President Donald Trump and Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg will each attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week, stirring up a heightened sense of intrigue within the Swiss Alpine city of Davos. The 50th version of the annual January get-together — which attracts policymakers and enterprise leaders from all over the […]
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EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over $100 million in fines: DLA Piper
Since its implementation in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) led to over 160,000 information breach notifications throughout Europe, in response to analysis from multinational regulation agency DLA Piper. Ross McKean, a companion at DLA Piper specializing in cyber and information safety, mentioned his agency’s findings confirmed “we’re nonetheless within the […]
Trump legal team formally responds to impeachment articles as trial looms
President Donald Trump’s authorized crew accused House Democrats of making an attempt to overturn the outcomes of the 2016 election in a submitting that lays out the White House’s formal response to the 2 articles of impeachment handed final month. Trump’s legal professionals slammed impeachment as a “harmful assault on the correct of […]
New evidence shows Nunes aide communicated with Parnas on Ukraine
The messages present that Harvey was much more concerned than beforehand identified in what seems to be a sturdy effort by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to analyze Ukraine-related issues. The textual content messages between Harvey and Parnas — who’s the indicted affiliate of President Donald Trump’s private legal professional Rudy Giuliani, and […]
Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months for insider trading tip
A disgraced and extremely emotional former New York congressman Chris Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in jail for an unlawful inventory tip that he gave his son from the White House garden a couple of biopharmaceutical firm’s failed drug trial. The sentence from Judge Vernon Broderick in U.S. District Court in […]
White House is ‘looking at’ reforms to global anti-bribery law
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is “” making adjustments to a decades-old world anti-bribery regulation, White House financial advisor Larry Kudlow instructed reporters on Friday. “We are it, and we have now heard some complaints from our corporations,” Kudlow mentioned, responding to a query in regards to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The […]
Boeing expected to take another big, ugly charge on 737 Max crisis
A 12 months in the past, Boeing posted file revenues topping $100 billion with hopes of delivering a chart-topping variety of airplanes in 2019, together with a whole bunch of 737 Max jetliners. The information is not going to be so rosy on its fourth-quarter earnings name this 12 months. Those bestselling planes had been […]
Former GOP Rep. Chris Collins set to be sentenced in insider trading case
Disgraced former Rep. Chris Collins is about to be sentenced Friday within the insider-trading case that led him to surrender his seat in Congress. U.S. Judge Vernon Broderick is scheduled to ship Collins’ sentence at 2:30 p.m. ET in federal court docket in decrease Manhattan. Federal prosecutors need Broderick to condemn Collins to […]
Trump to nominate Shelton, Waller to serve on Fed
Judy Shelton, U.S. executive director for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, stands for a photograph. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump will pick two economists, Judy Shelton and Christopher Waller, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, the White House said on Thursday. Trump has been critical of the […]
US troops treated for concussions after Iranian missile strikes
A picture taken on January 13, 2020 during a press tour organised by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group, shows a view of the damage at Ain al-Asad military airbase housing US and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. Ayman Henna | AFP | Getty Images […]