US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are in Manila this week to announce a $500 million defense funding to help the Philippines in its deterrence against China.
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China says the US requested trade talks in Switzerland, but Trump disputes the claim amid ongoing tariff tensions.
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China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on US Imports, Launches Google Antitrust Probe
China retaliates with new tariffs on US imports and launches an antitrust probe into Google amid escalating trade tensions.
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Delta Airlines has hired David Boies, prominent attorney and chair of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, in order to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft after an outage this month that caused millions of computers to crash, including those in airports.
MrBeast, the 300-million-subscriber YouTube channel and media company behind it, has been under fire in recent days due to double allegations directed at its founding co-presenters, Jimmy Donaldson and Ava Kris Tyson, regarding its questionable work ethics and predatory sexual behavior, respectively.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s firm Pershing Square announced that it was postponing its initial public offering, saying that there was an ‘enormous sensitivity’ to the size of the transaction.
American Airlines agreed to allot $4.2 billion worth in pay and benefits to its flight attendants after agreeing on a tentative deal.
Manhattan-based diamond dealer Manashe Sezanayev has been charged for alleged fraudulent practices against fellow jewelry merchants.
Maersk Line agreed to a settlement offered by the US Labor Department in relation to an alleged retaliatory termination of a container ship seaman who revealed questionable practices and potential safety concerns onboard the company’s vessels.
Biotech executive Jacob VanLandingham pleaded guilty to a fraud charge after allegedly improperly using welfare funds intended to develop a concussion drug in the largest public corruption case in the history of the state of Mississippi.
A Pennsylvania-based federal judge ruled to decline calls to block bans on noncompete agreements issued by the Federal Trade Commission, which was a divergence from an earlier decision at a Texas counterpart earlier this month.
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered eight companies to provide information the agency said was offering products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual characteristics.
