A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in which Google will pay a $22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple's Safari browser. ...
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Foxconn, Apple’s giant Taiwanese manufacturing partner, denies reports that workers at one of its Chinese factories went on strike Friday and says the only disturbances happened earlier in the week but were squelched right away. The ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...
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Businesses will face tough penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation. Companies could face fines of up to 2% of their turnover for breaching a proposed EU data protection law. “It is ...
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The government lacks a clear evidence-based policy on whether or not to charge for data and should investigate the economic benefits of making all data free, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said in its report on the government's ...
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China Knowledge reported that China Securities Regulatory Commission the country's stock market watchdog, has said that it had granted licenses under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors scheme to 9 foreign investors in October. ...
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according to French markets watchdog AMF's sanctions committee. The luxury scarves war dates from October 2010 when LVMH revealed that it build a stake of 14 percent in the Hermes luxury house. LVMH used derivatives that allowed the luxury ...
Talks between Woolworths and Australia's competition watchdog over the creation of a streamlined acquisition process have collapsed with the retailer arguing it should apply to all industry participants. A statement by the Australian ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Gazprom has appealed a ruling by the Moscow Commercial Court upholding the Federal Antimonopoly Service's decision on the company's overrating of liquid sulfur prices in 2011. The court said that in October, the ...
Eight of the UK's major grocers have agreed to sign up to a set of "principles" on special offers and promotions on food and drink products. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group are among retailers to have agreed to ...
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Much of the talk for manufacturers on the release of their first-half and second-quarter results last week was focused on weakness in Europe and the knock-on effect from the impact of the US drought on corn prices. Elsewhere, Haribo said it ...
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The UK's new grocery industry watchdog will have the power to fine supermarkets who deal "unfairly" with suppliers, the country's government announced today (4 December). The Grocery Code Adjudicator is being established following a 2008 ...
Weetabix has had its second UK television advert banned in the last month by the country's advertising watchdog. The advert for its namesake Weetabix cereal, which was broadcast in July 2011, showed a family having breakfast and comparing ...
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Boparan Holdings has agreed to sell its Avana christmas pudding unit to Sargents Bakeries to settle competition concerns over its acquisition of Brookes Avana from Premier Foods plc. In January, the Office of Fair Trading indicated it ...
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Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants. The Universal Jobmatch website has been described as a"scammer's paradise"in a Channel 4 News ...
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