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Ajit Pai, the Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is set to release a plan Wednesday to roll back the government's net neutrality rules, setting the stage for another major showdown between tech companies and Internet service providers over the future of the Web. Pai is expected to outline his proposal in an afternoon speech at the Newseum, and formally could deliver the plan to his fellow commissioners later this week.
Overbooking is a necessity for the airline industry, according to Azul SA Chief Executive Officer and JetBlue Airways Corp. founder David Neeleman. United Continental Holdings Inc. is struggling to contain the spiraling fallout over a passenger's forcible removal from a flight, recordings of which have spread across social media around the world, sparking outrage.
A top US regulator moved Monday to roll back efforts to allow cellphone use in aircraft, reversing course on relaxing a long-standing ban on in-flight calls. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said he circulated a order, which would require a vote of the commissioners, to "terminate" a 2013 rule-making effort.
The Senate narrowly voted Thursday to overturn tough new privacy rules for internet service providers, employing a rarely used procedure to invalidate restrictions that cable and wireless companies strongly opposed. The Republican-backed measure, approved 50-48, repeals regulations approved on a 3-2 party line vote in October by the Federal Communications Commission when it was controlled by Democrats.
DirecTV, and its parent company, AT&T on Thursday settled federal charges that the satellite TV provider acted as the ringleader of a conspiracy that ended up preventing the Los Angeles Dodgers' sportsnet from being carried in much of the team's TV market. The settlement with the Department of Justice will prohibit DirecTV and AT&T from illegally sharing confidential, forward-looking information with competitors.
The Republican-led Senate moved Thursday to undo Obama-era regulations that would have forced internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to ask customers' permission before they could use or sell much of their personal information. Senators voted along party lines, 50-48, to eliminate the rules.
Jayce Gerngross clutches wool as his sheep launches from the chute during Mutton Busting Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo in Abilene, Texas.
Stocks posted solid gains early Tuesday as Wall Street searched for a catalyst in a quieter week of trading, while crude oil prices came off earlier highs. The S&P 500 was up 0.28%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.25%, and the Nasdaq gained 0.37%.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters about Republican efforts to craft an "Obamacare" replacement bill, Thursday, March 9, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, center, member of Congress's bipartisan task force combating anti-Semitism, speaks during a news conference addressing bomb treats against Jewish organizations and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries, Friday March 3, 2017, in New York. At background left is Jonathan Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, and second from right is Arthur Schneier, senior rabbi at Park East Synagogue.
Virtually every U.S. business and investor has been looking for, hoping for and/or betting on a major tax-reform package under President Trump. Obamacare repeal and other items on the Trump agenda might attract a lot of attention, but it's the possibility of tax cuts that really revs up the masses.
FCC chief: AT&T-Time Warner deal won't face agency's scrutiny Chairman Ajit Pai doesn't expect the FCC to review AT&T's $85.4 billion Time Warner bid. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2lNH9dz Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai doesn't expect the agency to review AT&T's $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
Both former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden threw their support behind Perez. The DNC election took multiple rounds of balloting to name a clear winner.
Yahoo! shares were climbing slightly premarket following a Wall Street Journal report that Verizon agreed to go forward with its acquisition of the Internet company, though Verizon will cut as much as $350 million off of its original $4.83 billion offer. The revised offer comes after Yahoo! warned of two data breaches last year that potentially affected more than 1 billion user accounts.
Millions of Americans use their smartphones every day to stream music from services such as Pandora or Spotify. Others use mobile devices to access podcasts or radio shows.
AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. promised lawmakers who criticized their planned merger that the combined company wouldn't withhold programming from rivals to gain a market advantage. "Restricting distribution of Time Warner content would not only sacrifice revenues, but also damage Time Warner's reputation and relationships in the entertainment industry," the companies told the lawmakers, according to a summary released by AT&T and Time Warner.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged Thursday that President Donald Trump has leveled attacks on the US judiciary and that Judge Neil Gorsuch said attacks on the US judiciary were "demoralizing" and "disheartening." But Spicer repeatedly insisted that Gorsuch's comments had nothing to do with Trump's comments, leading to heated back-and-forth exchanges with White House reporters about the issue.
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus , speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSXT9A In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call.
Feb. 09, 2017 - 3:27 - House Judiciary & Foreign Affairs Committee Member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on the IT workers that compromised information from the House Committee.