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6
2019

Ultimate Software agrees to $11 billion buyout by investor group

Ultimate Software Group Inc, a cloud-based human resources applications developer, said on Monday it agreed to be bought by an investor group led by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11 billion.

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6
2019

German ´Low Cost´ Germania declares bankruptcy and cancels its operations - The Province

The German airlineSlang, with headquarters in Berlin, has presented on Tuesday a voluntary application for bankruptcy, declaring itselfnsolventand bankrupt, and has suspended all itsoperations.

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6
2019

Brussels will veto the merger of Siemens and Alstom despite fierce pressure from Berlin and Paris

The dreaded decision has led to an unprecedented confrontation between the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, and the two companies, above all, the German one.

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6
2019

Norway intelligence service issues Huawei warning

Norway´s intelligence service PST on Monday (Feb 4) issued a warning about Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, whose ties to Beijing have sparked security concerns.

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6
2019

Apple settles 10-year tax battle with France, paying a reported €500M

Apple has settled a ten-year tax battle with France, agreeing to pay a reported half a billion Euros ($570M) in back tax.

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6
2019

UN committee finds Finland court decision violated Sámi people’s human rights

The UN Human Rights Committee two decisions Friday finding Finland violated the political rights of representatives to the Sámi parliament by improperly enlarging the electoral roll of eligible candidates.

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6
2019

Federal judge allows class action lawsuit against Mercedes and Bosch for emissions cheating

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled Friday that a class action lawsuit against Mercedes and Bosch may proceed over allegations of emissions cheating.

FEB
5
2019

Amazon: Facial recognition bias claims are ´misleading´

Amazon has defended its facial-recognition tool, Rekognition, against claims of racial and gender bias, following a study published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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5
2019

U.S. judge throws out Maryland bid to protect Obamacare law

A U.S. judge on Friday threw out the state of Maryland’s bid to protect the healthcare law known as Obamacare in a ruling that also sidestepped a decision on whether President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was lawful.

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5
2019

Democratic lawmaker re-introduces bills to strengthen antitrust

Senator Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said on Friday that she had re-introduced two bills aimed at strengthening enforcement of U.S. antitrust law.

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5
2019

Florida court allows prosecution of unregulated bitcoin sales

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday held that unregulated Bitcoin sales can be prosecuted.

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5
2019

Arkansas top court rules ban on sexual orientation discrimination unenforceable

The Arkansas Supreme Court issued two opinions on Wednesday striking down a city ordinance that banned discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

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5
2019

New York and five eastern states sue EPA for Clean Air Act failure

New York Attorney General Letitia James, and a coalition of five other states and New York City, on Wednesday, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failure to comply with certain provisions of the Clean Air Act.

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5
2019

Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Louisiana abortion law

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a stay on Friday on behalf of the other justices in June Medical Services LLC., et al v. Gee, a case reviewing Louisiana Act 620, the Unsafe Abortion Protection Act.

FEB
4
2019

U.S. base relocation referendum to cover all Okinawa voters

All eligible voters in Okinawa will be able to take part in a referendum on a key U.S. air base transfer plan within the prefecture later this month, as three Okinawa cities that were opposed to it said Friday they have changed their position.

FEB
4
2019

China Offered to Slash Malaysia Rail Project Cost

China offered to nearly halve the cost of a $20 billion rail project in Malaysia to save it, Reuters reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

FEB
4
2019

Uber Raises Prices in New York City, Citing New Minimum Wage Law

Uber is raising prices -- and squeezing drivers -- in New York City, where a new minimum wage rule is in effect.

FEB
4
2019

Apple Revoked Google´s Enterprise License Temporarily, as Punishment For Distributing Internal Apps to Consumers

Apple tightens the knot around its enterprise certification program as Google becomes the second big name in the week to violate its terms.

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4
2019

Missouri Supreme Court suspends second talc cancer trial in weeks

The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday halted an upcoming trial in a case brought by women who claim talc supplied by Imerys Talc America for use in Johnson & Johnson products gave them cancer, saying it wanted to consider a jurisdictional challenge by Imerys.

FEB
4
2019

Facebook takes down hundreds of Indonesian accounts linked to fake news syndicate

Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, pages and groups from its social network after discovering they were linked to an online group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news.

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