Co-founder Facebook is working with authorities to break up business
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, works with authorities to break up the company. Hughes is said to have visited the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Hughes is working with two major antitrust academics. These are Scott Hempill from New York University ... Read more
US approves merger T-Mobile and Sprint
The US Department of Justice has authorised the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. With the deal of 26 billion dollars (about 23 billion euros) the companies hope to get a head start on the competition.
The merger was announced over a year ago. The Justice's approval was delayed because the Ministry ha... Read more
US Department of Justice opens competition investigation into tech giants
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the launch of a major investigation into large tech companies. The purpose of the competition investigation is to find out whether the companies are impeding unlawful competition.
The investigation is led by Attorney General William Barr and goes beyond t... Read more
White House wants to talk to Intel, Google and Qualcomm about Huawei prohibition
Top people from various American tech companies have been invited to the White House to discuss the ban on trade with the Chinese company Huawei. That puts two sources who are aware of the meeting opposite Reuters.
The meeting is organized by economic advisor Larry Kudlow of the White House. Ministe... Read more
U.S. Senate wants to ban the sale and purchase of patents by Huawei
The U.S. Senate has received a bill prohibiting the sale and purchase of U.S. patents by Huawei. The US has been afraid for years that equipment from the Chinese manufacturer could be misused by the Chinese government for espionage.
If the bill is passed, the government will be able to prohibit blac... Read more
President Trump out of concerns about JEDI contract Pentagon
US President Donald Trump has expressed concern about the Pentagon's JEDI contract. That's what two insiders say about Bloomberg. The president has demanded more information to determine whether he should intervene or not.
The JEDI contract is a contract that the Pentagon awards to a single cloud pr... Read more
U.S. asks court to dismiss Huawei’s injunction lawsuit
The U.S. government has tabled a motion asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Huawei. This case is about a ban on the use of manufacturer's equipment by governmental organisations.
The ban ensures that US government agencies are no longer allowed to use equipment from Huawei or the also C... Read more
US government tells employees to continue to treat Huawei as exiled
Employees of the US Department of the Economy have been told to continue to treat Huawei as if it were on the blacklist. John Sonderman, a high-ranking civil servant, would have told them that. President Donald Trump said last Saturday that American companies are allowed to supply the Chinese manufa... Read more
HP, Dell, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon want to extract production from China
Several large American companies - including HP, Dell, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon - want to source a large part of their production from China. The cause is the trade war between Washington and Beijing.
Plans for the relocation of production were reported to Nikkei by sources. How much of the pr... Read more
President Trump allows Huawei to do business with American companies again.
US President Donald Trump said at the G20 summit in Japan on Saturday that US companies may sell their equipment to Huawei, as long as the transactions do not pose a major, national security problem, CNN reports. Huawei has been on a blacklist since May.
The US Department of Commerce decided in May ... Read more