Gujarat-Born US Judge Amit Mehta: A case of Google’s parent company Alphabet is going on in a US district court in the court of Indian-origin judge Amit P. Mehta. Google may face a big shock in this matter. It is possible that Google may have to sell its most used Chrome browser in the world. … Read more
German automotive supplier Bosch plans to lay off 5,000 employees, a spokesman said on Friday. The planned job cuts come as German auto companies push to reduce costs in order to stay competitive in the international market. What do we know about the job cuts at Bosch? Bosch’s spokesman said that some 3,800 of the … Read more
The sentencing in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has been postponed indefinitely. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s case, did not provide a new sentencing date in his order. Source link
Cboe Global Markets, one of the world’s leading securities and derivatives exchange networks, announced the launch Cash-settled options based on a US spot bitcoin (BTC) ETF index. This new product, available starting Monday, December 2, will be traded exclusively on the Cboe Options Exchange and will be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). … Read more
In this special edition, Annette Young heads to Avignon as the Pelicot case enters its closing stages. For nearly a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was regularly drugged by her husband and offered up to strangers for sex. Now seen as the most notorious rape trial ever to be held in this country, we meet the local … Read more
There is nervousness in Brussels about the incoming US administration. That is not just down to Donald Trump’s plans for Ukraine, but also because of his pledge to slap tariffs on EU goods of at least 10 percent. Trump insists that the EU will have to “pay a big price” for not buying enough American … Read more
The chips are down. In the biggest antitrust trial of this century, US federal prosecutors have filed their demands for Google, including for the tech giant to sell its ubiquitous Chrome browser. It comes after the judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that Google had maintained an illegal monopoly in online search. Why would selling … Read more
In this episode of Scoop we take a look at the origins of embedded journalism, when a reporter is attached to a military unit in a combat zone. Critics say the access comes at the cost of impartiality; proponents say that while it is not a comprehensive overview, it provides vital information from the battlefield. … Read more
Wealthy nations on Friday pledged $250 billion by 2035 to help poorer nations hit hardest by extreme weather events adapt to the challenges of climate change. A number of developing countries have already responded that they need far more to help them shift away from fossil fuels and adapt to a warming planet. Source link
He may have made a name for himself in light-hearted British rom-coms like “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, “About a Boy” and “Notting Hill”, but Hugh Grant has undergone a startling transformation over the last decade, rebranding himself as a character actor in darker roles. His latest outing in “Heretic” is certainly in that vein; … Read more