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Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has been named the largest lobbyist in Washington, DC, in 2017, the first time ever that a tech company has claimed that mantle. Alphabet spent $18 million to influence US government policy in…
Millions of Americans left comments on the prospect of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rolling back protections for net neutrality in December – including some dead Americans. Now, a Congressional watchdog is reviewing the many reports that comments favoring the…
In the last 10 years, hackers have stolen $1.2 billion worth of the cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ether, according to Lex Sokolin, global director of fintech strategy at Autonomous Research LLP. “It looks like crypto-hacking is a $200 million annual revenue industry,”…
The British government says it has achieved internal agreement on the way forward in the tumultuous Brexit process, an attempt to reassure the business community amid the solid economic growth and elevated concerns over future trade relations with the EU.…
Amidst the overall upbeat sentiment among global policymakers at the elite Davos summit, the IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde warns of several key risks to economic and financial stability. Kristian Rouz — Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde…
In a move that threatens to ratchet up the already tense trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, a US court has convicted a Chinese company guilty for stealing proprietary technology from a US firm. On Wednesday, a federal jury in Madison,…
