U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are “laying the groundwork for a delay of a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15” as the countries continue to work through how a Chinese promise to make huge ag purchases from...more
12/11/2019
/ Bank Fraud ,
Canada ,
Chevron ,
China ,
CIGNA ,
Climate Change ,
Commodities ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Exports ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Farms ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FOMC ,
For Profit Colleges ,
Fraudulent Marketing ,
Imports ,
Interest Rates ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Martin Act ,
Mexico ,
Misleading Statements ,
Notice and Comment ,
Oil & Gas ,
RMBS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Statutory Violations ,
Student Loans ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
UBS ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies
Google announced late Tuesday that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are “stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai will now helm both operations, while Page and...more
12/4/2019
/ Agribusiness ,
Alphabet Company ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Board of Directors ,
Cannabis Products ,
CEOs ,
China ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Exports ,
Farms ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fishing Industry ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Google ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hedge Funds ,
Hemp ,
Huawei ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
Lands End ,
Parent Corporation ,
Popular ,
Price-Fixing ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Resignation ,
Retail Market ,
Sears ,
Stock Markets ,
Stock Prices ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
Because who wants a nice quiet December, right? Yesterday, the U.S. opened yet another trade war front by proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on a wide range of French imports after announcing that “it found France’s...more
12/3/2019
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Automotive Industry ,
Barclays ,
Brazil ,
China ,
Citibank ,
Class Action ,
Construction Industry ,
Corruption ,
Economic Downturn ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Emerging Markets ,
Exports ,
FCC ,
Fees ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Hong Kong ,
Hostess ,
Illegal-Subsidies ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
J Crew ,
Lifeline Program ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Manufacturers ,
Money Laundering ,
NGOs ,
Quarterly Report ,
Sprint ,
Steel Industry ,
Subsidies ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wall Street ,
Wells Fargo ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Industry
The City of London has denied Uber’s request to extend its license in the city over concerns for rider safety. The decision puts Uber’s 45,000 drivers there in limbo, though they’ll be able to continue operating while the...more
11/25/2019
/ Airplane Accidents ,
Apple ,
Aviation Industry ,
Black Friday ,
Boeing ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Business Licenses ,
Capital Investments ,
Charles Schwab ,
China ,
Comcast ,
Dow Jones ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Economic Growth ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fannie Mae ,
Federal Bans ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Freddie Mac ,
Gig Economy ,
Housing Market ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Microsoft ,
Novartis ,
Petrobras ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Retail Market ,
Ridesharing ,
Samsung ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform ,
TD Ameritrade ,
Theft ,
Tiffany and Company ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
More than a bit of drama in the auto world yesterday, with General Motors suing rival Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of “bribing United Auto Workers officials to gain competitive advantages in contract negotiations.” The UAW’s...more
11/21/2019
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Anti-Union Actions ,
Apple ,
Automotive Industry ,
Bribery ,
CEOs ,
Charles Schwab ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Competitive Advantage ,
Consultants ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Corruption ,
Employee Rights ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiat ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Motors ,
Google ,
Insurance Industry ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
PayPal ,
Price-Fixing ,
Resignation ,
Retail Market ,
Retaliation ,
Rewards Programs ,
Sherman Act ,
Startups ,
Statutory Violations ,
Strike ,
Tariffs ,
TD Ameritrade ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
UAW ,
Unions ,
US Trade Policies ,
White Collar Crimes
PG&E’s woes continue. Not only is the company still in the midst of a dangerous fire season, but it’s struggling to find a path out of bankruptcy while fending off a growing chorus of cities and state officials “threatening...more
11/20/2019
/ Advertising ,
Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon ,
Boeing ,
Capital Raising ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Economic Downturn ,
Employee Rights ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fannie Mae ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
