippled the Russian economy and wreaked havoc on its financial system. The country has been largely cut off from the international payment system SWIFT, seen its access to $630 billion in foreign exchange reserves restricted, and watched as more than $17 billion in assets were seized from Russian oligarchs. But for the past eight years, Russia has been preparing for the worst. In June of 2014, just three months after its… Source link

On Monday, the White House formally proposed a new minimum tax on billionaires. The proposal is sure to generate fierce opposition from Republicans and others and would include a minimum rate for all Americans with a wealth of more than $100 million. If enacted, the minimum rate would be 20% of this group’s total annual income. Unrealized gains — such as unsold stocks and bonds — would be included in the total. In a statement announcing the provision that comes as part of its budget… Source link

BEIJING — U.S. anti-doping chief Travis Tygart said Friday that the testing delay that allowed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete at the Olympics was “absolutely inexcusable” and “a catastrophic failure of the system that is so egregious, it almost seems intentional.” “I’m not saying that it is [intentional], because I don’t know that,” Tygart clarified in a phone interview. “But it never should’ve happened.” The International Testing Agency confirmed Friday that Valieva, the… Source link

When Google announced a plan to block digital tracking cookies from its Chrome web browser two years ago, the advertising industry and regulators worried that the proposal would further entrench the search giant’s dominance over online ads. The outcry eventually forced Google to delay its rollout by nearly two years to late 2023. On Tuesday, Google said it was scrapping its old plan and offered a new way to block third-party trackers in Chrome with an online advertising system called Topics…. Source link

The legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio became a billionaire by picking up on patterns in the stock market. More recently, he has turned his attention to trends throughout world history. In a new book, “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order,” Dalio wrote that wealth inequality often leads to the rise of populism and division. Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief, Andy Serwer, asked Dalio in a new interview just how bad America’s divisiveness has gotten and who’s to blame for… Source link

Press Releases 10/29/2021 Governor Lamont, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, and Google Announce Google Career Certificates Are Now Available Across the Entire CSCU System Connecticut Is the First State in the U.S. to Offer the Full Suite of Google Career Certificates to Their Entire Community College and State University System (MIDDLETOWN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut State Colleges and… Source link

Major student loan servicer Navient (NAVI) is quitting the federal servicing business, the company announced Tuesday, handing off its 5.5 million borrowers holding about $280 billion in federal student loans to Maximus, another servicer. Advocates and progressive lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) heralded the move, in light of Navient’s troubled relationship with the federal government’s consumer protection bodies.  But the departure adds another challenge when the Education… Source link