January 2020

Fender Europe fined £4.5m for preventing online discounts

Image copyright Getty Images Guitar maker Fender has been fined £4.5m for illegally preventing online discounts on its products in the UK. Fender Europe required sellers to set a minimum online price, breaking competition rules, the Competition and Markets Authority said. This meant that customers could not shop around for the lowest price, the regulator

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In Impeachment Case, Schiff Accuses Trump of Trying ‘to Cheat’ in Election

WASHINGTON — The House Democratic impeachment managers began formal arguments in the Senate trial on Wednesday, presenting a meticulous and scathing case for convicting President Trump and removing him from office on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the lead House prosecutor, took the lectern in

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Mr. Peanut Apparently Died, And Everyone Thinks He’s In Hell

Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe, the infamous legume traitor known more commonly as “Mr. Peanut,” was murdered by a marketing team on Wednesday. He was 104. But that’s not what Planters, one of the nation’s largest snack brands (and the late Mr. Peanut’s employer), would have you believe. “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that

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Canada prosecutors propose £110m Volkswagen fine

Image copyright Getty Images Canadian prosecutors want to fine Volkswagen millions of Canadian dollars over its emissions scandal. Volkswagen was charged in December with importing nearly 128,000 vehicles into Canada that violated emissions standards. The company then pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of diesel emissions violations. Globally the scandal has already cost the company

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Yad Vashem: Why Poland won’t be attending Holocaust memorial

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has snubbed an event at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Mr Duda complained that he has not been allowed to address the audience, whereas Mr Putin and other leaders will speak. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the BBC’s Mishal Husain that

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Twitter Tells Facial Recognition Trailblazer to Stop Using Site’s Photos

A mysterious company that has licensed its powerful facial recognition technology to hundreds of law enforcement agencies is facing attacks from Capitol Hill and from at least one Silicon Valley giant. Twitter sent a letter this week to the small start-up company, Clearview AI, demanding that it stop taking photos and any other data from

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