FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a budget hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other business groups on Wednesday sued the Federal Trade Commission in Texas federal court over … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 for a nationwide ban against noncompete agreements, which companies use to prevent employees from … Read more
FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the nomination of Former Senator Bill Nelson to be NASA administrator, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2021. Graeme Jennings | Reuters The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into President Joe Biden’s newly … Read more
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the U.S. District Courthouse after he was ordered to pay $148 million in his defamation case in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2023. Bonnie Cash | Reuters One of the largest donations to Rudy Giuliani’s legal defense fund is at the center of a new lawsuit that argues the … Read more
Procter & Gamble Co. Tide Pods brand laundry detergent. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Over 8 million bags of liquid laundry detergent packets distributed in the U.S., including Tide and Gain, were recalled by Procter & Gamble Friday due to a “risk of serious injury” involving the product packaging. According to the Consumer Product Safety … Read more
Guest Jon Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on June 17, 2019. CBS Photo Archive | CBS | Getty Images Comedian Jon Stewart said Apple asked him not to interview Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on a podcast while he was hosting his Apple TV+ show “The Problem With Jon Stewart.” His TV … Read more
2020 Kia Telluride SUV Mack Hogan | CNBC Kia is recalling more than 427,000 of its Telluride SUVs due to a defect that may cause the cars to roll away while they’re parked. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the intermediate shaft and right front driveshaft of certain 2020-2024 Tellurides may … Read more
A pedestrian passes an AT&T store in New York, U.S. Scott Mlyn | CNBC AT&T announced Saturday that it is investigating a two-week-old data breach that published millions of customers’ data on the dark web, a portion of the internet that can only be accessed using special software. The company has reset the passcodes of … Read more
New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers, from their own operating systems to navigation and remote unlock. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, said Ivan Drury, the director of insights at Edmunds, a car site. “As much advancement as we have when it comes to new features, many … Read more
The SpaceX logo is shown on a Falcon 9 rocket as it is prepared for launch to carry NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2024. Joe Skipper | … Read more
