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Google proposes altering contracts to correct illegal search monopoly
2 days, 18 hours ago

Google proposes altering contracts to correct illegal search monopoly

LA Times  

A federal judge will decide on solutions to restore competition after ruling Google maintained an illegal monopoly in online search. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice and several states proposed solutions to fix what it described as Google’s illegal search monopoly that included forcing the company to sell Chrome. Mozilla said that Google was the default search engine in …

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Tyson Foods fights to silence debt-stricken farmers after slashing contracts
5 days, 3 hours ago

Tyson Foods fights to silence debt-stricken farmers after slashing contracts

Raw Story  

This story was produced by the Watchdog Writers Group in collaboration with Investigate Midwest. But Cal-Maine’s offer came with a catch: The farmers would have to agree not to sue Tyson Foods for any losses because of the plant closure, according to court filings. His operation near Harrison, Arkansas, was photographed on March 31 Hinkle’s career with Tyson Foods began …

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Tourism Australia spent three-quarters of its budget on contractors
6 days, 18 hours ago

Tourism Australia spent three-quarters of its budget on contractors

ABC  

Auditors have slammed the tourism office for spending three-quarters of its budget on contractors, with most of those contracts made through closed-door arrangements that did not show "value for money". Auditors found Tourism Australia regularly failed to comply with requirements to find contractors who were best value for money, treating suppliers fairly and appropriately declaring possible conflicts of interest. Tourism …

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US firms accused of paying bribes for contracts in India pay 300% penalty to avoid prosecution
1 week ago

US firms accused of paying bribes for contracts in India pay 300% penalty to avoid prosecution

Firstpost  

Three US companies paid more than $200 million in penalties to settle cases of alleged bribery of Indian officials, including in the Indian Railways, to win contracts, according to a report The rail link between Udhampur, Srinagar, and Baramulla would connect Kashmir to the rest of the country. In an investigation published on Monday, The Daily Pioneer has reported that …

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Aaditya Thackeray demands probe into Rs 7,000-crore Mumbai road repair project
1 week, 1 day ago

Aaditya Thackeray demands probe into Rs 7,000-crore Mumbai road repair project

India Today  

Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday demanded an investigation by the Economic Offences Wing into Mumbai's controversial Rs 7,000 crore concrete road repair project, which has faced severe criticism from various political parties. The ambitious project, aimed at repairing 700 km of roads to address Mumbai's perennial pothole problem, was initiated after Shinde became the …

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Aaditya Thackeray seeks probe into BMC road contracts during Shinde’s tenure
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1 week, 2 days ago

Aaditya Thackeray seeks probe into BMC road contracts during Shinde’s tenure

The Hindu  

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has called for the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing to investigate alleged irregularities in road construction contracts awarded by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation during Eknath Shinde’s tenure as Chief Minister. Mr. Thackeray also demanded that Mr. Shinde and former guardian Ministers Deepak Kesarkar and Mangal Prabhat Lodha be excluded from the current government, citing their …

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Manesar: Legal dispute over Municipal Solid Waste management contracts
1 week, 4 days ago

Manesar: Legal dispute over Municipal Solid Waste management contracts

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A legal suit has been filed in the District and Sessions Court, Gurugram, seeking a permanent injunction against the Municipal Corporation of Manesar to halt the issuance of short-term tenders for municipal solid waste management. A legal suit has been filed in the District and Sessions Court, Gurugram, seeking a permanent injunction against the Municipal Corporation of Manesar to …

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Rival LNG supplies, Sakhalin’s depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas
1 week, 5 days ago

Rival LNG supplies, Sakhalin’s depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas

Live Mint  

* Japan relies on Russia for 9% of LNG supply, mostly from long-term Sakhalin-2 contracts * Japan's contracts with Sakhalin-2 expire in 2026-2033 * Renewable energy, LNG surplus curb Japan's need for new Russian supply * LNG developers in Canada, US, Australia look to fill gap By Katya Golubkova and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, - As Japan's long-term contracts to secure …

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Los Angeles Dodgers finalize contracts with Michael Conforto and Blake Treinen
1 week, 6 days ago

Los Angeles Dodgers finalize contracts with Michael Conforto and Blake Treinen

Hindustan Times  

DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a $17 million, one-year contract to add outfielder Michael Conforto on Tuesday along with a $22 million, two-year agreement to retain right-hander Blake Treinen. HT Image Conforto, a former first-round draft pick who turns 32 on March 1, hit.237 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs this year for San Francisco in the final …

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Los Angeles Dodgers finalize contracts with Michael Conforto and Blake Treinen
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1 week, 6 days ago

Los Angeles Dodgers finalize contracts with Michael Conforto and Blake Treinen

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a $17 million, one-year contract to add outfielder Michael Conforto on Tuesday along with a $22 million, two-year agreement to retain right-hander Blake Treinen. Conforto, a former first-round draft pick who turns 32 on March 1, hit.237 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs this year for San Francisco in the final season of …

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Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
1 week, 6 days ago

Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum

LA Times  

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers’ second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm club. Sports memorabilia can fetch millions these days, and experts say the original …

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Delivery contractors say Aavin Madurai offered contracts to delivery vehicles outside tender process
1 week, 6 days ago

Delivery contractors say Aavin Madurai offered contracts to delivery vehicles outside tender process

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Milk delivery contractors and dealers have alleged that Aavin has been offering contracts to some delivery vehicles, outside the tender process, at rates of rent hiked by as much as 20%-57% causing huge losses for the state government cooperative over the past two years. According to Tamil Nadu Milk Dealers' Welfare Association President S A Ponnusamy, the delivery vehicles …

