Factbox-Potential outcomes of FTC legal bids to block Microsoft-Activision deal

(Reuters) – Microsoft, which is seeking to buy games giant Activision, faces two legal fights in coming weeks with U.S. antitrust enforcers who are determined to stop the $69 billion transaction. Microsoft has pressed for a decision sooner rather than later, noting that the purchase agreement has a termination date of July 18, although such …

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US House Speaker McCarthy threatens to block funding for Chile waiver program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Friday threatened to use congressional appropriations to block funding for a U.S. visa waiver program for Chile, blaming rising criminal activity in the United States on the program. At a news conference in Santa Ana, California, McCarthy called on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro …

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Faraday Future plans reverse stock split and delays EV deliveries

(Reuters) -Electric-vehicle startup Faraday Future Intelligent Electric said on Friday it was planning a reverse stock split, as it looks to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirements. Nasdaq requires shares trade above $1 and sends a notice when a company trades below that mark for 30 consecutive business days. Companies then have a …

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U.S. Energy Dept gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victims

By Timothy Gardner and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said on Friday. The DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the …

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Atacante de sinagoga de Pittsburgh, culpable de delitos de odio, podría enfrentar pena de muerte

Por Jonathan Allen y Joseph Ax 16 jun (Reuters) – Un jurado declaró el viernes a Robert Bowers culpable de decenas de delitos federales de odio por la matanza de 11 feligreses en la sinagoga Árbol de la Vida de Pittsburgh en 2018, el ataque antisemita más mortífero en la historia de Estados Unidos. Bowers, …

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Acuerdo de 75 millones dólares del Deutsche Bank en abusos de Epstein obtiene aprobación preliminar

NUEVA YORK, 16 jun (Reuters) – Un juez estadounidense concedió el viernes la aprobación preliminar al acuerdo de Deutsche Bank AG ( ) por valor de 75 millones de dólares con las mujeres que afirmaron que Jeffrey Epstein abusó sexualmente de ellas y que el banco alemán facilitó el tráfico sexual del difunto financiero. El …

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Nuevas normas de los Grammy exigen intervención humana, frenan uso de IA

Por Danielle Broadway 16 jun (Reuters) -“Sólo los creadores humanos pueden optar” a los premios Grammy, dijo el viernes la Academia de la Grabación, mientras el organismo que concede los galardones musicales más reconocidos del mundo trata de frenar el uso de la inteligencia artificial (IA) en la industria. Las obras creadas exclusivamente con IA …

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Bolsonaro aide sought legal advice for Brazil coup -police report

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -One of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s closest aides sought legal advice for a military intervention that would have prevented the handover of power following last October’s election, federal police said on Friday. Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid was one of Bolsonaro’s personal assistants who stayed on as an aide after …

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Exclusive-Mondelez ‘singled out’ in boycott over Russia business-memo

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mondelez International’s Europe president said Thursday that the Milka chocolate bar-maker was being “singled out and treated differently” from rival companies that are also continuing to sell food and drinks in Russia, according to a memo seen by Reuters. In the memo titled “A note on Nordics/Russia” sent to employees Thursday, …

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