Freelance Workers ,
General Motors ,
Gig Economy ,
Holidays ,
Home Depot ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
Kohls ,
KPMG ,
Marketing Perspectives ,
Mortgages ,
PG&E ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Public Safety ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
RMBS ,
Safety Inspections ,
Safety Standards ,
Student Loans ,
Target ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
UAW ,
Unions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wildfires
Sending a shot across the bow of the gig economy, New Jersey is seeking nearly $650 million from Uber for “years of unpaid employment taxes for its drivers, arguing that the ride-hailing company has misclassified the workers...more
11/15/2019
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Apple ,
Bias ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
DaimlerChrysler ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Contractors ,
Firearms ,
Foreign Policy ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Google ,
Harvard University ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Mass Shootings ,
Media ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
Mercedes-Benz ,
Microsoft ,
Misclassification ,
Mobile Apps ,
NAFTA ,
Newspapers ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Smith & Wesson ,
Startups ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
Venture Capital ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wells Fargo
Fed Chair Powell was far from the main attraction on the Hill yesterday, but hey, let’s keep it on topic here and note his belief that the U.S. economy is performing well even as certain risks—including “sluggish growth...more
11/14/2019
/ Activist Investors ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exports ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Supply ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
Imports ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
Interest Rates ,
Mexico ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Ocwen ,
Office Space ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Ransomware ,
Removal At-Will ,
Separation of Powers ,
Sharing Economy ,
Single Director ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
Dean Foods, the largest milk company in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection, a “fresh setback to a U.S. dairy industry struggling against declining U.S. milk consumption and rising competition.” Industry experts...more
11/13/2019
/ #MeToo ,
AbbVie ,
Allergan Inc ,
Automotive Industry ,
Blockchain ,
Bonds ,
Checking Accounts ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Collection ,
Disney ,
Economic Reform ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Farms ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Google ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
Internet Streaming ,
Investment ,
Loss of Income ,
Manufacturers ,
Market Manipulation ,
McDonalds ,
Nissan ,
Office Space ,
Overstock.com ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Revenue ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sharing Economy ,
Small Business ,
SoftBank ,
Stock Prices ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
The U.S. and China have tentatively [maybe?] agreed that a first phase of a trade agreement “would roll back a portion of the tariffs placed on each other’s products, a significant step toward defusing tensions between the...more
11/8/2019
/ Abuse of Power ,
Aerospace ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Bank of England ,
Boeing ,
Capital One ,
CFTC ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Common Law Claims ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disney ,
Document Requests ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exports ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Facebook ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Bans ,
Financial Crimes ,
Gap Inc ,
Google ,
High-Speed Trading ,
HSBC ,
Imports ,
Index Funds ,
Internet Streaming ,
Investment Fraud ,
Market Manipulation ,
Oil & Gas ,
Online Advertisements ,
Pension Funds ,
Personal Data ,
Resignation ,
Retail Market ,
Spoofing ,
State and Local Government ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Trade Policies ,
Vaping
Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more
11/6/2019
/ Accounting Fraud ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
AT&T ,
Barclays ,
China ,
Citibank ,
Class Action ,
Conspiracies ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Use Policies ,
Debt Relief ,
Economic Downturn ,
Euro ,
Export Bans ,
Exports ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Forex ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Investment Fraud ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Leveraged Buyout ,
Market Manipulation ,
Mattel ,
Mortgages ,
PG&E ,
PricewaterhouseCoopers ,
Private Equity ,
RBS ,
Resignation ,
Scams ,
Solar Panels ,
SolarCity ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Tesla ,
Trade Deficit ,
Trade Wars ,
UBS ,
UK ,
Wal-Mart ,
Walgreens ,
Wireless Industry ,
Xerox
Uber reported another quarter of billion+ dollar losses, but as so many things on Wall Street & Silicon Valley tend to go, the news wasn’t all bad because those numbers were far better than the $5.2 billion it lost in Q2....more
11/5/2019
/ Bitcoin ,
China ,
Currency Exchange ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Reform ,
