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Tech giants to face House committee hearings over effects on small business
Internet heavyweights are facing yet more congressional scrutiny over their competitive practices. The House Small Business Committee intends to question Amazon, Facebook and Google over their possible harm to competition for small businesses. Comm...
UK MPs launch inquiry into the impact of ‘fake news’
What is fake news? That's a question that Facebook has been trying to answer for months, but it's now becoming the subject of a UK parliamentary inquiry. The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee confirmed today that it will launch an i...
TalkTalk hack: MPs launch inquiry after police make fourth arrest
We now know the extent of the TalkTalk hack, and while it's not as bad as everyone first feared, it still poses massive questions about cybersecurity and the countermeasures being taken by British technology companies. To get a better grasp of the...
Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling
By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...
Prada Appears To Follow Italy’s Latest Fashion Trend: Tax Transfers, Allegations Of Evasion
Clearly, the fashion gods are angry. Last year, Italian tax authorities took on the fashion house of Dolce & Gabbana, eventually imposing a fine of 343.3 million euros ($439.70 million U.S.) as...
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The Judge Won’t Call Asbestos-Lawyer Shenanigans Fraud, But It Sure Smells Like It
There’s an old journalistic turn of phrase that keeps us on the right side of the libel laws, while getting the point across: Sometimes it’s a crime what’s legal. That is an apt description for the...
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What 2013 Teaches Employers For 2014 & Beyond
By Gene Connors and Amanda Haverstick 2013 left employees as the overall victors on the employment law battlefield, by arming them with a host of new statutory rights and options, primarily at the...
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Japan Tainted Food Outbreak Causes Food Poisoning
It is a very upsetting event alright. Hundreds of people unwittingly ate packaged frozen seafood from Maruha Nichiro Holdings. The pesticide-laced eatables let loose an epidemic of diarrhea and...
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Affinity casino company warns of data breaches
Affinity Gaming warns card data from patrons of 11 casinos in 4 states exposed in cyberattack LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas company that owns casinos in Nevada, Colorado, Iowa and...
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