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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission is overstepping its authority over its ban on agreements that prevent employees from leaving for rival companies. He fulfilled his promise to file a lawsuit.The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Texas, argued that the FTC lacks the authority to issue rules defining illegal methods of competition. The Chamber was also joined by three other business groups: Business Roundtable, Texas Business Association, and Longview Chamber of Commerce.The lawsuit comes a day after the FTC released a final rule prohibiting non-compete agreements. The rule…
NEW DELHI (AP) – Hugely popular Chinese app TikTok could be kicked out of the United States, where a bill to outlaw the video-sharing app has won Congressional approval and is on its way to being signed into law. It is about to be submitted to President Biden.The app was banned in India about four years ago. Here’s what happened:Why did India ban TikTok?In June 2020, TikTok users in India said goodbye to the app run by Chinese internet company ByteDance. New Delhi suddenly banned the popular app along with dozens of other Chinese apps following military clashes along the…
Liverpool are continuing to negotiate the appointment of Arne Slott after Feyenoord rejected an offer to take him on as manager. The Premier League side made an offer worth £7.75m for the 45-year-old, but Liverpool are expected to pay closer to £9m if Slott becomes Jurgen Klopp’s successor. There is.sky sports news ‘ reported on Tuesday that Slott is at the forefront of Liverpool’s search.The Feyenoord manager meets all the important criteria for the position and sources in the Netherlands say the Dutchman is keen to move to Anfield and the process could move quickly.“Liverpool moved quickly to acquire the…
Elizabeth Preloger appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the nomination hearing for United States Attorney General at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Rod Lambkey/CNP/Sipa USAAttorney General Elizabeth Preloger is arguing an abortion-related case for the fourth time since becoming the federal government’s top Supreme Court advocate.The debate, heard Wednesday in the high court, is over whether federal orders against hospitals override states’ strict abortion bans in medical emergencies. It shows how the legal battle over abortion rights did not end even after the above abortion rights were abolished.In the first two…
Our market is polarized, especially in the technology sector. This was the main theme of his April meeting of the club. (Replay video will be posted soon.) There are companies that everyone loves, there are companies that everyone is wary of, and there are companies that everyone hates. Let’s start with your beloved. I’m talking about MetaPlatform, which releases its earnings Wednesday evening, and Alphabet and Microsoft, which release late Thursday. Next week is Amazon. META YTD Mountain Meta Platforms YTD Meta has the biggest tailwind on the planet hanging in front of it. Chinese company ByteDance must sell his…
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk on social media about the tendency of people to “look” between certain keys on the keyboard.This new fad, which intrigues and frustrates some users, is spreading across platforms such as: X.Many of these posts share similar themes. So it starts with an unlikely detail, then tells you to look between the H and L keys and spells out “JK” (short for “joke”).Some of these posts are very confusing and tell you to “look between x and y on your keyboard,” but there are so many keys in between that it’s hard to understand…
The past few years have been a roller coaster, not only for the stock market but also for life itself.In a rinse-and-repeat cycle, stocks fall as the pandemic, inflation, or Fed rate hikes darken the economic outlook, but then the coronavirus or inflation eases and the Fed returns to market. The prediction of a gentle rate cut sparked a backlash. .After hitting record highs, markets have been reeling in recent weeks amid a resurgence in inflation that has raised concerns about whether the Fed will indeed cut interest rates this year.What should the average investor do?Many experts say the answer…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-Ga.) on Tuesday went after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), calling Greene a threat to the Republican Party and “undermining our brand.” said. “I don’t think she was informed. It’s a complete waste of time,” Tillis said in a recording reported by CNN and broadcast Tuesday night.The senator added: “She’s a terrible leader. She’s diminishing our brand. She, not the Democrats, is our biggest risk to regaining the majority.” Tillis’ comments came after Greene criticized the House’s efforts to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill. The $95 billion bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday and signed…
Written by Aliba Shahid, Asif ShahzadKARACHI (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s board will meet on April 29 to discuss approving $1.1 billion in funding to Pakistan, the fund said on Wednesday.The funding is the second and final tranche of a $3 billion standby agreement with the IMF, set aside last summer to avert a sovereign debt default and set to expire this month.The South Asian country is seeking new long-term, large-scale IMF financing. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Islamabad could win staff-level agreement on the new program by early July.Islamabad has said it is seeking at least a…
Unlock Editor’s Digest for freeFT editor Roula Khalaf has chosen her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.U.S. app stores will be banned from carrying TikTok within 270 days unless its Chinese owner sells the video-sharing platform, after Congress passed a security package containing measures to counter threats from China. Ru.The Senate approved the bill 79-18 on Tuesday, triggering ByteDance’s bid to sell TikTok to avoid the ban. TikTok is expected to take legal action to block the bill after lobbying efforts failed to weaken Congressional support for the bill.TikTok has vowed to file a legal challenge to the “unconstitutional law”…