Exports ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FSB ,
Imports ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Market Manipulation ,
McDonalds ,
Office Space ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Resignation ,
Revenue ,
RMBS ,
Saudi Aramco ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sharing Economy ,
SoftBank ,
Startups ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Uber ,
US Trade Policies
We didn’t get flop sweat Zuck, but it was still a hot seat indeed for Facebook’s founder and CEO on the Hill yesterday, who fielded a wide range of questions from Libra to political freedom of expression on his platform....more
10/24/2019
/ Airplane Accidents ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Automotive Industry ,
Boeing ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Congressional Oversight ,
Cryptocurrency ,
E-Commerce ,
Earnings Reports ,
Electric Cooperative ,
Elon Musk ,
Facebook ,
False Advertising ,
Fashion Industry ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Forever 21 ,
GAO ,
Google ,
Hedge Funds ,
Internet Retailers ,
Kellogg Company ,
Political Advertising ,
Profits ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Social Media ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars
Details are trickling in on the tentative Brexit agreement reached between UK and EU negotiators this week, just 14 days ahead of the Halloween departure deadline. A massive sticking point here remains the British...more
10/18/2019
/ Banks ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
Brokers ,
Charles Schwab ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Corruption ,
Credit Suisse ,
E-Cigarettes ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
False Statements ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Harm ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Motors ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Kickbacks ,
Labor Relations ,
Mozambique ,
Netflix ,
Political Speech ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Presidential Elections ,
Retail Market ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Saudi Aramco ,
Scams ,
Securities Transactions ,
Severe Weather ,
Social Media ,
Strike ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
UAW ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies ,
Vaping ,
Wage and Hour ,
White Collar Crimes ,
White Papers
Good news out of Detroit late yesterday, with officials from General Motors and the United Autoworkers Union striking a “tentative agreement on a new labor contract that could end the monthlong strike that has idled G.M....more
10/17/2019
/ Alcoa ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Automotive Industry ,
Balance Sheets ,
Bench Trial ,
Broadcom ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Reform ,
EU ,
Exclusionary Authority ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
General Motors ,
Housing Market ,
Investment Fraud ,
Labor Relations ,
Lifeline Program ,
Liquidity ,
Retail Sales ,
Sprint ,
Strike ,
T-Mobile ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Markets ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies
We Work’s largest investor, SoftBank, is reportedly sketching out plans in which it would drop billions of additional money on the company in return for giving Masa Son control of WeWork “and further sidelin[ing] its founder...more
10/14/2019
/ Banks ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Earnings Reports ,
eBay ,
Electricity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Federal Reserve ,
Global Marketplace ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
MasterCard ,
Offerings ,
Office Space ,
Offshore Companies ,
Opioid ,
OxyContin ,
Pain Management ,
PG&E ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Sears ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Sharing Economy ,
SoftBank ,
Stays ,
Tariffs ,
Token Sales ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
Unregistered Securities ,
US Trade Policies ,
Visa Inc ,
Volkswagen ,
Wall Street ,
Wildfires
Senior negotiators from the U.S. and China will officially resume trade negotiations today, “with higher tariffs looming if [they] fail to break a five-month stalemate.” The U.S.’s moves this week to blacklist 28 Chinese tech...more
10/10/2019
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Bed Bath & Beyond ,
CEOs ,
China ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Downturn ,
Exports ,
Facebook ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fidelity Investments ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
Internal Controls ,
Internet Streaming ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Mesothelioma ,
Netflix ,
Pensions ,
Plan Administrators ,
Private Equity ,
Public Pension ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Target ,
Tariffs ,
Teachers ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trading Platforms ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]...more
10/4/2019
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Defamation ,
Disney ,
Economic Development ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Gig Economy ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Insurance Industry ,
Japan ,
Job Creation ,
Layoffs ,
Mass Shootings ,
MGM ,
Mobile Apps ,
Settlement ,
Social Media ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
