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Chemicals giant Bayer rules out break-up 'for now' after huge loss
Chemicals giant Bayer rules out break-up 'for now' after huge loss
by  AFP

German chemicals giant Bayer vowed Tuesday to "urgently" address key challenges after plunging deep into the red in 2023, weighed down by woes related to its glyphosate-based weedkillers. Anderson said Bayer faced "four challenges that urgently must be addressed."

Five things to know about the EU's landmark digital act
Five things to know about the EU's landmark digital act
by  AFP

The world's biggest digital companies will be forced to comply from Thursday with strict EU rules that Brussels hopes will make the online market fairer for all. Failure to comply with the DMA could carry fines in the billions of dollars -- big enough even for the world's biggest company by market value to pay attention.

Supercharged EU armed - at last - to take on tech titans
Supercharged EU armed - at last - to take on tech titans
by  AFP

Clamping down harder and faster on abuses of power by the world's biggest digital companies: such is the promise of the European Union's new legal arsenal, which comes into full force from Thursday. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) marks a revolution in competition law, with the power to transform how the world's biggest players behave online.

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