November 11, 20240 Comments

Web Summit kicks off in Lisbon as tech leaders weigh Trump’s return By Reuters

By Martin Coulter LISBON (Reuters) – Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.  Senior executives from firms such as Apple (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:), and Meta (NASDAQ:) will join high-ranking officials from Europe for debates about the future of artificial intelligence, social media regulation, and

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November 11, 20240 Comments

German finance minister warns of retaliation if U.S. kicks off trade war

Christian Lindner, Germany’s finance minister, during a meeting Janet Yellen, US treasury secretary, not pictured, at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday warned that if the U.S. kicked off a trade war with the European Union, there could be retaliation. “Trade controversy sees never

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