At the beginning of 2015, the Federal Communications Commission of the United States approved the classification of access to the Internet as a “public good.” Thus, no user or company could pay and/or receive to receive preferential treatment. That is download data at a higher speed or discriminate the contents...
Renault announced last Wednesday the purchase of 40% of the Challenges press group, an investment of the most unheard of for a car manufacturer, is the first to do something similar, according to Renault. The objective, obviously, is to develop the content for the autonomous car. Because if you do...
The biannual meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended without agreements being reached, after criticism from the United States and vetoes from several members, which fuels doubts about the agency’s capacity to order the growing disputes over the global exchange. The Ministers of Commerce had no expectations of achieving...
Analysts are optimistic about the performance of the Peruvian economy despite the political noise, as they say, there are several reasons why the GDP of our country will have a better performance in 2018. The senior analyst of the department of economic studies of Scotiabank, Mario Guerrero, said that there...
A US court sentenced the ex-executive of the German Volkswagen (VW) Oliver Schmidt to seven years in prison for the scandal of the mock engines to make them look less polluting than they were. Oliver Schmidt, who from 2012 to March 2015 directed a division of VW dedicated to attending...
US pharmacy chain operator CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS ) said on Sunday it had agreed to buy US insurer Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET ) for $ 69 billion in the largest corporate takeover. That goes for the year. The operation will combine one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers...
The US Senate approved the deepest fiscal reform in 30 years early this Saturday and paved the way for Donald Trump’s first major political victory. The text, which underwent last-minute alterations written by hand in the margins, in a frantic two-day debate, went ahead with the support of 51 Republican...
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, will buy Sundial Brands, the manufacturer of hair and skin care products to expand its presence in the fast-growing market for personal care products. The group, which manufactures products such as Dove soap and Ax deodorant, announced the agreement on Monday without revealing the...
The Japanese manufacturer of building materials Mitsubishi Materials plunged more than 8% on Friday in the Tokyo Stock Exchange after revealing that some of its subsidiaries have falsified the technical specifications of their products. At 10:30 local time (01:30 GMT), an hour and a half after starting the session, shares...
Governments of several countries began investigations into Uber Technologies Inc after the company revealed that it had concealed a breach of its security that exposed the data of millions of customers and drivers, in the latest scandal that shakes the company. Authorities from the United Kingdom and the United States,...