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Music publishers are suing Twitter over copyright infringement. They seek $250 million in damages from violations affecting 1,700 songs.
Google is making money from ads for fake abortion clinics. The search engine giant minted more than $10 million from ads seeking to mislead people looking to get an abortion.
Apple is standing in the way of Jack Dorsey’s new messaging app. Damus says Apple could remove it from the App Store within 14 days because an in-app payment feature violates Apple’s terms and conditions.
The US Federal Reserve hit “skip.” No rate hikes were implemented this month, but that doesn’t mean they’re over—in fact, that’s why it’s called a skip.
Paris is trying to get its Olympics LVMH-branded. But if a partnership happens, it might not involve some of the brands in the French luxury goods company’s portfolio.
In India, stocks of a 77-year-old tire company are higher than Google’s
Maybe MRF is a new name to you, but it just became the first stock on India’s exchanges to hit a record 100,000 Indian rupees ($1,220), eclipsing some of the world’s biggest brands.
MRF started as a small toy balloon manufacturing unit in 1946, and has since grown into a prominent tire maker with more expensive stock than Google, Apple, Amazon, and even the global tire giant Goodyear. We looked into why.
Samsung will try a four-day work week—once a month
1,910: Annual hours worked by a South Korean worker on average in 2021, ranking them among the world’s most overworked.
Pressured by its labor union, Samsung is letting its workers take off one Friday each month. It’s the latest move the tech giant has taken to loosen its military-style corporate culture, and it’s not the first South Korean company to try out the setup. But as interest explodes, can the four-day work week live up to its hype?
The Russian Davos may be the world’s least attended event
To gauge Russia’s standing in the international business community, look no further than the 26th edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Attendance at the Kremlin’s flagship finance summit, which kicked off yesterday, already plummeted in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s looking even sparser this year. International leaders have snubbed Vladimir Putin’s invites, and others have outright boycotted the event. Read about what to expect—and who you won’t see—at this year’s SPIEF.
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