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Google's $2.1 billion Fitbit deal hits roadblock as EU opens probe

Alphabet unit Google’s bid to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit hit a hurdle on Tuesday as EU antitrust regulators launched an investigation into the $2.1 billion deal. The move by the European Commission on Tuesday came despite Google’s pledge last month not to use the fitness tracker’s data for advertising purposes in a bid to address competition concerns. The EU antitrust enforcer said the deal would further entrench Google’s dominance in online advertising and that Google’s data pledge was insufficient to allay its worries. …read more […]

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Europe air safety regulator gives no firm date for 737 MAX to fly again

Europe’s air safety watchdog has no firm date for Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to resume flights, it said on Tuesday, adding that the U.S. planemaker had some more work to do before a 17-month-old safety ban could be lifted in Europe. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday issued a proposed directive requiring four design or operating changes in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes, in a move which could lead to the agency lifting a grounding order on the jet later this year. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) declined to comment directly on …read more […]

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Playing Big Gov’s Game to Defend Liberty

Last month, my wife and I flew to Montana to do a presentation for Music Ranch Montana.
No, I didn’t sing.
I gave the first nonmusical presentation at the venue… and I was honored to perform with my own version of dramatic infotainment.
But that’s not what I’m writing about today.
I decided to have a little fun with COVID-19 rules and play some games with our bureaucrats.
It’s Contaminated
I have one of those little blue cotton hospital masks they give you as freebies whenever you go somewhere these days. I’ve used it now on a dozen flights. I keep it in my computer bag …read more […]

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Booking.com Restructuring Will Pare Its Workforce By Up to 25 Percent

Later than any of its peers, Booking.com announced Tuesday it will be restructuring, and eliminating up to 25 percent of its global employee base, a number Skift estimated to be roughly 4,300 employees. Glenn Fogel, the CEO of both parent company Booking Holdings and Booking.com, is expected to tell Booking.com employees that Covid-19 hit Booking.com […] …read more […]

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Kuwaiti lessor Alafco reaches deal with Boeing in 737 MAX dispute

Kuwaiti aircraft leasing company Alafco will buy fewer aircraft from Boeing after reaching an agreement to end its legal claim over a cancelled 737 MAX order, it said on Tuesday. Alafco was suing the U.S. planemaker for $336 million over accusations it wrongly refused to return advance payments on a cancelled order for 40 of its troubled 737 MAX planes. The Kuwaiti lessor will now buy 20 aircraft from Boeing, instead of 40, with new delivery dates, it said in a bourse filing. …read more […]