News tagged with watchdog
Mexico billionaires battle over telecoms sector
Battles between three Mexican billionaires over control of the lucrative telecoms sector heated up again this week, intensified by international criticism of monopolistic practices.
Feb 05, 2012 |
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TripAdvisor rapped by British advertising watchdog
Travel website TripAdvisor was censured by Britain's advertising watchdog on Wednesday and warned that it must not claim that all of its user-generated reviews are from real travellers.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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EU probes Samsung, Germany blocks its tablets
Samsung took a hit in its battle against arch-rival Apple on Tuesday, when the European Union announced it will investigate whether it is illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund
(AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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O2 accidentally exposes customers' phone numbers
An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Google hit by new anti-trust complaint in Europe
The French online shopping website Twenga has filed a complaint against Google at the European Commission, accusing the Internet search giant of abusing its dominant position to eliminate any competition.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Google rolls out ads to ease privacy concerns
Google Inc., under scrutiny from privacy watchdogs for changes it made to its search engine, is launching a splashy ad campaign designed to alleviate privacy concerns.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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New contraceptive rule in China sparks outrage
A new regulation that requires women buying emergency contraceptives in at least one Chinese city to register their real names and ID card numbers has triggered an outcry on the Internet.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Record ivory seizures in 2011: watchdog
The past 12 months has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a sharp increase in the illegal trade in recent years, a wildlife watchdog said Thursday.
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Interpol seeks arrest of breast implant company founder
Interpol on Friday issued a "red notice" seeking the arrest of Frenchman Jean-Claude Mas, founder of the breast implant company at the centre of a widespread women's health scare.
Dec 24, 2011 |
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EU accepts IBM concessions in antitrust probe
(AP) -- The European Union's competition watchdog says it has accepted concessions made by IBM to make it easier for rivals to perform maintenance on its mainframe computers and is closing its investigation of the company.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Justice Dept looking into e-book sales practices
(AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into possible anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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EU in antitrust probe of Apple, e-book publishers (Update)
The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Spanish brickie finds Facebook hacking flaw
A Spanish builder stumbled on an online loophole that enables users to send Facebook messages in other users' names, prompting an alert by authorities, he said Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Australian air safety bureau probes smoking iPhone
Australia's aviation safety watchdog said Tuesday it was investigating after an Apple iPhone apparently began glowing red and emitting smoke after a flight to Sydney last week.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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