A grand opening was held Tuesday for the four-story, $75 million, 134,000-square-foot complex. Three floors house classrooms and research labs for robots that fly, walk, roll and augment the human body.
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A British tech entrepreneur appeared in a London court Tuesday to fight extradition to the United States on fraud charges stemming from his firm’s takeover by Hewlett-Packard a decade ago.
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The Federal Communications Commission caught heat for leaving women and minority media ownership out of the equation when it took aim at decades-old cross-ownership rules.
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The European Union on Thursday approved Google’s plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion after it promised to restrict user data and ensure Android phones work with other wearable devices for at least 10 years.
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The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
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(CN) — American jeweler Tiffany & Co. filed a lawsuit Wednesday against French company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton after
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French media conglomerate Vivendi won a legal victory in the EU’s top court Thursday in its long-running battle to acquire a near 30% stake in Italy’s Mediaset.
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk.
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Australia’s government announced on Tuesday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.’s $430 million sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely to increase strain on Chinese-Australian relations.
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European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation Tuesday into U.S. tech giant Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit.
Read moreimon Property Group sued Taubman Realty Group in Oakland County (Mich.) Court, claiming the Covid-19 pandemic gives it the right to cancel its proposed $3.6 billion acquisition of Taubman.
Read moreIn a move that could transform the dairy industry, the Department of Justice on Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Dean Food Company to the Dairy Farmers of America, a move some experts say will allow the coop to control up to 70% of the country’s milk production.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday entered final judgment in a case over the $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, finalizing a settlement agreement with the federal government that requires the companies to sell off some of Sprint’s assets to Dish Network.
Read moreA Delaware judge said Monday he has no jurisdiction to hear a case alleging that DuPont massively lowballed litigation costs related to the manufacturing giant’s production of toxic chemicals.
Read moreCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a settlement with T-Mobile in a dispute relating to the company’s merger with Sprint. Becerra said the settlement protects “low-income subscribers,” and extends “access to underserved communities.”
Read moreThe FTC and Pennsylvania sued Thomas Jefferson University and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in federal court to stop their “anticompetitive merger.”
Read moreThe FTC sued Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal in federal court to prevent the two largest coal-mining companies in the United States from forming a joint partnership, in violation of antitrust law.
Read moreThe founders of fantasy sports company FanDuel claim in a suit filed in New York state court Wednesday that its board of directors and private equity firms undervalued the company ahead of merger and intentionally deprived employees and investors of their common shares without compensation.
Read moreT-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint could mean higher or lower phone bills, depending on whom you ask.
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Rejecting antitrust concerns by several states as unlikely to occur, a federal judge approved the merger between telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint, setting the stage for a massive rival to AT&T and Verizon.
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