The U.S. market is improving, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs. For some perspective, “[t]he economy shed 22.1 million jobs combined in March and April.” So, we have a ways to go before we’ve fully recovered. ...more
6/5/2020
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Biometric Information ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Donald Trump ,
Elon Musk ,
Facebook ,
Financial Markets ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Information ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Iran ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Job Creation ,
Joe Biden ,
Political Campaigns ,
S&P ,
Settlement ,
Sick Leave ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trump Administration ,
Unemployment
Amazon asking customers to buy less! The pandemic has forced businesses, both winners and losers, to act “in unusual ways”....more
U.S. stocks continue to tumble, sinking by “8.1% at the open, triggering a 15-minute trading halt;” “Brent crude sank below $30 a barrel;” treasuries surged despite major moves from the Federal Reserve; and market sentiment...more
3/16/2020
/ Airlines ,
Amazon ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Bitcoin ,
Bonds ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grocery Stores ,
Oil Prices ,
Price Gouging ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers ,
Stock Prices ,
Trump Administration ,
Whole Foods
Big Tech companies using facial recognition software have begun to support “’precision regulations’ that don’t allow mass surveillance.” Lawmakers in New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Michigan, and California are considering...more
3/9/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Big Tech ,
Boeing ,
China ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Equity Markets ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Records ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Regulations ,
Oil Prices ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
S&P ,
Startups ,
Surveillance ,
World Health Organization
Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay a total of $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ and SEC. Wells Fargo admitted “that it took millions in wrongful fees and interest, misused customer information...more
2/24/2020
/ Analytics ,
Audi ,
Boeing ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Crude Oil ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Futures ,
Gold ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Intuit ,
Investment ,
Layoffs ,
Marijuana ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SoftBank ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
Wells Fargo ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Technology ,
World Health Organization
Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more
2/12/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Alphabet Company ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Big Tech ,
Child Abuse ,
China ,
Commodities ,
Corruption ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Futures ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Microsoft ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Operation & Maintenance ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Television Programming ,
Tourism ,
Trade Relations ,
Twitter ,
UK ,
Wall Street ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Devices ,
Wireless Industry ,
Wireless Technology
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft face continued problems from “potentially hazardous wiring.” European regulators want the manufacturer to relocate some of the wiring to prevent “potential short circuit[s], which in a worst-case...more
2/3/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
CEOs ,
China ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Global Economy ,
Google ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Job Applicants ,
Mexico ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Multinationals ,
Office Space ,
On-Demand Services ,
Online Advertisements ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Safe Harbors ,
Search Engines ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tax Liability ,
Travel Ban ,
Uber
Apple stock has surged over the past year, but consumers are divided over the stock price’s future. Apple’s software services and hardware products create an identity crisis that impacts the company’s future valuations....more
1/28/2020
/ 5G Network ,
Alphabet Company ,
Apple ,
Attorney General ,
Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Earnings Reports ,
Facebook ,
Fashion Industry ,
Fiat ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Relations ,
Futures ,
Heinz ,
Huawei ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Kraft ,
Mergers ,
Mobile Apps ,
Peugeot ,
Pharmacies ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Samsung ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
Vine
BlackRock Inc. will sell out of all companies “that get more than 25% of sales from thermal coal.” This threshold, however, won’t affect larger, diversified miners—which includes some of the biggest coal shippers....more
1/14/2020
/ Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Boeing ,
Books ,
Casinos ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
DNA ,
Dow Jones ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Markets ,
Hospitality Industry ,
India ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Trust Companies ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Life Sciences ,
MGM ,
Microsoft ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Pentagon ,
Popular ,
Publishers ,
Real Estate Investments ,
REIT ,
Sears ,
Stock Prices ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wells Fargo
Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more
1/7/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Arrest Warrants ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Big Data ,
Blackberry ,
China ,
Corporate Financing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Deep Fake ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Motors ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IKEA ,
Imports ,
Information Technology ,
Intel ,
Iran ,
Lost Sales ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Perjury ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Qualcomm ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retail Sales ,
Risk Management ,
Sales Tax ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Stream of Commerce ,
Takeovers ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Markets ,
Trucking Industry ,
Trucking Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Death ,
Xerox
Boeing’s 737 MAX faces an uncertain future. Boeing is considering at least a temporary halt to its 737 Max production “as regulatory clearance for the grounded jet’s return looks increasingly likely to slip beyond January...more
12/16/2019
/ Aircraft ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Automation Systems ,
Banks ,
Boeing ,
Brokered Deposits ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
China ,
Competition ,
DuPont ,
Economic Damages ,
Facebook ,
FDIC ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
Fracking ,
Housing Market ,
Independent Audits ,
Investment ,
Mobile Apps ,
Oil & Gas ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Renault-Nissan ,
Social Media ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia are suing to block the $26 billion plan to merge T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. The trial is slated to begin today with state officials arguing the deal would create “a more...more
12/9/2019
/ Advertising ,
Amazon ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Data ,
Blockchain ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Car Accident ,
Catastrophic Events ,
China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Selling ,
Electricity ,
Exports ,
Facebook ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Job Creation ,
Machine Learning ,
Murder ,
Olympics ,
PG&E ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Presidential Elections ,
Repossess ,
Ridesharing ,
Robotics ,
Robots ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Assault ,
Software ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Programming ,
Trade Relations ,
Uber ,
Unemployment ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wildfires ,
Wireless Industry ,
Xerox
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
12/2/2019
/ Aircraft Equipment ,
Algorithms ,
Aluminum Sales ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Brazil ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Cyber Monday ,
Employment Contract ,
Energy Projects ,
EU ,
Excavation ,
Export Bans ,
Exports ,
Fiat ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
General Electric ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet Retailers ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Labor Relations ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Microchip Technology ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Online Advertisements ,
OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Software ,
Steel Industry ,
Takeovers ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Tariffs ,
UAW ,
Unions