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State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

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The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

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Hype over distributed ledger technology (DLT) has certainly led to a bump in shares for companies operating in the space — and even for some companies with seemingly no connection to the tool. The blockchain hype certainly hasn’t risen without catching the attention of regulators. But it’s not all smooth sailing.

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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

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It’s too early to tell, but there is at least some speculation that the company could be mandated to change the way it categorizes and presents search results, and billions of dollars in fines may be in the offing, as well as a demand from regulators that the company break itself up. At this writing (Sunday, Sept. The Hearing.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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Omaha, Nebraska — Buffet’s birthplace — was the home of the First Transcontinental Railroad , which made railroads an important part of the Omaha economy. launched its Faster Payments scheme, after the regulator said the banks had to comply, but has amped up ever since, as regulators in a few other countries have followed in the U.K.’s

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What ‘Patchwork’ eCommerce Taxes Mean For Black Friday – And Beyond

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Conversely, Nebraska has a database that lists items that are exempt from taxes. As he noted, almost all of today’s online shopping carts, accounting systems and billing and invoicing systems have prebuilt connections to sales tax software – and firms will likely look at updating their legacy operations as a matter of necessity.

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Competing House and Senate bills aim to eliminate or reform the CFPB

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All of the rules and regulations passed by the CFPB would have to be unwound, which would require courts, compliance attorneys, and industry to determine what the current state of the law would be had the CFPB never existed. .” Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas introduced an identical bill in the House of Representatives.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

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At the age of 26, Nebraska stockbroker and school teacher named Warren Buffett took his “retirement fund” of $174,000 and decided to start his own investment business. The company’s operations and underlying value are the only things that matters, to Buffett. And it’s not one that can be fixed with regulation.

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