Western Digital has more than its foot in the door and is trying to capitalize on its existing joint venture with Toshiba. In a development of strategic nature, Western Digital Corp has shot off a letter to Toshiba, with whom… Read More ›
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Halt to second travel ban only temporary
Major tech companies have skipped putting their names on the brief that is posing as a challenge to Donald Trump’s travel ban. Facebook, Apple and Alphabet Inc’s Google along with 60 other technology companies appeared to have backed away from… Read More ›
Lawyers for HSBC and the U.S. government urge not to reveal Michel Cherkasky’s reports
The case refers to HSBC’s 2012 admission of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of drug money for the Colombian and Mexican drug cartels, which came to a close after a deferred prosecution agreement wherein HSBC agreed to put… Read More ›
Tesla’s former head of its Autopilot system caught poaching engineers from Tesla
Sterling Anderson former head of Tesla’s Autopilot system, and Chris Urmson, ex-head of Google’s self-driving program, have launched a startup in Silicon Valley by the name of Aurora Innovation. Tesla has sued the former head of its Autopilot system, which… Read More ›
FTC catches Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doing the Martin Shkreli act
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was caught raising prices of medicines for infants of less than a year old to skyrocketing prices. Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a drug manufacturer, has settled a lawsuit for $100 million with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for having… Read More ›
Tesla faces potentially class action suit from sudden acceleration issues in Model X
The lawsuit had cited incidents of sudden acceleration from NHTSA’s database and on this basis has sought class action status. A model X owner has sued Tesla Motors stating that his EV suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to… Read More ›
VW agrees to spend additional $1 billion to fix more of its 3.0 engine cars in the U.S
Volkswagen will buyback or fix another 80,000 3.0 litre diesel vehicles in the U.S for which it will spend 1, and up to 105,000 2.0 litre vehicles in Canada. In strategic efforts aimed at putting the emission cheating scandal behind… Read More ›
US Airways wins $15 million in antitrust suit against Sabre
Sabre reacted to the verdict stating that it believes that it has operated “fairly and lawfully.” It will go on appeal. On Tuesday, in a landmark ruling, the American Airlines Group Inc. (AIG) won nearly $15.3 million in an antitrust… Read More ›
Cohen settles class-action lawsuit with a $135 million settlement
The class-action lawsuit had alleged loss of money to investors due to insider trading by Cohen’s hedge fund. Steven A. Cohen, a billionaire who used to formerly run SAC Capital Advisors LP, a hedge fund has now decided to settle… Read More ›
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