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Twitter ordered to give Musk additional bot account data
A US judge told Twitter on Thursday to surrender more data to Elon Musk on fake accounts, a key issue the billionaire is using to try to cancel his buyout bid
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Amazon to shut down its healthcare foray—Amazon Care
Amazon Care started in 2019 as an effort to serve Amazon's own employees. The company tried to build a bigger membership and sign up other employers to offer the services to their staff, but with limited success
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Twitter execs push back against whistleblower complaint
CEO Parag Agrawal addressed the whistleblower complaint made by Peiter Zatko, saying "This complaint that was filed yesterday is foundationally, technically and historically inaccurate"
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Indian govt 'forced' Twitter to hire govt agent; given internal data access: Whistleblower
Apart from revelations on India, Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, turned whistleblower recently, also accused the company of making false and misleading statements about its security practices, lying to Elon Musk about fake accounts, and having foreign intelligence spies on payroll
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TikTok stars boycott Amazon in activism push
TikTok creators are lending their online stage to a cause— an advocacy group calling itself Gen-Z for Change says it has coordinated the pledge from more than 70 popular TikTok talents to stand in solidarity with Amazon workers, demanding the ecommerce giant give workers key concessions and halt anti-union efforts
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McDonalds shakes up its board
McDonald's is in the middle of a growth plan that includes new investments in its digital strategy and marketing as it looks to keep up with consumers. However, its board has been under pressure from a number of shareholders and franchisees
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S&P sees biggest drop since June
The benchmark index fell 2.1%, its sharpest daily decline since June 16. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 2.5%, nearly erasing its gains for August
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FTSE 100 bosses saw 39% jump in pay in 2021: study
It means they earned 109 times the average wage of a full-time worker in the UK, widening the inequality gap at a time of growing concern about spiralling inflation and the cost of living
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Anthony Fauci, face of America's Covid-19 fight, to step down in December
In the chaotic early days of the pandemic, Fauci became the nation's most trusted expert on Covid -- but his clashes with former president Donald Trump over the virus response drew anger from the right, and he now lives with security protection following death threats against his family
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Ford to cut 3,000 jobs in a push towards electric
Challenged by Tesla and other start-ups, traditional carmakers have accelerated production of their electric models in recent years
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Donald Trump demands FBI-seized materials get independent vetting
Claiming in a court filing that he had been targeted for political reasons, Trump demanded that a "special master" be named to review the more than two dozen boxes of files taken in the unprecedented August 8 raid