Perez finally handed Racing Point upgrade package
Sergio Perez will finally have at his disposal for this weekend’s Eifel GP the upgrade package implemented on Racing Point’s RP20 at the recent Tuscan GP. Perez’s teammate Lance Stroll was the sole recipient of the updated RP20 at Mugello,…
EU court ruling threatens EU-UK data flows
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by Amazon Polly A ruling by the EU’s top court Tuesday morning dealt a serious blow to the prospect of digital information being able to flow freely across the Channel after Brexit.…
Clinton apologized to Obama after election loss: book
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner…
Canadian Businesses More 'Fragile' Now Than During 1st Wave, BDC Warns
MONTREAL — A new study says many Canadian entrepreneurs are focused on shoring up their balance sheets after recording a drastic drop in revenues and mounting debt during the first wave of COVID-19. The Business Development Bank of Canada survey…
Duke Energy 'Settlement' Slashes Fine, Grants Amnesty for Coal Ash Pollution
North Carolina regulators on Tuesday agreed to dramatically slash a fine initially imposed on Duke Energy for its coal ash pollution at a site in the west of the state—and grant the company amnesty for dumps at all of its…
Bernie Bashes Billionaires in Big Apple, Challenges Dem Establishment in NH
After taking on billionaires and corporate power brokers at a New York City fundraiser and then again during a well-received taping of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday evening, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders turned his attention toward…
Lockdown in East Jerusalem: Harsh Policies Come Amid Intensifying Violence
East Jerusalem is in lockdown as of Wednesday after the Israeli military erected checkpoints around the occupied territory as the repression of Palestinian protesters took a severe turn. According to reports, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead early Wednesday…
Amid Flood of Dark Money, Groups Make Simple Request of FEC: 'Do Your Job'
Decrying the unprecedented flow of so-called “dark money” into the U.S. political process, a coalition of civic and religious organizations, environmentalists, and academics on Tuesday submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), calling on the agency to—put simply—do its…
Pfizer's Tax Rate 'Fiction' Exposed: Pays Less Than Everyone You Know
Undermining the company’s rationale for a Big Pharma mega-merger that would allow it to dodge paying what it owes in taxes, a new report shows that, in fact, Pfizer has “dramatically overstated its corporate tax rates” and is already enjoying…
Six Years After Citizens United, Call to 'Reclaim Democracy' Louder than Ever
On the sixth anniversary of Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that unleashed the scourge of dark and unlimited election spending into the political process, campaign finance reform advocates are spotlighting the tangible solutions that could loosen the stranglehold…