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Antitrust efforts against big tech companies like Alphabet, which owns Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook, are gaining momentum in Washington. A six-part package of bills was approved by the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, 24th, paving the way for the House and Senate to consider the legislation.The measures include the End Platforms Monopolies Act, which would allow regulators to take action against companies that take advantage of their large platforms to promote their other businesses at the expense of competitors.In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it had launched a new investigation into how Google…

Petrobras announced on Friday (25th) that it had received an additional amount of R$271.1 million as part of a leniency agreement signed within the scope of investigations and lawsuits brought by Operation Lava Jato, carried out by the Federal Police and the Ministry of the Public. The money was returned by Technip Brasil and Flexibras, the companies of the Technip Group.Agreements like this have already secured Petrobras with recoveries of more than R$6 billion in the scope of the car wash, including cooperation, forgiveness and repatriation, according to data released by the company.It is worth emphasizing here that the billions…

ivy goshscience reporter2 hours agoattributed to him, Ralph Kahler / Tom AppelIllustrative image, This simulation of what one of the first stars would look like is based on astronomical data – many of them were more massive than our sun and were relatively short-lived.Astronomers discovered when the first stars began to shine.They say this period, known as the “cosmic dawn,” occurred between 250 to 350 million years after the Big Bang.The results of the study, published in the British monthly scientific journal Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, indicate that the first galaxies are bright enough to be seen by…

Non-annual credit card and cashback program benefits within your financial planning The installment-free credit card has been a very positive point for personal finance and an advantage because of the cashback programs. Therefore, it is important that you look for the advantages offered by these cards in order for this feature to be possible. personal financial planning. There are many options for credit cards without an annual payment nowadays due to the success of fintech companies. Economic habits and smart trade So, find cashback programs that work for you, considering the possibility of getting a card without an annual salary,…

Symptoms of Covid-19 can vary greatly, depending on which strain of Sars-CoV2 virus is responsible for the infection, warned a study by Kings College in London, which came out this month. According to the work, headache, sore throat and runny nose are the symptoms most closely related to the delta variant (originally discovered in India), which is already prevalent in the UK. These symptoms were not common in the first wave of the disease, when the alpha variant (from the UK itself) was prevalent. In Brazil, although there was no similar survey, front-line clinicians also reported a change in the…

Junior Dorsky, entrepreneur and owner of the Madero restaurant chain – Instagram / Instagram Junior Dorsky, entrepreneur and owner of the Madero restaurant chainPlay / Instagram for iG Posted on 06/24/2021 9:21 PM The Madero restaurant chain Pocketnarista Junior Durski said in its financial statements for the first quarter of 2021 that the company’s cash available would not be enough to pay off short-term debt on the due date without additional financing. “There have been two results articles published by the company since the beginning of the pandemic, and auditors from the network, in both cases, raised the presence of…

Contrary to what one might have imagined a year ago pandemic, wealth increased 7.4% in 2020, in total 418.13 trillion US dollars in the economy of families around the world. In addition, 5.2 million people last year accumulated enough assets to become part of a select group of millionaires, whose current number is 56.1 million. The numbers were mainly driven North America (10%) e Europe (9.85%)According to the annual World Wealth Report prepared by the Bank Swiss credit. On the other hand, the families Latin america e India They saw their fortunes decline last year, with negative variances of 10.1%…

Janssen vaccineFoto: Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Brazil is still ranked 68th in the global ranking for the application of vaccine doses against Covid-19 this Thursday (24), compared to every 100 inhabitants. The country, which began vaccination more than five months ago, ranks 56th in that ranking. Among the countries that make up the G20, a grouping of the world’s 20 largest economies, the country remains in tenth place. According to the data updated by the agency CNN, Brazil is shown with 43.49 doses applied per 100 population. Followed by the United Kingdom at the…

Photo: Disclosure / Galliao Brazil received, on Wednesday evening (23), a new batch of active pharmaceutical ingredients (IFA) to produce 5.8 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19. The immunizing agents, which will be produced by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), will be sent directly to the Bio-Manguinhos Production Laboratory. The shipment, containing enough inputs to produce about 6 million vaccines, landed at Tom Jobim International Airport (RioGaleão) at around 8 p.m. Read moreAccording to Fucruz, with the arrival of the new shipment, weekly deliveries are guaranteed until July 23. Doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, produced by Fiocruz, are…

Winter has arrived and respiratory diseases are becoming more and more common at this cold time. During this period of the year, there is a decrease in precipitation in some areas such as Alto Tietê, which leaves the relative humidity of the air much lower and leads to an increase in the concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere. Heat capacity, resulting from cold nights and hot days, also affects health. According to the professor at UMC (University of Mogi das Cruzes), pediatric specialist in pediatric respiratory diseases, Mariangela Faria Cardoso Teixeira, in addition to all these factors, environments become more…