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Who is that new face in the big tech C-Suite? Oh, don’t worry, just some regulator from Europe. Kim Davis on August 23, 2024 It’s high time big tech resigned itself to the new reality. When it’s making decisions about its own operations and strategy, European regulators have a seat at the table — … Continue reading European regulators have a seat at the table
June 19, 2024 Chinese automakers urge retaliatory tariffs on European gas-powered cars after the EU’s EV tariffs China’s auto industry ‘called on the government to adopt firm countermeasures (and) suggested that positive consideration be given to raising the provisional tariff on gasoline cars with large-displacement engines.’ BY Reuters Chinese automakers have urged Beijing to hike tariffs … Continue reading Chinese automakers urge retaliatory tariffs on European gas-powered cars after the EU’s EV tariffs
More European legal problems for Google as Axel Springer and other well-known German publishers sue over alleged abuse of its market position. Nicola Agius on March 1, 2024 Google is facing a $ 2.27 billion lawsuit by 32 media groups claiming that the company’s digital advertising practices have led to financial losses. The publishers, including … Continue reading Google sued for $2.27 billion by European publishers
U.S. audiences have more access than ever to European leagues, so stateside marketers take note. Here are the latest sponsorships trends. Chris Wood on August 17, 2023 The “big five” European football leagues (called “soccer” in the U.S. and nowhere else) have secured more brand sponsorships than ever before. Combined, the leagues are close to … Continue reading Why global brands are flooding European football leagues
Amazon is buying iRobot, the creator of the Roomba robot vacuum Jon Fingas @jonfingas Amazon just took a big step toward cornering the market for household robots. The company has reached a deal to acquire iRobot, the creator of Roomba robot vacuums. The purchase is worth $1.7 billion in cash and will … Continue reading Amazon’s iRobot purchase is under investigation by European authorities
Concerns about GDPR compliance might extend to other AI solutions too. Kim Davis on April 3, 2023 On Friday, Italian regulators imposed a ban on generative AI tool ChatGPT with immediate effect while giving its creator, OpenAI, 20 days to address concerns about the way data is collected and processed under penalty of a fine … Continue reading ChatGPT under threat from European regulators
By Sam Becker September 20, 2022 While the jury is still out on whether the U.S. economy is, in fact, in a recession, there are signals from across the pond that the economic outlook in Europe is worsening. Economist Mohamed El-Erian, chairman of investment firm Gramercy Funds, recently said during a Gramercy webcast that a … Continue reading What would a European recession mean for the U.S. economy?
EU opens antitrust probe into Google’s advertising tech Regulators have been informally consulting on an investigation since 2019. S. Shah @eightiethmnt June 22nd, 2021 Yves Herman / reuters The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s alleged violation of competition law through its ad tech policies. Regulators, who have spent the past two … Continue reading European publishers lodge EU antitrust complaint against Google’s ad tech
European Commission Requires Website Owners To Relinquish .EU Names Prior To Brexit by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 30, 2018 The European Commission announced this week that United Kingdom-based companies and residents who own .eu country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs) must enter into a “withdrawal agreement” from those domain names after Britain’s departure from the European Union … Continue reading European Commission Requires Website Owners To Relinquish .EU Names Prior To Brexit
