The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation against Google to determine whether the company has violated EU rules by giving priority to advertising its services to the detriment of competitors. The Financial Times reports.
According to the European Commission, the investigation will find out whether Google undermines competition rules by restricting third party access to user data in order to advertise on sites and applications, but using this data for its own purposes.
“Advertising is the basis for monetizing Google’s online services. Google is present at almost all levels of online advertising, and we are concerned that this company is making it harder for competitors to access,” said Margrethe Vestager, a member of the European Commission responsible for competition policy.
The Ministry of Infrastructure has developed a draft order that will allow Ukraine to establish production of hydrogen-powered cars. This was reported on the website of the ministry. It is noted that today in Ukraine there are no requirements for hydrogen transport. These are electric vehicles on hydrogen fuel cells. They run on compressed hydrogen. […]
PrivatBank warns users about a new fraud scheme that uses a fake website and at the same time the bank’s logo. This was reported by the press service of the Bank. It is noted that the Bank’s security service found the site p-invest.site, which was registered by unknown individuals in the United States and which […]
In 2020, corruption caused JSC Ukrzaliznytsia 8 billion hryvnias in losses. The head of the Temporary Investigation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada on UZ Yulia Hryshyna with reference to NABU data announced this. “NABU has carried out significant analytical work on Ukrzaliznytsia’s procurement. Detectives estimated Ukrzaliznytsia’s losses from corruption in procurement at UAH 8 billion […]
The development of critical materials could attract billions of euros in investment in Ukraine, according to Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. He said this at a summit conference on the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the EU on critical raw materials and batteries. “Ukraine creates conditions for attracting investors. The current rules of access to subsoil […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the state airline to inspect about 2,500 Boeing 737 aircraft for defective relays and cabin pressure drops. “An undetected failure of both relays could slow the crew’s detection of insufficient cabin pressure and result in the crew losing their ability to work due to hypoxia and, as […]
To reduce emissions to 35% of 1990 levels, Ukraine needs more than 100 billion euros in capital investment over 10 years, according to Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. “We have been actively involved in shaping the Ukrainian green exchange rate, which we want to synchronize with the European green exchange rate, and we make a lot […]
At its session held on Wednesday, July 14, the Verkhovna Rada adopted by 303 votes the law 3508-d, concerning the restructuring of debts for gas and its transportation services to heat and power companies. The document also regulates the debts of regional gas and regional gas sales, provides for the restructuring of debts of water […]
Amazon Corporation will work in Ukraine in the field of cloud technologies. Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov in the Telegram announced this. The Minister stated that a memorandum of cooperation had been signed with Amazon. “Another global technology giant has started operating in Ukraine. The beginning of our cooperation is a positive signal to […]
The British government hopes that in the coming weeks the relevant authorities of the country will register two vaccines against coronavirus. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister announced it in an interview with Sky News on Monday, November 30. “So far, no vaccine has been approved for use by the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency. However, […]
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Global trade turnover in 2020 will decrease by 7-9%. This was announced on Wednesday, October 21, by the RBC-Ukraine news agency with reference to the report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD. The decline in trade has occurred in all regions of the world due to quarantine restrictions, the report said. They […]
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The management of the European Airbus Airline should find solutions to avoid the forced reduction of thousands of jobs. This was stated by Junior Minister of Economy of France Agnes Pannier-Rancher. “There should be no forced dismissals. This means that everyone should be able to choose and receive help, this is our line,” she said. […]
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Pfizer and BioNTech shares rose sharply on Monday by 4% and 10%, respectively. This happened after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assigned an “accelerated” status to their two COVID-19 potential vaccines. Although the companies have not yet completed the final tests and have not received approval for the production and sale of their […]
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Ukraine has made great efforts to create a new development strategy of its agri-food sector. Norway helps to bring this strategy to life by funding a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is reported by the press service of the FAO. Norway’s contribution of $ 362 thousand will enable FAO to provide […]
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According to Interfax-Ukraine, Volodymyr Groysman met with Don Grantham yesterday. The Prime Minister of Ukraine discussed with Microsoft Central & Western Europe President the possibility of using modern technologies in the process of implementing reforms in Ukraine. Groysman said that Ukraine was hard up in technologies decisions. The authority is ready to cooperate with the […]
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The price of shares of Coca-Cola today is 13.6% lower than at the beginning of 2020, and the profit with revenues of the second quarter fell by a third due to lower sales in restaurants and entertainments in the conditions of a pandemic. At the same time, shares of Coca-Cola are considered to be a […]
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The chain of one of the world’s most popular fast food restaurants McDonald’s is suspected in violating tax laws in Europe. Today, the European Commissioner for Competition Margaret Vestager plans to announce a formal investigation into tax treaties with Luxembourg McDonald’s – reports Reuters with reference to informed sources. The investigation is scheduled to consider […]
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Bayer AG is going to sell the part of its business in biotechnologies and productions of cotton spheres. It is concerned the Crop Science subsidiary Company. According to Liman Kondon, the company chairman, this industry sphere is money-making. There is no reason in finding buyers to Buyer. The decision was concluded by a pressure of […]
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The Converse brand has opened a virtual store on a garbage island in the Pacific Ocean, which consists of 80,000 tons of plastic and is larger than the area of France. The offers of this outlet can be found on the store’s website. It is reported that the Renew Labs space was developed by Virtue. […]
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INTENDED POTENTIAL Each country possesses certain positive qualities that enable it to compete for investment when attracting foreign capital. These can be natural resources, geopolitical features, the legal system, level of production, technological and cultural development, etc. Since Ukraine has declared its independence, a certain rating of its investment attractiveness potential has also emerged. Land […]
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According to Business Insider, SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is selling four homes in Los Angeles for $62.5 million. It is already known that these houses will be sold to the LLC developer owned by businessman Ardi Tavangarian. “Arya Chalon LLC will combine the real estate portfolio into a new single project to […]
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In the second quarter of 2020, China’s economy grew after a historic downturn in the previous three months. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the State Statistical Office of China on Thursday, June 16. Thus, China’s GDP in April-June increased by 3.2% compared to the same period last year. The recovery was caused […]
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Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. This was reported by the company’s press service. Thurrot writes that this means the date of the “death” of Windows 10. The publication adds that the new generation of operating system, which Microsoft will present next week, will not be called Windows 10, at least, […]
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The head of Fiat Chrysler officially announced about the separation of Ferrari on January, 4, 2016, during the entering the Milan stock exchange. For the first time in 47 years Ferrari gained its independence, showing up as a separate from the Fiat Chrysler company. Head of Fiat Chrysler said in an interview that Ferrari had […]
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Real estate market is one of the most development in the modern Ukrainian economy. We have mentioned about this topic on the LDaily pages, have analysed the main tendencies and provide the information about judicial aspects of interrelations formation with the builder within our special Construction scram project to our readers. Today we propose to […]
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