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I didn't take your comment as aggressive at all. You are correct about Corbyn being a true believer, however I do believe all of (((them))) are or (((they))) would have already seen the light of truth. Problem is (((they))) have too much invested to turn back now. In other words they can't stop (((their))) train.
Indeed, I think there are some last ditch efforts to try and stop what's coming. For example the Australia shooting…but they won't have the impact the ds is looking for because times up for them.
Exclusive: SEC probes Siemens, GE, Philips in alleged China medical equipment scheme
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Siemens AG, Philips NV and General Electric Co for allegedly using local middlemen to negotiate bribes with Chinese government and hospital officials to sell medical equipment, two U.S. sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The investigations into the companies’ business in China, along with an existing SEC probe into their sales in Brazil, are part of a new effort by U.S. regulators to crack down on alleged corruption in sales of costly medical equipment worldwide, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. The SEC declined to comment. Siemens, GE and Philips all denied wrongdoing and said they were unaware of any SEC investigation concerning their operations in China.
Reuters reported in May that the SEC, along with the U.S. Justice Department and FBI, were investigating Siemens, GE and Philips - as well as Johnson & Johnson - for allegedly paying bribes to win contracts in Brazil. The four companies all denied any wrongdoing in Brazil. Under a U.S. federal law called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA), it is illegal for Americans, U.S. companies or foreign companies whose securities are listed in the United States to pay foreign officials to win business. If found guilty of violating the act, firms could face fines from the SEC.
China’s medical device market stood at $58.63 billion in 2017 - compared to $10.8 billion for Brazil - according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Commerce Department. In both markets, the companies benefited not only from the sale of the equipment but also from the bigger profit margins to be made on servicing it during its 10-to-15 year lifespan as well as selling software updates, spare parts and the materials used in operating the machines, the sources said. China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission and the China Food and Drug Administration, which regulate the healthcare system, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Brazilian federal prosecutors declined to comment.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-sec-china-exclusive/exclusive-sec-probes-siemens-ge-philips-in-alleged-china-medical-equipment-scheme-idUSKCN1T5151
Google faces privacy complaints in European countries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google’s privacy woes are set to increase after campaigners on Tuesday filed complaints to data protection regulators in France, Germany and seven other EU countries over the way it deals with data in online advertising. The criticism mirrored a complaint filed by privacy-focused web browser Brave in Ireland and Britain which triggered an investigation by the Irish watchdog last month.
At issue is real-time bidding, a server-to-server buying process which uses automated software to match millions of ad requests each second from online publishers with real-time bids from advertisers. The online ad industry, a money spinner for Google, Facebook and other online platforms and advertisers, is expected to grow to $273 billion this year according to research firm eMarketer. “The real-time bidding advertising system may be broadcasting the personal data of users to hundreds or thousands of companies. This advertising method clearly breaches the EU’s data protection regulation (GDPR),” said Eva Simon, a legal expert at campaigning group Liberties which is coordinating the complaints.
The EU enacted the landmark GDPR a year ago which includes fines up to 4 percent of a company’s global turnover for violations. “Real-time bidding is used Google and many other digital advertising technology companies. It is time for them to #StopSpyingOnUs,” Liberties said. The other seven EU countries where the complaints were filed are Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Shares in Google parent Alphabet Inc closed 6% down on Monday following reports that the U.S. Justice Department may investigate Google for hampering competition.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-google-privacy/google-faces-privacy-complaints-in-european-countries-idUSKCN1T51G3
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Trying to post used various site to post the same info and I keep getting same response..
Apple CEO says U.S. scrutiny ‘fair,’ but rejects idea company is a monopoly
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-technology-antitrust-apple/apple-ceo-says-u-s-scrutiny-fair-but-rejects-idea-company-is-a-monopoly-idUSKCN1T51PC
Huawei lawyer tells U.S. jury spelling errors, video show rival stole trade secrets
SHERMAN, Texas (Reuters) - A former engineering manager used Huawei Technologies Co Ltd trade secrets and lured away 24 of its employees to improperly build his startup company, a lawyer for the Chinese telecommunications firm told a Texas jury on Tuesday.
The trade secrets trial, which has become a flashpoint in allegations by the United States government that Huawei gear is a threat to U.S. security, began with the Huawei lawyer showing jurors that spelling errors in its internal documents were repeated in proposals a former manager used to start chip-maker CNEX Labs Inc three days after leaving Huawei. Huawei sued former employee Ronnie Huang and his startup, CNEX Labs Inc, and Huang countersued saying that Huawei’s allegations against him and CNEX are tactics in a strategy Huawei uses to steal technology from others. CNEX develops chips that speed up data storage on cloud computing networks. In addition to showing identical spelling errors in Huawei and CNEX documents, Huawei lawyer Michael Wexler also played an excerpt from a video deposition in which another former employee admitted to copying 5,760 files from his work computer before leaving to join CNEX.
Huang started CNEX in 2013 and has raised more than $100 million from backers including arms of Dell Technologies and Microsoft. The trial promises to keep Huawei in the spotlight amid a U.S. government blacklisting of the company’s telecommunications gear and pressure on U.S. allies not to buy its equipment. China last week retaliated against the ban, saying it planned to draft its own list of foreign companies and people it considers “unreliable” for harming Chinese companies.
Huang’s attorney will lay out a rebuttal and counterclaims in court later on Tuesday. The trial is expected to last three weeks. “Think of the spelling mistakes as DNA,” Huawei attorney Wexler said in his opening statement to an eight-person jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Huawei is asking the court to award it at least $85.7 million in damages. Judge Amos Mazzant, who is hearing the case, separately is overseeing Huawei’s bid to overturn the Trump administration’s ban on its sales to government agencies and contractors.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-cnex-trial/huawei-lawyer-tells-u-s-jury-spelling-errors-video-show-rival-stole-trade-secrets-idUSKCN1T52AB?il=0