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Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Scathing congressional report suggests big trouble for Big Tech if Biden wins

Scathing congressional report suggests big trouble for Big Tech if Biden wins

A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House.

Citigroup fined $400 million by U.S. regulators for 'longstanding deficiencies'

Citigroup Inc has agreed to pay a $400 million penalty for failing to address "several longstanding deficiencies" across the company, U.S. banking regulators said on Wednesday.

Microsoft takes action to resolve 365 services accessibility issues

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday a change it had made recently could have caused accessibility issues with multiple 365 services, including Teams and Outlook, and that the U.S. software maker has reverted it.

Wall Street ends higher on hope that partial coronavirus stimulus deal may occur

U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday as investors regained hope that at least a partial deal on more U.S. fiscal stimulus may happen.

U.S. stocks jump, Treasury yield curve steepens on incremental stimulus proposals

U.S. stocks rebounded to close sharply higher on Wednesday after incremental stimulus proposals helped investors recover from the shock of President Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that he would halt stimulus talks until after the Nov. 3 election.

Activist investor Dan Loeb urges Disney to end dividend to fund streaming content

Activist investor Daniel Loeb on Wednesday urged Walt Disney Co to forgo paying a dividend and use the cash to make and buy more programming for its Disney+ streaming service as it battles tech giants Netflix and Amazon .

Arm exec says 'firewalls' will protect customer info after Nvidia deal

If Nvidia Corp buys Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp , Arm will keep "firewalls" in place to ensure the data center chip company does not access confidential information from Arm's customers or get early access to Arm's products, a top Arm executive told Reuters on Tuesday.

Storm-weary U.S. energy producers, refiners prep for hurricane strike

Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from offshore production facilities, and onshore refineries began storm preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to intensify into a powerful, Category 3 storm as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico.

BHP completes production shutdowns on Shenzi, Neptune platforms

BHP Group Ltd completed shutting production and evacuating workers from the Shenzi and Neptune platforms in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Delta, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

LNG vessels wait in Gulf of Mexico for Hurricane Delta to pass

More than half a dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers were waiting to enter U.S. export plants in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Delta marches toward the Gulf Coast.

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