Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief | Rachel Cooke

HYou've seen the trailer for the new TV version of Jilly Cooper's 1988 novel rival(released October 18th on Disney+), all I can say is that it was a huge relief for me. Thankfully, the makers of this film, not even famous actor Rupert Campbell-Black, felt the need to re-educate the lecherous denizens of the Ratshire […]

Rivals fight for right to sell weight loss drugs

Click here for more news from The Hill {beacon} health care health care Full text   Iowa leads 20 states in lawsuit over Biden's nursing home staffing rules A coalition of 20 states is suing the Biden administration over a policy requiring minimum staffing levels in nursing homes, alleging it will lead to mass closures […]

U.S. Official Accuses China of Oversupplying Lithium to Eliminate Rivals

Jose Fernandez, the U.S. undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, on Monday accused China of overproducing lithium in a predatory scheme that drives down market prices and drives competing suppliers out of business. “This is a deliberate response by the People's Republic of China to what we are trying to do,” Fernandez said. […]

Mets-Braves history of big series with rivals set for massive clash

here we go again. Memories of past epic battles between the Mets and Braves were resurrected with both teams' seasons hanging in the balance entering a three-game series starting Tuesday in Atlanta. The Mets (87-69) entered Monday tied with the Diamondbacks for second place in the wild-card division, while the Braves are two games behind […]

EU threatens Apple if it doesn’t open up iOS software to rivals

European Union antitrust regulators warned Apple on Thursday that it could face heavy fines if it doesn't open up its closely guarded software to rivals. The European Commission has launched a so-called specification procedure to specify what Apple must do to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a tough new law aimed at preventing […]

Exec Boasted of Goal to ‘Crush’ Digital Ad Rivals

A Google executive spoke in 2009 about the company's goal of “outdoing” competitors in the digital advertising market, according to a federal antitrust case against the tech giant that focuses on the company's control over the ad tech industry. of New York Post Reports On the third day of a non-jury federal antitrust trial targeting […]

Google exec said firm’s ‘goal’ was to ‘crush’ digital ad rivals: court docs

Google executives bragged to colleagues in 2009 that the goal of the company's nascent online advertising business was to “outcompete” rivals in the digital advertising market, according to evidence presented Wednesday in a major federal antitrust trial against the tech giant. The Justice Department highlighted comments made by Google's former president of display advertising, David […]