The European Union is opening a new front in its quest to more closely regulate big tech companies, saying Wednesday it was investigating whether U.S. online giant Amazon uses data from independent retailers to gain an illegal edge when selling its own products. Interested in Amazon? Add Amazon as an interest to stay up to […]
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Earlier in the day, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said his team had to find a way to make more plays in order to claw out of its midseason slump. Milwaukee then went out and did it Tuesday night. Christian Yelich hit his second career grand slam, Keston Hiura and Lorenzo Cain each had a solo
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[Sign up for the At War newsletter for more stories about veterans and V.A. policy.] The V.A. is currently conducting research into the effectiveness of service dogs, but the process has been slow. Research started in 2011 was supposed to wrap up in 2015 but has repeatedly been stalled by problems with the study’s design
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It seems people can’t stop asking him why Jack, his character in the 1997 movie, froze in the ocean instead of climbing onto a floating door that saved Rose, the role portrayed by Kate Winslet. MTV News correspondent Josh Horowitz posed the door question to DiCaprio in front of his “Hollywood” co-stars Margot Robbie and
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Image copyright Getty Images EU anti-trust regulators have opened an investigation into Amazon after allegations that it misuses “sensitive data” from independent retailers who sell on the online giant’s website. Anti-trust commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she would take “a very close look” at its business practices. The European Commission said it would examine Amazon’s standard
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LONDON — Amazon is coming under scrutiny from the European Commission over how it collects and uses data from third-party sellers who appear on the retailing giant’s website and whether that breaches antitrust rules. The investigation was announced on Wednesday as the latest effort by European regulators to examine antitrust concerns about giant technology firms.
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It took more than any homecoming jitters to cool off Arizona Diamondbacks rookie pitcher Alex Young on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old left-hander allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings to help the Diamondbacks beat the Texas Rangers 9-2. Young (3-0) pitched collegiately about 20 miles from Globe Life Park for TCU in Fort Worth and
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A former House of Commons clerk has said she experienced instances of “bullying behaviour” from senior MPs during her 10 years in the post. Hannah White told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show of one instance when she was berated “at length” in a corridor “for simply having done my job”. MPs are due to vote
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation and lower interest rates. Delivering remarks to a Paris economic conference, Powell said that since the depths of the Great Recession in 2008 and early 2009, growth and
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Image copyright Getty Images As Sam Fender steps off stage at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow he’s completed a run of three shows in as many days. “I did a hometown gig in Newcastle, then played with Bob Dylan and Neil Young in London and then came here,” he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. “I’m dead,” he
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