Unemployment ,
US Trade Policies ,
Volkswagen ,
WTO
We now have a price tag on the WTO-authorized sanctions that the U.S. can impose on European goods as a result of the EU’s illegal subsidies of planemaker Airbus: $7.5 billion—the “largest authorized retaliation in the WTO’s...more
10/3/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Markets ,
Illegal-Subsidies ,
Job Market ,
Manufacturers ,
Pyramid Schemes ,
Tariffs ,
United States ,
WTO
Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more
10/1/2019
/ Allergan Inc ,
Apple ,
Bank of America ,
Cancer ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Credit Suisse ,
CVS ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Endo Pharmaceuticals ,
Exemptions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Forever 21 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Job Creation ,
Job Descriptions ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Laptop Computers ,
Office Space ,
Opioid ,
Pet Smart ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Product Recalls ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Race Discrimination ,
Repossess ,
Retailers ,
Rite Aid ,
Settlement ,
Sharing Economy ,
Shopping Centers ,
Startups ,
Surveillance ,
Tariffs ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies ,
Walgreens ,
WTO
Well, that was remarkably quick. Just days after WeWork’s board announced that it was considering replacing co-founder Adam Neumann to help clear a path to the work-share-startup’s initial public offering, Neumann stepped...more
9/25/2019
/ Airbus ,
Apple ,
CEOs ,
Chrysler ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diesel Fuel ,
E-Cigarettes ,
EU ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiat ,
Heinz ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Kraft ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoffs ,
Minimum Salary ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Office Space ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Sharing Economy ,
Short-Term Loans ,
Startups ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Debt ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Prorogate this, Boris. In an “unprecedented” ruling, the UK’s supreme court deemed the Prime Minister’s Brexit-driven suspension of Parliament “unlawful, void and of no effect” this morning and called on the body to reconvene...more
9/24/2019
/ Apple ,
AT&T ,
Automotive Industry ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Computer Software Workers ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Investigations ,
E-Cigarettes ,
HBO ,
Imports ,
Insider Trading ,
Investigations ,
Investment Banks ,
Japan ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Laptop Computers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Nissan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Travel ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Parliament ,
UK Supreme Court ,
US Trade Policies ,
Volkswagen ,
White Collar Crimes
Fintech firm Stripe Inc., which “allows internet companies and online marketplaces to accept credit cards for their goods and services and pay out money to the people and firms that sell on their platforms,” just wrapped a...more
9/20/2019
/ AirBnB ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Bribery ,
Capital Raising ,
Carbon Emissions ,
CFTC ,
China ,
Corporate Branding ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Enforcement Programs ,
Exports ,
FinTech ,
General Motors ,
Imports ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Insider Trading ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Services Business ,
Opioid ,
OxyContin ,
Pain Management ,
Paris Agreement ,
Payment Systems ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Purdue Pharma ,
RBS ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Virtual Currency ,
Whistleblowers
Google will pay a “record $170 million fine and make changes to protect children’s privacy on YouTube” as part of a deal it reached this week with the FTC and NY AG’s office, both of whom had accused YouTube of “violating the...more
9/5/2019
/ Aetna ,
CFTC ,
China ,
Clearing Agencies ,
Compliance ,
COPPA ,
CVS ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disney ,
Economic Downturn ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Google ,
Health Insurance ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Star Wars ,
State Attorneys General ,
Stock Options ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
UK ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wells Fargo ,
YouTube
The FTC has opened a probe into e-cigarette maker Juul’s marketing practices, including allegations that the company “used influencers and other marketing to appeal to minors”....more
8/30/2019
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
China ,
Construction Industry ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Employee Rights ,
Exports ,
Fashion Design ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hemp ,
Housing Market ,
Huawei ,
Imports ,
Independent Contractors ,
Influencers ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Internet Marketing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Public Offerings ,
Retail Market ,
Saudi Aramco ,
Saudi Stock Exchange ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Stock Trades ,
Target ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Parliament ,
Union Organizers ,
White Collar Crimes