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10:48am, 19th April, 2019

SEC fines Prosper Funding $3 million for overstating net returns to investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said Silicon Valley-based Prosper Funding LLC will pay a $3 million penalty for miscalculating and materially overstating annualized net returns to retail and other investors.

U.S. Senate Republican leader calls net neutrality bill 'dead on arrival'

6:17pm, 9th April, 2019

Politics

U.S. Senate Republican leader calls net neutrality bill 'dead on arrival'

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday a Democratic bid to restore the 2015 net neutrality rules is "dead on arrival in the Senate."

Doomed with Democrats, Trump's budget boosts Pentagon, targets safety net

6:23pm, 11th March, 2019

Politics

Doomed with Democrats, Trump's budget boosts Pentagon, targets safety net

President Donald Trump called on Monday for spending more U.S. taxpayer money on the military and a U.S.-Mexico border wall, while overhauling social safety-net programs in a budget plan likely to die in Congress but live on in his 2020 re-election c...

U.S. Democrats to unveil legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules

11:33am, 6th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. Democrats to unveil legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules

Democrats in Congress are unveiling a bill to reinstate the landmark net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under U.S. President Donald Trump, congressional aides said on Wednesday.

House panel casts wide net in Trump obstruction probe

1:26pm, 4th March, 2019

Politics

House panel casts wide net in Trump obstruction probe

A powerful U.S. congressional panel on Monday demanded documents from a who’s who of President Donald Trump’s turbulent world, targeting 81 people, government agencies and other groups as part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice...

California will not enforce state net neutrality law pending appeal

4:15pm, 26th October, 2018

US

California will not enforce state net neutrality law pending appeal

The state of California on Friday agreed not to enforce its own state net neutrality law until a final court decision on the Trump administration's decision to overturn the 2015 Obama-era open internet rules.

Internet provider groups sue Vermont over net neutrality law

2:58pm, 18th October, 2018

Business

Internet provider groups sue Vermont over net neutrality law

Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit on Thursday seeking to block Vermont's state law barring companies that do not abide by net neutrality rules from receiving state contracts.

California governor signs state law to reinstate 'net neutrality'

8:18pm, 30th September, 2018

US

California governor signs state law to reinstate 'net neutrality'

California Governor Jerry Brown late on Sunday signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump administration repealed the rules in December 2017.

FCC chairman ramps up defense of net neutrality repeal

4:12pm, 21st September, 2018

US

FCC chairman ramps up defense of net neutrality repeal

With a federal appeals court preparing to consider the Trump administration's reversal of Obama-era U.S. net neutrality regulations, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is ramping up his defense of the decision.

California looks to adopt Obama-style net neutrality rules

11:02pm, 30th August, 2018

US

California looks to adopt Obama-style net neutrality rules

California lawmakers moved on Thursday toward imposing the nation's strictest net neutrality laws on internet providers, flying in the face of sweeping new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules seen as a win for the companies.

Deutsche Bank second quarter net profit drops 14 percent

12:54am, 25th July, 2018

Business

Deutsche Bank second quarter net profit drops 14 percent

Deutsche Bank on Wednesday posted a 14 percent drop in net profit in the second quarter from a year earlier, as Germany's largest bank restructures under new leadership.