Activist Investor ValueAct Takes Stake in The New York Times August 11, 2022 Citigroup and Nintendo IFTTT is pushing The Times to sell bundled subscriptions to readers more aggressively. NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The investor which has taken positions in Adobe +
Supply Chain Bottlenecks Are Easing, Taking Pressure Off Prices August 10, 2022 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The cost of moving goods has retreated in recent months from stratospheric highs last year. +
Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for Saudis August 09, 2022 A federal jury in San Francisco deliberated for nearly three days before convicting him on six charges while acquitting him on five others in the two-week trial. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Justice Dept. Said to Conduct New Interviews in Inquiry Into Google’s Ad Tech August 09, 2022 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The Justice Department for more than a year has investigated whether Google abuses its dominance over the interlocking technologies that deliver ads online. +
In China, Xi Risks Overconfidence That Could Stoke Taiwan Tensions August 09, 2022 and could lead to conflict — perhaps over Taiwan. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes State propaganda about China’s rise is stoking extreme nationalism. That could blind China to its problems +
How Private Equity Lobbying Watered Down the Corporate Minimum Tax August 08, 2022 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The new corporate minimum tax is not law yet and is already rife with exceptions for the businesses that might have to pay it. +
Axios to Sell Itself to Cox Enterprises for $525 Million August 08, 2022 IFTTT Jim VandeHei Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The digital media company’s founders will continue to run the company. +
SoftBank Reports $23 Billion Loss as Tech Investments Plummet August 08, 2022 IFTTT Masayoshi Son NYT NYT > Business NYTimes said SoftBank would take fewer big risks in the future. the Japanese conglomerate’s founder +
Korea Blockchain Week Attracts Crowds Amid Market Turmoil August 08, 2022 blockchain and all things web3. Falling prices and upheaval in the industry does not appear to have curbed Koreans’ appetite for crypto IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
SoftBank Reports $23 Billion Loss as Tech Investments Plummet August 08, 2022 IFTTT Masayoshi Son NYT NYT > Business NYTimes said SoftBank would take fewer big risks in the future. the Japanese conglomerate’s founder +
Google Fires Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Conscious July 23, 2022 Blake Lemoine contends that the company’s language model has a soul. The company denies that and says he violated its security policies. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes the engineer +
Amazon Acquires One Medical in Push Into Health Care July 22, 2022 a national chain of primary care clinics for $3.9 billion. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The internet giant acquired One Medical +
Bucking the global trend, Russia lowers interest rates again. July 22, 2022 citing “subdued” consumer demand. IFTTT lower than before the invasion of Ukraine NYT NYT > Business NYTimes Russia’s central bank cut its interest rate to 8 percent on Friday +