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Jul 27
FTC sues Facebook parent company Meta to block acquisition of VR firm Within Unlimited

The Federal Trade Commission has sued Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. META, +6.55% to block it from acquiring virtual-reality company Within Unlimited. In a statement, FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director John Newman said, “Instead of competing on the merits, Meta is trying to buy its way to the top. Meta already owns a […]

Jul 27
Senate advances chips and science bill in 64-33 vote

This report has been updated to correct the nature of the vote. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday advanced a microchips and science bill to a final vote, with 64 senators voting in favor and 33 in opposition. The measure, which provides $52.7 billion for the chips industry, could get signed into law in a matter […]

Jul 27
Japanese Candlesticks Analysis 27.07.2022 (XAUUSD, NZDUSD, GBPUSD)

XAUUSD, “Gold vs US Dollar” As we can see in the H4 chart, XAUUSD has formed an Engulfing reversal pattern not far from the resistance area. At the moment, the asset may reverse in the form of a new descending impulse. In this case, the downside target may be the support level at 1685.50. At […]

Jul 27
Murrey Math Lines 27.07.2022 (USDJPY, USDCAD)

USDJPY, “US Dollar vs. Japanese Yen” On the H4 chart, after breaking 8/8, USDJPY is no longer trading within the “overbought” area. In this case, the price is expected to test the resistance at 8/8, rebound from it, and resume falling and reach 6/8. However, this scenario may no longer be valid if the price […]

Jul 27
Twitter is ‘resizing’ office space, with reported cutbacks in San Francisco, New York, and other cities

Twitter Inc. TWTR, +0.44% reportedly plans to pare back its office space in several cities as looks to trim costs. A Bloomberg News reporter tweeted Wednesday that a Twitter internal memo detailed plans to cut back office sizes in San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Mumbai, and Dublin. The tweet further noted that Twitter is contemplating […]

Jul 27
Fiscal policy and planning for resilience

At last week’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council, we decided to increase our main policy rate by 50 basis points.  This continues the normalisation of our monetary policy, a path that we had started to travel on last December. Our aim is to dampen the inflationary pressures that we’re seeing in the euro area […]