Nigeria’s 79-kilometre stretch of the proposed Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway will be executed through a shared responsibility among the Federal Government, Lagos State Government, and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has her eyes set on big data analytics specialist Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR). This month alone, the congresswoman inked two transactions in PLTR stock, totaling $8,000 each. While political trades don’t necessarily by themselves offer significant insights, there may be more to this story.
Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued April 16, 2025 by Mondoweiss contributor D. Musa Springer after being detained and interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security agents for over three hours at Tampa airport upon returning from international travel.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lower its global growth predictions due to rising trade tensions and market volatility, but no global recession is likely, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Georgieva spoke at the IMF headquarters in Washington ahead of next week’s IMF and World Bank spring meetings, emphasising the economic cost of […]
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil giant, has announced that the price of diesel sold to distributors will be reduced by an average of 0.12 real ($0.0205) per litre beginning Friday. According to Reuters, the move follows recent drops in global oil prices and comes only two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on several […]
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by monopolizing key segments of the online advertising market, dealing a major development in the government’s ongoing push to rein in Big Tech’s dominance over digital infrastructure. In a decision handed down by Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, […] The post Google Found to Have Illegally Monopolized Digital Ad Tech Market, U.S. Court Rules appeared first on Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business.
On April 17 (Thursday), Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled against Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in the antitrust case concerning its advertising technology business, casting a shroud of uncertainty over the future of the tech giant’s online advertising business. Brinkema will now need to determine what remedies to impose on Google to restore fair market competition. The plaintiffs sought to force Google to divest its Ad Manager, which includes the company’s publisher ad server and its ad exchange, to restore competition in the market. This outcome is far more likely following Judge Brinkema’s ruling. This is a developing story happening alongside a similar case against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), which is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly monopolizing social media through its acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. This trial against Google began in September 2024, and the plaintiffs in the lawsuit comprise the Depar
A small bipartisan group of U.S. House of Representatives members on Thursday reintroduced the long-stalled STATES Act, a pro-marijuana bill that would both nullify the hated 280E tax provision for cannabis companies and also exempt states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference.
A trio of active lawsuits spread across three U.S. states aim to upend the cannabis track-and-trace system provided by Florida-based Metrc. The cases allege that flaws in the system have empowered bad actors while undercutting licensed businesses – and industry insiders claim the regulators are well aware of the issues.
U.S. stock markets kicked off Thursday, April 17, with mixed performances, as investors reacted to earnings reports and growing macroeconomic uncertainty. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened in the red, plunging by 500 points in early trading following a sharp drop in UnitedHealth shares.