(Reuters) – U.S. railroad operator Kansas City Southern (KSU.N) has rejected a $20 billion takeover offer from an investor group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The buyout consortium led by Blackstone …
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After three days of steep declines, on Wednesday the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^COMP) managed to recover some lost ground. Investors were ready for a bounce, and that’s what they got. Some hard-hit tech stocks put together big gains, and …
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Amazon on Wednesday named former National Security Agency director Keith Alexander to its board of directors. Alexander, a retired four-star Army general, served as NSA director from 2005 to 2014 and was commander of the U.S. Cyber Command from …
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Ride-hailing company places ads proclaiming ‘If you tolerate racism, delete Uber’ amid fight to avoid classifying drivers as employees. Email icon; Facebook icon; Twitter icon; Linkedin icon; Flipboard icon. Print icon; Resize icon …
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Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to the US, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter and including a confirmation from Facebook’s VP of …
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