Defeat for Modi’s Party in South India Heartens His Rivals

[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Saturday lost its only state government in India’s relatively prosperous south, results from elections in Karnataka showed, in a boost to the otherwise struggling opposition ahead of general elections next year. The Indian National Congress, which governed India for much of its time since independence before being sidelined by the rise of Mr. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, was winning a majority of the seats in…

"Defeat for Modi’s Party in South India Heartens His Rivals"

New plans to stop tech giants from buying smaller rivals threaten future innovations

[ad_1] One way to eliminate the competition in business is simply to buy them out and shut them down. And that means less choice for consumers and sometimes the loss of innovative and, in the case of the pharmaceutical industry, even life-saving products. But such so-called killer acquisitions are likely to face greater scrutiny in the US and EU following a recent expansion of competition regulators’ powers. A July 2022 decision by the European Court…

"New plans to stop tech giants from buying smaller rivals threaten future innovations"