Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulators
A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard
2023-07-15 07:48
Federal appeals court rules Microsoft can close its Activision merger
A federal appeals court said it will not block Microsoft from closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, handing the Federal Trade Commission its second major defeat this week in a case involving the future of the video game industry.
2023-07-15 07:46
Former BNY Mellon Executive Says He Was Fired for Aiding Friend’s Complaint
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. was sued by a former executive who says the company fired him
2023-07-15 06:53
US sending F-16 fighter jets to protect ships from Iranian seizures in Gulf region
A senior defense official says the U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures
2023-07-15 06:47
California Shows Off New $25 Million Carbon Capture Technology Project
A $25 million project at a Calpine Corp. power plant near San Francisco will test a technology that
2023-07-15 06:29
US to reopen review of Nevada geothermal plant near endangered toad while legal battle is on hold
Federal officials have decided to reconsider the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives
2023-07-15 06:26
Pfizer’s $43 Billion Seagen Takeover Faces FTC Scrutiny
Pfizer Inc.’s proposed $43 billion takeover of Seagen Inc. will undergo an in-depth antitrust review by the Federal
2023-07-15 06:25
Brazil wants 10-year pause on deep sea mining as UN agency under pressure to draft regulations
Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses
2023-07-15 06:24
GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace
Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices
2023-07-15 06:20
Mountain Valley Pipeline Builder Asks Supreme Court to Let Work Resume
Equitrans Midstream Corp. asked the US Supreme Court to allow it to resume construction on its controversial Mountain
2023-07-15 05:56
Former Charlotte Observer Publisher Rolfe Neill dies at age 90
The publisher of The Charlotte Observer for over two decades has died
2023-07-15 05:17
India's Modi and France's Macron agree on defense ties but stand apart on Ukraine
India is close to buying new French warplanes and submarines and played a starring role in France’s Bastille Day celebrations Friday
2023-07-15 04:52