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"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet."..."It's hard to keep track of how many people are telling us that we can no longer do business with them," said Matze...Matze said Parler had also been booted from online payments service Stripe and from American Express and had lost its Scylla Enterprise database. Parler could not send SMS messages after being banned by Twilio and could not use Slack to contact its "jury" of paid and volunteer users who make Parler content moderation decisions...

There’s a supermarket anomaly near my home. Two supermarkets, a block apart: King Soopers (a Kroger store) and Safeway. In my town, everybody shops at King Soopers. Safeway is deserted. There are literally more employees than customers. Consequently, I get tremendous prices at Safeway, including a large percentage of my groceries at 50% off. What’s up with that? For some reason, Safeway has made the corporate decision to keep the store open as a loss leader. Curious. They stock all the normal foods, but then they have to get the food out of the store quickly at 50% off while...

Der Spiegel: Siemens supports Iran’s nuke efforts German magazine reports customs officials seize goods meant for Iran’s nuclear program Sarah Stricker Published: 12.12.09, 22:37 / Israel News Is Siemens helping Iran? German customs officials intercepted a Siemens shipment of compressors on its way to Iran, Der Spiegel reported Saturday. According to the German magazine, the compressors sent by Siemens are worth an estimated 16 million Euros and were apparently meant to be used as part of Iran's nuclear program. The German government is now weighing its next moves vis-à-vis Siemens, which has apparently violated international commerce regulations. However, a Treasury...

PARIS (Reuters) - French media firm Vivendi Universal and U.S. conglomerate General Electric said on Wednesday they had signed a final deal to combine GE's NBC television unit with Vivendi's Universal Studios and cable channels, creating a $43 billion entertainment powerhouse. Under a deal whose broad outlines were unveiled last month, shareholders in Vivendi Universal Entertainment will receive $3.8 billion in cash, with $3.3 billion of that going directly to Vivendi Universal. As part of the agreement, GE intends to issue common stock at or before the closing to fund the cash portion of the deal. NBC Universal will...

Holdings This listing is indicative only. Book Publishing Imprints include - Time-Life International Books Time-Life Education Time-Life Music Time-Life AudioBooks Book-of-the-Month Club Paperback Book Club Children's Book-of-the-Month Club History Book Club Money Book Club HomeStyle Books Crafter's Choice One Spirit Little, Brown Bulfinch Press Back Bay Books Warner Books Warner Vision The Mysterious Press Warner Aspect Warner Treasures Oxmoor House Leisure Arts Sunset Books TW Kids Leisure Arts Cable and Satellite US operations include - HBO Home Video HBO Pictures/HBO Showcase HBO Independent Productions HBO Downtown Productions HBO NYC Productions HBO Animation HBO Sports Cinemax Time Warner Sports International HBO...