Disney made it official this morning, announcing it would buy assets of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. As part of the deal CEO Bob Iger will stay on at the top spot until 2021, and Fox will spin off its News & Sports networks.
Plus the FCC is getting ready to vote on whether to repeal net neutrality rules. But the agency's chief technology officer, who was appointed to the position by the current chair, says a rollback is not in the best interests of the public. The regulations, put into place by the Obama administration in 2015, prevent internet providers from slowing down content speeds or favoring certain companies.
Almost four dozen Venezuelan workers who had temporary protected status have been put on leave by Disney after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to strip them of legal protections.
The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.
The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
After a bumpy ride, the ride-hailing app is back in the good graces of investors. Plus: OpenAI, Google, Apple, Target, Moody's, Paramount, and Golden Dome.
Smoke that filled the cabin of a Delta flight as it took off from the Atlanta airport in February was so thick the led flight attendant had trouble seeing past the first row of passengers and the pilots donned oxygen masks as a precaution.
Arjan Stephens, President of Nature's Path, discusses the company's origin, how it has evolved today and the interesting product that came from his wedding!
