The fallout of COVID-19 continues: “S&P 500 futures fell nearly 4%;” the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes fell to 0.788%; Brent crude fell by 4.6%; the stimulus and fiscal relief package hit a roadblock in the Senate; and...more
3/23/2020
/ Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Bailout ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Markets ,
Hotels ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Martin Shkreli ,
Monopolization ,
Oil Prices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health ,
S&P ,
SoftBank ,
Stock Prices ,
Trade Wars
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
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