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Market Watch – by Tonya Garcia
Fresh off its biggest Prime Day yet, the Whole Foods Market Inc. bid, and a slew of announcements including Amazon Wardrobe, Amazon.com Inc. was the subject of two investor calls Thursday that raised concerns that it is getting too big.
In one case, hedge-fund manager Douglas Kass said government intervention could be imminent. Continue reading “Amazon is getting too big and the government is talking about it”
McClatchy DC – by FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s top immigration official warned Hispanic members of Congress Wednesday that over a million people living in the United States under a special protected status could soon be placed in line for deportation.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that the fate of deferred action program known as DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — will likely be determined by the courts, perhaps as soon as September, and that attorneys he’s consulted with do not think the program is legally sustainable. Kelly also would not commit to extending temporary protected status, or TPS, for nationals from Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and four other countries, but indicated that TPS for Haitians will likely end.
Continue reading “Top Trump official warns special immigration status may end soon for a million people”
Bloomberg – by David McLaughlin
The rise of global technology superstars like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are creating new challenges for competition watchdogs. Along with Microsoft Corp., they are the five most valuable companies in the U.S. today, a ranking that only included Microsoft 10 years ago. They dominate their markets, from e-books and smart phones to search advertising and social-media traffic on mobile devices. This is fueling a global debate over whether it’s time to rein in such winner-take-all companies. While the U.S. has been largely hands off, the European Union’s recent $2.7 billion fine against Alphabet Inc.’s Google for favoring its shopping-comparison service over rivals’ — and the promise of more such actions to come — is cheering those who see pernicious effectsfrom rising concentration. Some officials are even considering novel theories of antitrust, such as privacy issues. Continue reading “Are Facebook and Google the New Monopolies?”
This is the unbelievable moment three police officers allowed a K9 dog to maul a man’s arm while they held him, face down, on the side of the street.
The suspect arrested in San Diego, California, was left with a large open wound after the dog pounced on him and brutally bit him – as officers didn’t utter a single command word to stop the attack.
Angel Nunez, captured the incident on his way to work, and posted the video to Facebook. Continue reading “Police allow K9 to brutally bite suspect’s arm”
A Mexican woman was left dangling on a border wall and had to be rescued by US officials after being abandoned by smugglers.
The 37-year-old was pictured hanging helplessly in a harness on the 15ft wall after being hoisted over from Mexico, over into Nogales, Arizona, by smugglers on Saturday night.
When border patrol agents approached, the men trying to lower her on to the other side ran away in fear, leaving her stuck there. Continue reading “Mexican woman, 37, is left dangling on border wall and has to be rescued by US officials after being abandoned by people smugglers”
Hundreds of camels have died of starvation and thirst after being driven out of Saudi Arabia during its row with Qatar.
Some animals perished when they got stuck in No Mans Land at the border between the two countries where there was insufficient food and water.
Others have been left to die by the roadside after their owners were given one hour to leave their farms. Continue reading “Hundreds of camels die of thirst in the desert: Qataris kicked off farms in Saudi Arabia amid rift between Gulf nations are unable to save their animals”
Be it climate change or rogue artificial intelligence, Elon Musk often turns to Twitter to share his concerns regarding the future of life on Earth.
And this time, the tech boss has offered a grave perspective on the fate of humanity.
Responding to a recent article which argues the world may soon hit ‘peak person’ as fertility rates drop, Musk warned the global population is ‘accelerating towards collapse, but few seem to notice or care.’ Continue reading “Elon Musk warns Earth’s population explosion means ‘the world is accelerating towards collapse’ and claims ‘few seem to notice or care’”
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German discount grocery chain Aldi North is planning to spend more than 5 billion euros ($5.71 billion) to revamp its stores around the world, which would be its biggest investment project ever, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported, citing company sources.
Aldi and its German discounter rival Lidl have become giants in European retail, upending Britain’s grocery retail market, and are challenging U.S. retailers as well. Continue reading “Germany’s Aldi to invest 5 billion euros in stores: Bild am Sonntag”
A horrifying video shows the moment a man traveling down Interstate 80E in California lost control of his motorcycle in a death wobble.
In a hard-to-watch video posted online by Erica Hoff, the man had just merged onto the Sacramento highway when his motorcycle started shaking.
Hoff wrote in the caption of the video that she was driving in the fast lane with her kids at the time of the incident. Continue reading “Heart-stopping moment a biker loses control of his motorcycle in a death wobble on a highway in California”
Daily Mail – by Sanchez Manning And Stephen Adams For The Mail On Sunday
Transgender women who were born male should be given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.
And fertility experts say taxpayers should fund such transplants for those who identify as women, on the basis of ‘equality enshrined in law’.
Leading the debate on the controversial procedure is medical ethics lawyer Dr Amel Alghrani, who is pressing for a talks on whether womb transplants for trans-women should be publicly funded.
Daily Mail – by Ryan Parry West Coast Correspondent For Dailymail.com In Las Vegas
The doors swung open at the stroke of midnight and the first of thousands of customers poured in – all eager to be part of history.
At 12.01am Saturday, Nevada became the fifth state in the US to make selling recreational marijuana legal and fans of the drug came out in force.
Party town Las Vegas will be the biggest winner from the new legislation with a huge tax windfall of up to $60million predicted for the first two years.
Security footage shows the moment two robbers broke into a Brentwood, California home and were shot dead by the owner.
The video, which was released by neighbor Reggie Nichols, shows the two men entering the home on the 200 block of Birch Street a little after 11pm on June 21.
Shortly after entering, flashes of light are seen inside the garage as the homeowner shoots at the two. Continue reading “Two robbers shot dead by homeowner in California”
