Google’s 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe’s top court

Google’s 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe’s top court

The European Union flag is seen with Google’s logo. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Tuesday upheld a 2.4 billion euro ($2.65 billion) fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position by favoring its own shopping comparison service. CNBC has reached out to Google for comment. The fine stems … Read more

Dow sheds 1,000 points, Japan stocks rebound

Dow sheds 1,000 points, Japan stocks rebound

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Dow sheds 1,000 points

CNBC Daily Open: Dow sheds 1,000 points

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell in New York City on August 5, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

Nvidia shares fall after report that it faces a US DOJ antitrust probe

Nvidia shares fall after report that it faces a US DOJ antitrust probe

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 4, 2024.  I-hwa Cheng | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating complaints that Nvidia allegedly abused its market dominance in artificial intelligence chips, The Information reported. The DOJ has reached out to Nvidia’s competitors such as AMD to … Read more

Warren sounds alarm on T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular deal with Justice Department, FCC

Warren sounds alarm on T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular deal with Justice Department, FCC

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia, in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators are sounding the … Read more

There are 4.8 billion reasons why other leagues are watching the fallout from ‘Sunday Ticket’ case

There are 4.8 billion reasons why other leagues are watching the fallout from ‘Sunday Ticket’ case

LOS ANGELES — Professional sports leagues have 4.8 billion reasons to review how they distribute out-of-market broadcasts after Thursday’s judgement against the NFL in the “Sunday Ticket” case in U.S. District Court. “It’s going to require other leagues to take a close look at their model and make sure that the means by which they’re … Read more

Here’s what you need to know about the verdict in the ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ trial and what’s next

Here’s what you need to know about the verdict in the ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ trial and what’s next

LOS ANGELES — The NFL has been found guilty of breaking antitrust laws in its distribution of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on the “Sunday Ticket” premium subscription service. Even though the jury of five men and three women in a U.S. District Court awarded nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday to residential and commercial subscribers … Read more

Jury orders NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case for violating antitrust laws

Jury orders NFL to pay nearly .8 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case for violating antitrust laws

LOS ANGELES — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and $96 million in damages … Read more

Jury begins deliberations in class-action lawsuit against NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers

Jury begins deliberations in class-action lawsuit against NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers

LOS ANGELES — The NFL was exploring a world without “Sunday Ticket” in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games not shown on Fox or CBS. The league memo was shown by plaintiffs during their closing arguments on Wednesday as the jury in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers began … Read more

Movie Review: ‘Food, Inc. 2’ revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and (a little) hope

Movie Review: ‘Food, Inc. 2’ revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and (a little) hope

The makers of the influential 2008 documentary “Food, Inc.” never planned to make a sequel. They figured they’d said it all in their harrowing look at a broken, unsustainable food system — a system led, they argued, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmers, mistreats animals, workers and the soil itself, … Read more