EU Fines Google $1 Billion Over Search, App Store Practices

The European Commission fined Google a total of 890 million euros ($1 billion) on July 23 after finding the company breached the bloc’s legislation by favoring its own services in Google Search and restricting app developers from directing customers to alternative purchasing channels outside Google Play. The bloc’s executive branch said it imposed a 460 … Read more

Dalal Street outlook: Markets seek recovery after two-week slide; crude, geopolitical cues in focus

After two weeks of declines, Dalal Street could see some consolidation this week, with crude oil prices and developments in the US-Iran conflict likely to remain key drivers of market sentiment, analysts said.Brent crude prices, which are currently above $90 a barrel, will be closely watched, along with geopolitical developments, Siddhartha Khemka, head of research, … Read more

McCaul Confident Trump Will Advance Delayed $14 Billion Taiwan Arms Package

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said he expects President Donald Trump to soon send Congress a delayed $14 billion package of defensive weapons for Taiwan, while urging the island to fund domestic drone production and deepen defense industrial cooperation with the United States. “I’m confident the president will forward another package to the Congress soon with … Read more

China Has Favored Production Over Consumption for Decades, Economist Says

China’s economic weakness cannot be adequately measured by its monthly factory surveys, according to American Enterprise Institute economist Derek Scissors, who said Beijing’s decades-long preference for production over consumption has created excess manufacturing supply and increased reliance on foreign markets. “The official PMIs [Purchasing Managers’ Indexes] don’t mean much of anything,” Scissors told The Epoch … Read more

Gold Prices: Gold, silver prices likely to extend gains next week as investors await US data

Bullions are expected to maintain their upward momentum next week (representative image) Gold and silver prices are expected to maintain their upward momentum next week, although profit-booking at higher levels could limit the gains as investors await key US inflation and economic data, analysts said.US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation and GDP figures are … Read more

Salman Khan: ‘7 Dogs’ ending explained: Does Khalid stop the Pink Lady drug shipment? Know happens to Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt’s characters in the climax | Hindi Movie News

Spoiler Alert: This article discusses key plot developments from ‘7 Dogs’. If you haven’t watched the film yet and want to experience the climax without spoilers, reader discretion is advised.The Saudi Arabian action thriller ‘7 Dogs’, helmed by Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, has finally hit Indian screens. Led by Ahmed Ezz and Karim … Read more

ICE Dismantles SIM Farms in Nationwide Operation

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Homeland Security Investigations carried out a nationwide operation between June 22 and July 10 that dismantled “SIM farms” run by transnational criminal organizations. SIM (subscriber identity module) farms are systems containing large numbers of SIM cards from different wireless carriers, often housed in banks of cellphones, modems, or specialized devices … Read more