Apple updates iPhone software in attempt to dodge China ban December 14, 2018 Tech giant Apple has said it will be pushing out a software update to its iPhone smartphone in China next week, as it attempts to work around an upcoming sales ban on several models. The Californian company is currently embroiled in an ongoing global dispute with chipmaker Qualcomm, which believes Apple has infringed a number [...]
Visa and Mastercard agree $6.2bn settlement over card fees September 18, 2018 Visa, Mastercard and a number of banks have agreed to pay $6.2bn (£4.72bn) to settle a long-running legal dispute over the charges retailers are forced to pay for accepting card payments. The lawsuit, which began in 2005, accused the card companies of breaking US federal antitrust laws by forcing retailers to pay swipe fees. Read more: TSB forced to [...]
Visa and Mastercard agree $6.2bn settlement over card fees September 18, 2018 Visa, Mastercard and a number of banks have agreed to pay $6.2bn (£4.72bn) to settle a long-running legal dispute over the charges retailers are forced to pay for accepting card payments. The lawsuit, which began in 2005, accused the card companies of breaking US federal antitrust laws by forcing retailers to pay swipe fees. Read more: TSB forced to [...]
Legal row over Musk’s tesla plan: Here’s how the industry reacted August 12, 2018 Tesla is facing a barrage of lawsuits from investors angry at founder Elon Musk’s shock proposal to take the company private at $420 a share. The colourful entrepreneur dropped the bombshell on social media last week, claiming that funding for the move had been secured – driving shares up 11 per cent before its price [...]
Fujifilm scores big win against US activist investors blocking Xerox merger October 17, 2018 Fujifilm has won a court battle in its doomed bid for Xerox after an investor blocked a merger between the two companies. A New York court overturned preliminary injunctions requested by Darwin Deason, an investor who sold his Affiliated Computer Services to Xerox for $6.4bn in 2010. Deason and activist investor Carl Icahn, who between [...]
US Election: Biden’s (almost certain) win: How it happened November 6, 2020 Live updates on the US Presidential Election 2020 as Donald Trump and Joe Biden go head to head. Rolling coverage as Americans vote.
Tesla hit with SEC subpoena over Model 3 production targets November 2, 2018 Tesla has received a subpoena from US regulators over company production estimates, the firm revealed today. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into claims that the electric carmarker has made over production of its Model 3 sedans last year. Department of Justice prosecutors have also asked for the company to provide [...]
Ivanka Trump reportedly sent hundreds of White House emails from private account November 20, 2018 Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account, it is reported. President Trump’s daughter, who works as an adviser to her father in his administration, reportedly breached federal records rules with many of the messages sent to White House aides, officials and her assistants. The Washington Post said yesterday [...]
Wisdom of crowds: startup brings crowd funding to litigation finance February 11, 2019 When Cormac Leech, chief executive of new crowd funding litigation platform Axiafunder, is questioned about the potential 20-30 per cent returns offered to investors on its website, he doubles down. “If anything I’d say its conservatively 20-30 per cent, we would aspire to do better than that actually,” he says. Any investment offering such stellar [...]
Android apps send user data to Facebook without consent, report shows January 2, 2019 Almost two dozen popular Android apps automatically send user data to Facebook as soon as they are opened in a potential breach of data protection laws, a new report by Privacy International has revealed. An analysis of 34 Android apps showed 61 per cent of apps automatically transfer data to Facebook, even if the user [...]