Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals shut down the company’s petition for a stay on an earlier order on Tuesday, saying Apple’s rules for payments on its App Store amounted to “incipient antitrust conduct,” also accusing it of “supercompetitive commission rates resulting in extraordinarily high …
Read More »Prominent anti-vax activist Piers Corbyn takes MONOPOLY MONEY from fake vaccine investors in YouTube prank
Piers Corbyn has become a regular fixture at anti-lockdown rallies in London over the last year, getting himself arrested on multiple occasions for breaching mask mandates and other Covid-related restrictions. He’s compared mass innoculation to the Holocaust, and picketed vaccination centres. However, he’s apparently not above taking some cold, hard …
Read More »That Trump is struggling to find a new platform shows how strong Big Tech’s monopoly is
Donald Trump’s spokesperson announced on Wednesday that the former president’s blog – a space where he shared statements after being banned from the major social media platforms – was to be permanently shut down, presumably because it failed bigly to gain traction. Trump’s team has hinted that he may join another …
Read More »Russian anti-monopoly agency hits Apple with $12m fine for ‘anti-competitive’ policy as Silicon Valley firm insists it will appeal
Moscow’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service announced on Tuesday that it had found the firm – one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies – had breached the country’s fair competition rules. The complaint originated from Russian software company Kaspersky Lab, which makes anti-virus and cybersecurity products. Specifically, the Moscow-headquartered company …
Read More »‘Woke-opoly’: Hasbro mocked over decision to scrap ALL Monopoly’s ‘Community Chest’ cards for ‘refreshed’ versions
The US company announced last week that all 16 of Monopoly’s Community Chest cards, which allow players to collect extra money, will be replaced to bring them more in line with current social attitudes. The existing set of cards offer players unexpected cash bonuses such as “second prize in a …
Read More »Alibaba stock plunges after China launches anti-monopoly probe into online retailer
The probe was announced on Thursday by the country’s top market watchdog, the State Administration for Market Regulation. In a brief statement on its website, the regulator said it was investigating Alibaba over its “choosing one from two” policy, which reportedly puts pressure on its sellers not to offer their …
Read More »Announced the first smartphone with “monopoly”
The Ulefone company is prepared to release the world’s first smartphone with a so-called “monopoly”. Interestingly, Ulefone Armor 5 was first demonstrated at the MWC 2018, but sales are still not started. During this time, the device specifications have undergone some changes. Ulefone Armor 5 is equipped with a 5.85-inch …
Read More »The state banks of Ukraine increased the monopoly
The share of banks with state capital by total assets for the 9 months increased to 55.2%. The share of banks with state capital by assets for the first 9 months of 2017 (January-September) increased from 52% (on January 1) to 55.2% (1 October). This is evidenced by the estimates …
Read More »Impeach Trump will strike a powerful blow to the tobacco and alcohol monopoly
Americans are ready to abandon the use of alcohol In that case, if the President of the United States of America Donald Trump impeached, the majority of citizens are ready to abandon the use of alcoholic beverages. According to the survey Detox.net, 73% of Democrats and 17% of supporters of …
Read More »Zombie Apocalypse not a hindrance to business in a “Monopoly” based on “the Walking dead”
Let the planet fall under the onslaught of the hordes of the living dead, but the world economy new conditions not a hindrance! Choose – to arm themselves with a revolver or a katana? To surround with a fence Woodbury or to put watchtower in Terminus? To pay tribute to …
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