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BSE, NSE contest to hot up under Sebi's eagle eye
2 weeks, 3 days ago

BSE, NSE contest to hot up under Sebi's eagle eye

Live Mint  

Competition between Asia's oldest exchange and its younger, bigger rival is set to hot up with BSE shifting its weekly Sensex contract expiry from next month even as Sebi's curbs to temper retail frenzy in derivatives have gotten under way. The BSE said in a circular last Thursday that it will shift its weekly Sensex contract expiry to the last …

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Billionaire investor with military contracts picked to be No. 2 at Trump's Pentagon
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Billionaire investor with military contracts picked to be No. 2 at Trump's Pentagon

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he intends to nominate billionaire investor Steve Feinberg to be the second in command at the Defense Department. The Washington Post's John Hudson wrote that Feinberg has "investments in companies that maintain Pentagon contracts." Feinberg previously served as chair of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board in Trump's first administration. While Trump was running for …

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Veteran's suicide: Gov promises action
3 weeks ago

Veteran's suicide: Gov promises action

ABC  

Nick Grimm: G'day, welcome to PM, I'm Nick Grimm, coming to you from Gadigal Land. Nick Grimm: And that's Associate Professor Matthew Sussex from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Nick Grimm: AFP Commander Stephen Jay ending Kathleen O'Connor's report. Sarah Maunder: With what's happened in Belgium, would you like to see that introduced or …

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Ranking MLB’s worst contracts: Not all megadeals are worth the cost
3 weeks ago

Ranking MLB’s worst contracts: Not all megadeals are worth the cost

New York Times  

Stephen Strasburg retired, Patrick Corbin’s deal with the Washington Nationals finally expired and Chris Sale roared back to form in a major way. Original deal: Six years, $162 million Remaining years: 2025: $27.833 million 2026: $27.833 million 2027: $27.833 million 2028: $27.833 million Rodón’s big-money deal looked like a disaster after he posted a 6.85 ERA in 2023, his first …

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Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh helped two cartels procure hospital contracts: CBI chargesheet
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh helped two cartels procure hospital contracts: CBI chargesheet

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh allegedly helped two cartels in procuring hospital contracts, the agency has said in its recently filed chargesheet. Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh helped two cartels procure hospital contracts: CBI chargesheet The special court has taken the chargesheet on record but it is yet to take its cognisance because the …

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A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection
Trending News
3 weeks, 1 day ago

A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection

LA Times  

A view of an empty chair in a sex worker’s booth in Antwerp, Belgium. Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a “revolution.” The new law also establishes fundamental rights for sex workers, including the rights …

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Defence contracts emerge as key business for telecom infra makers
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Defence contracts emerge as key business for telecom infra makers

Live Mint  

India's push for local manufacturing is prising open a new business frontier for domestic telecom equipment manufacturers. Industry stakeholders Mint spoke to said that companies like Tejas Networks, HFCL Ltd and Sterlite Technologies Ltd stand to reap the rewards of the Indian defence forces’ increasing preference for locally developed telecom infrastructure. Companies such as China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and …

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No credit risks so far for Adanis as group has good cash balance: Crisil
Trending News
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No credit risks so far for Adanis as group has good cash balance: Crisil

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: Ratings agency Crisil report released on Friday ruled out any credit risks for Adani Group in the medium term. The group has flexibility to cut certain discretionary capex depending on developments in financial markets and future capital availability, the agency said, adding it has a healthy operating income and cash balance that reduces dependence on external debt to sustain …

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Sensex, Bankex, Sensex 50 monthly expiry days to change from January 1, 2025: Check revised dates, other details
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Sensex, Bankex, Sensex 50 monthly expiry days to change from January 1, 2025: Check revised dates, other details

Live Mint  

The Bombay Stock Exchange announced on Thursday, November 28 that it has changed the expiry days for Sensex, Bankex and Sensex 50. In a circular, BSE informed revised expiry days of Sensex, Bankex and Sensex 50 index derivatives contracts will come into effect starting from January 1, 2025. Sensex, Bnakex, Sensex 50 expiry days Sensex's quarterly and semi-annual contracts will …

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Court Cannot Go Into Merits While Enforcing Foreign Award U/S 48 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Court Cannot Go Into Merits While Enforcing Foreign Award U/S 48 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Arif S Doctor has held that jurisdiction of enforcement court under section 48 of the Arbitration is very limited and while enforcing the award the court cannot go into the merits of the case. That the Petitioner's reliance upon the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of McDermott International Inc. …

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Nayanthara's battle for film footage bares copyright conflict between actors, producers
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Nayanthara's battle for film footage bares copyright conflict between actors, producers

Live Mint  

Actor Nayanthara’s public dispute with actor-producer Dhanush may stem from the denial to use a three-second behind-the-scenes clip from her film for a documentary. Yet, according to copyright law experts, producers are well within their rights to protect their content and it’s up to actors to draw up contracts that legally allow them to use footage in such cases. Chansoria …

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Tanzania to keep agreement with Adani for container terminal, official says
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Tanzania to keep agreement with Adani for container terminal, official says

The Hindu  

“Tanzania plans to honour its contracts with an Adani Group unit despite a U.S. indictment of its billionaire chairman Gautam Adani on accusations of bribery and fraud,” a senior official at the ports authority said. In May, Tanzania entered into a 30-year concession agreement with Adani Ports, a unit of Adani Group, to operate a container terminal in its Dar …

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