Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple deny abusing their dominant position and assert that improper intervention in the market through legislation would hurt small businesses and consumers.
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Inflation poses new challenge for pandemic-weary businesses
Surging demand from consumers for a wide range of products has driven up prices for finished goods as well as raw materials, supplies and equipment.
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‘Super-hero’ in Spider-Man outfit meets pope at Vatican
Matteo Villardita, who dons the comic-book and movie outfit to cheer up hospitalized children, asked the pontiff to pray for the kids and their families.
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Harrison Ford injures shoulder on ‘Indiana Jones 5’ set
The 78-year-old actor is on hiatus from filming after he was hurt rehearsing a fight scene.
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Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster than before
The Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf retreated by 12 miles from 2017 to 2020, according to a study published Friday.
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Stocks notch modest gains and third winning week for S&P 500
Technology companies and banks accounted for much of the upward move.
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Richard Branson marks launch of Virgin hotel in Las Vegas
The property and its centerpiece Mohegan Sun casino opened March 25 after $200 million and more than a year of renovations of the 1,500-room former Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
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Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
The ranking Republican on the Senate energy committee says Tracy Stone-Manning, nominated to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, should be disqualified for her collaboration with ‘extreme environmental activists.’
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Some J&J vaccine doses can be used, but many must be tossed
The FDA says it determined that two batches could be released from a troubled Baltimore factory, which is owned by Emergent BioSolutions and has been shuttered for eight weeks.
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Jill Biden, Duchess of Cambridge tour preschool in England
The first lady and the wife of Prince William visit an academy in southwest England that works with children who have experienced trauma.