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ICE expands power of federal agents to arrest people without warrants, New York Times reports
Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo.Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Tesla persuades Delaware's top court to slash legal fees in director pay lawsuit
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Delaware Supreme Court handed Tesla TSLA.O a victory on Friday, slashing by more than $100 million the legal fees owed to shareholder lawyers who successfully sued directors at Elon Musk's electric car company for overpaying themselves....Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
EXCLUSIVE-Saks ending e-commerce partnership with Amazon, source says
By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Bankrupt retailer Saks Global is ending its "Saks on Amazon" partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon.com AMZN.O, a source with direct knowledge of the decision said on Friday.The partnership was already in dire straits when Saks filed for...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
ANALYSIS-Combining SpaceX with xAI may be simple for Musk Inc, but Tesla isn't so easy
SpaceX-Tesla merger seen as less likely in short term, analysts and investors sayPotential advantages include satellites powering robots and robotaxisMany Musk investors want more opportunities to make bets across empireBy Chris Kirkham and Ross Kerber Jan 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk fans and th...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Google defeats bid for billions of dollars of new penalties in US privacy class action
By Mike Scarcella Jan 30 (Reuters) - Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday to reject a bid by consumers for more than $2 billion in penalties over the company’s past collection of data from users who had switched off a key privacy setting.Chief U.S. Di...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
US Senate approves two-week DHS funding bill, allowing for negotiations on ICE activities
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a two-week extension of Department of Homeland Security funding, giving congressional negotiators more time to reach a deal Democrats are seeking to place new constraints on President Donald Trump's nationwide immigration operatio...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Musk's Starlink updates privacy policy to allow consumer data to train AI
Starlink privacy policy allows AI training with user dataPrivacy advocates concerned over data use for AI trainingPotential xAI merger could enhance AI services with Starlink dataBy David Jeans and Joey Roulette NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - SpaceX revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the ...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Blue Origin shutters New Shepard rocket program to focus on moon lander development
By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The space tourism rocket that blasted celebrities like Katy Perry and William Shatner to space is shuttering operations, at least for two years, Blue Origin said on Friday, winding down the company's centerpiece space tourism program to sharpen its ...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
US approves more than $6.5 billion in potential military sales to Israel, Pentagon says
Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved more than $6.5 billion in potential military sales to Israel in three separate contracts, the Pentagon said on Friday.The U.S. State Department approved a potential sale of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and related equipment for an estimated c...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Venezuela proposes amnesty law for prisoners, interim president says
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Friday announced a proposed "amnesty law" for hundreds of prisoners in the country, according to El Pais newspaper.“I am announcing a general amnesty law and I am instructing that this law be brought before the National ...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Canada says it is working with partners on a proposed defense bank
OTTAWA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Canada will work with international partners to see what role it can play in setting up a proposed new multilateral defense bank to help rearm European and NATO member countries, Ottawa said on Friday. Backers of the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank want i...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
US to add 65,000 seasonal guest worker visas for 2026
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will add some 65,000 H-2B seasonal guest worker visas through September 30, a Federal Register notice said, saying the visas would be available to employers at risk of severe financial hardship due to a l...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
By Mike Scarcella Jan 30 (Reuters) - A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultaneously and denying pay for “peer review” services.In his ruli...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
L3Harris wins US Navy deal for Marine Corps precision‑strike program
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies LHX.N said on Friday it had secured a U.S. Navy deal to develop Red Wolf vehicles for the Marine Corps' precision-strike program.The Red Wolf is a long-range, precision-strike missile capable of hitting moving targets including ships at...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
Trump's Fed pick Warsh serves on board of firm at center of US-South Korea trade spat
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Federal Reserve, has earned over $1 million since 2020 as a member of the board of e-commerce company Coupang CPNG.N, now at the center of trade tensions between the U.S. and South Korea. Wa...Reuters
Fri, Jan 30
US OKs potential sale of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to Israel for $1.98 billion, Pentagon says
Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and related equipment to Israel for an estimated cost of $1.98 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday.The principal contractor for the sale is AM General LLC.Reuters
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