In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, the former chief of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division Jonathan Kanter described how the advertising landscape might start to change now that Alphabet‘s Google has lost two antitrust cases brought on by the government. “The remedies in this case, as well as the search case, are…
The Trump administration has unveiled its plan to impose port fees on Chinese ships as it tries to revive shipbuilding in the US and challenge China’s dominance of the industry. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement is less severe than a plan floated in February to hit vessels produced by China with fees of up…
Christal Hayes BBC News, Los Angeles Provided by US Sen Chris Van Hollen Van Hollen (right) posted a photo of his meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García A US senator has met with a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland Senator Chris…
The United States has unveiled new port fees on Chinese-built and operated ships in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China’s dominance in the sector. The move – which stems from a probe launched under the prior administration – comes as the US and China are locked in a major trade…
A highly anticipated resentencing hearing for convicted killers Erik and Lyle Menendez kicked off on Thursday before unravelling and being postponed by a judge. The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers, serving life without the possibility of parole, should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after serving three decades in…
View of the Skytree from Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo Jackal Pan | Moment | Getty Images Japan markets traded flat with most markets in the region closed for Good Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 inched up 0.01% at the open after the country’s inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years…
Shop owners of a 70-year-old “takoyaki”, or octopus balls, restaurant chat while cooking along a street in the Taito Ward area of Tokyo on February 21, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above…
Luigi Mangione was indicted on Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last year, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Manhattan federal court also charges Mangione with two counts of stalking…
The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. President Donald Trump ordered the existing facility in Cuba be expanded to hold 30,000 migrants shortly after taking office in January. However, only a small number were ever actually…
Greg Peters, Co-CEO of Netflix, speaks at a keynote on the future of entertainment at Mobile World Congress 2023. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Netflix executives messaged Thursday that all is well with the business in the face of economic turbulence. But its full-year outlook tells a slightly more nuanced story. Netflix posted…
