By Ernest Scheyder(Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Thursday it would approve a land swap needed for Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and BHP to build one of the world’s largest copper mines, despite concerns from Native Americans that it would destroy a site of religious value.The move is likely to escalate tensions between Indigenous groups vocal about the need to preserve historical lands and ...
By Stephen NellisSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is flattening the semiconductor giant’s leadership team, with important chip groups reporting directly to him, according to a memo from Tan seen by Reuters.Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has also promoted networking chip chief Sachin Katti to be chief technology officer and artificial intelligence chief, according to the memo.The lead ...
By Jody Godoy(Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for U.S. antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its ad products.U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, found Google liable for "willfully acquiring and maintainin ...
By Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh(Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen met on Thursday with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador in a case that has pitted a defiant Trump administration against the courts and fanned the prospect of a constitutional conflict.The senator posted on X an image of himself in El Salvador with Abrego Garcia, dressed in a collared ...