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Marlboro maker ditches Juul and buys NJOY
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
The deal for NJOY, one of the few e-cigarette makers whose products have clearance from federal regulators, includes an additional USD 500 million if the Food and Drug Administration authorises additional NJOY products.
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US antitrust regulator abandons challenge to Meta's acquisition of virtual
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
The announcement that the agency was abandoning an administrative proceeding against the deal came less than a month after a federal judge denied the FTC's request for a court order halting Meta's purchase of Within Unlimited.
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Microsoft claims to have no idea why 'Call of Duty' franchise is special
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Last year in January Microsoft announced it would spend USD 68.7 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard, highlighting how it would get 'Call of Duty', 'Warcraft' and 'Candy Crush' for that fee.
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US seeks to block Microsoft's USD 69 billion takeover of Activision Blizza
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The USD 69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard also includes the acquisition of its major war video game franchise, Call of Duty. The FTC said that if the purchase goes forward, it would be the biggest in the gaming industry and Microsoft's largest transaction ever .
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Biocon subsidiary completes acquisition of Viatris for USD 3 billion
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a statement by the pharma company, Biocon Biologics and Viatris have obtained all applicable approvals from key global regulators including the US Federal Trade Commission, the Competition Commission of India and the Reserve Bank of India, and its investors, respectively.
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"Musk has undermined Twitter's integrity": US senators urge antitrust prob
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The US lawmakers claimed that Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer, has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform.
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Elon Musk under federal investigation, reveals latest Twitter court filing
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being investigated by the US federal authorities in connection with his USD 44 billion Twitter buyout deal, said media reports citing a court filing by the microblogging site.
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US lawmaker introduces bill to ban Chinese app TikTok on govt devices
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): A US lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a bill to prohibit the Chinese video sharing app TikTok from accessing thier citizens' user data from within China and block the installation of the application on government devices.
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US Senators call for probe into TikTok user data access
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee have called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials were getting access to data about American users of the short-video platform TikTok.
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Twitter fined USD 150 million over alleged user-privacy violations
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): Twitter has faced a big blow as Federal Trade Commission levied a USD 150 million fine on the microblogging site, alleging that the company illegally used peoples' personal data over six years to help sell targeted advertisements.
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US Trade Commission files antitrust lawsuit to remedy Facebook's 'monopoly
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday filed a petition for a permanent injunction from the US District Court for the District of Columbia to remedy alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic practices by the social media platform Facebook.
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Federal judge dismisses US government's antitrust complaint against Facebo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) complaint accusing Facebook of violating antitrust laws has been dismissed by a US federal judge, an opinion issued by the court on Monday revealed.
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