Sterlite Technologies ropes in lobbyist in US for advocating trade issues

Wiley Rein LLP, which has been roped in by Sterlite Technologies as its lobbyist on this issue, is a leading Washington-based law firm.

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More to come: FTC fine doesn't spell closure for Facebook

Beyond the regulatory investigations, Cowen analyst John Blackledge noted that Facebook and other big companies also face broader antitrust concerns .

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16 mn accounts of Indian Instagram influencers fake: Study

The research by Swedish e-commerce start-up A Good Company and data analytics firm HypeAuditor jointly assessed 1.84 million Instagram accounts across 82 countries.

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Global app revenue grows 15% to hit $39 billion in H1 2019

While consumers spent an estimated $25.5 billion globally on Apple's App Store in the first half of 2019, Google Play's estimated gross revenue was $14.2 billion for the half, the research showed.

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Facebook to pay $5 billion fine for privacy violations

FTC commissioners voted by 3-2 with Republicans in support and Democrats in opposition to the penalty, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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Infosys to pump in USD 6 mn in US-based Trifacta

Founded in 2012, Trifacta provides data wrangling software that enables non-technical users to easily transform data for analysis.

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Global PC shipments grew 1.5 pc to 63 mn units in Q2: Gartner

In a preliminary report for April-June 2019, Gartner said worldwide PC shipments' growth was driven by demand from the Windows 10 refresh in the business market.

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