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Coinbase limiting staking service for retail customers in four states
(Reuters) - Coinbase retail customers in California, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin will be unable to pledge new cryptocurrency to the exchange's staking program pending proceedings the stat...
Jul 14, 2023
SK Signet signs electric vehicle charger deal with Francis Energy
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SK Signet told Reuters on Friday that it has signed a deal to supply 1,000 electric vehicle chargers to Francis Energy, in a move to tap federal funding on cha...
Jul 14, 2023
Court blocks curbs on US government contact with social media companies for now
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials' and agencies' contacts with social media companies w...
Jul 14, 2023
Microsoft asks court to reject FTC request to pause Activision deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft urged an appeals court in sometimes scathing language on Friday to reject the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to pause its $69 billion deal to buy Activi...
Jul 14, 2023
Explainer – What makes a crypto asset a security in the US?
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency companies that have resisted U.S. regulatory oversight, arguing digital assets are not securities, won a court victory this week. On Thursday Ripple Labs got a...
Jul 14, 2023
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appeal
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) bid to temporarily block Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard must clear some...
Jul 14, 2023
EU Commission sticks to US economist pick for senior antitrust job
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission stuck to its guns on Friday, saying it was not reconsidering EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's pick of a U.S. economist to a senior j...
Jul 14, 2023
Exclusive-Worried about obscenity, India asks streamers for content checks
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has told Netflix, Disney and other streaming services that their content should be independently reviewed for obscenity and violence be...
Jul 14, 2023
Tesla begins sale of cheaper Model Y vehicle in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tesla began selling its Model Y rear-wheel drive car on Friday in South Korea at a price of 56.99 million won ($45,139), the automaker' s website said, making the vehicles eligible f...
Jul 14, 2023
Exclusive-BYD proposes $1 billion India investment to build EVs, batteries-sources
By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -China's BYD Co has submitted a $1 billion investment proposal to build electric cars and batteries in India in partnership with a local com...
Jul 14, 2023
