The business messaging service Slack has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding alleged distortions of competition by Microsoft. The latter company automatically bundles its Teams program, mainly used for video meetings, with the widely used office suite Office 365. Slack believes Microsoft is pushing its Teams uninvited […]
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Italy and Spain Welcome Billions Fund to Invest and Reform
The heads of government of Italy and Spain have reacted with delight to the agreement on the corona repair fund. Italy says it will receive 209 of the 750 billion euros and Spain counts on 140 billion. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stated that the billions in loans and […]
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KLM, Corendon, Transavia and TUI Offered Unsolicited Vouchers
During the corona crisis, KLM, Corendon, Transavia and TUI offered unsolicited vouchers without a choice of reimbursement or another flight. They also did not offer passengers who objected to the vouchers the option to get their money back. Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure and Water Management reported this […]
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Merkel Not Optimistic About EU Accord Corona Fund
Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that only “great willingness to compromise” among the 27 EU countries “to do what is right for the people of Europe” can lead to an agreement on a corona repair fund linked to the EU’s multi-annual budget. “The differences are still huge,” she said on […]
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The Twitter Accounts of Multiple Prominent Companies Seem to be Hacked
The Twitter accounts of multiple prominent and major companies seem to have been hacked by scammers. Donations in bitcoins have been requested on the accounts of companies such as Apple and Uber and prominent figures such as rapper Kanye West, American Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and billionaires Bill […]
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The Stock Market in Japan Ended Lower on Tuesday
The stock market in Japan ended lower on Tuesday. Investors slowed down after the sharp price increases a day earlier. The Japanese technology companies, in particular, were sold in the wake of the significant loss of the American technology indicator Nasdaq. The other exchanges in the Asian region also […]
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Mexico Now Has More Corona Deaths Than Italy
Mexico became the country with the fourth-highest death toll from the coronavirus on Sunday, passing Italy. This is evident from data released by Mexican health officials and global statistics maintained by the AFP news agency. “There are 299,750 confirmed cases of infection and 35,006 deaths in Mexico,” health officials […]
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Prime Minister Conte is the First to Come to Rutte With A Southern Offensive
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is the first Southern European leader to visit Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday evening. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa will follow on Monday. They want to persuade Rutte to soften his harsh attitude to the European recovery […]
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Ghislaine Maxwell is Due to Appear in Court Next Week in New York
Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged accomplice of late American sex offender and multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, is due to appear in court next week. Alison Nathan, a judge at the federal court in Manhattan, reported that a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 1 p.m. (7 p.m. in the Netherlands). This […]
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Samsung Expects Better Earnings in the Second Quarter Than Expected
Electronics giant Samsung expects better earnings in the second quarter than expected, thanks in large part to strong sales in the memory sales department. The South Korean tech giant announced this on Tuesday. The company expects operating profit to increase by 22.7 percent year on year from April to […]