Enrollment is now open for teaching assistant positions at Climatematch Academy 2024 😀! Join us for Computational Tools for Climate Science 2024 from July 15 - 26th 💻.
TA positions available 📣.
Enroll on the neuromatch.io website before March 24th.
The competition regulator has launched an investigation into gas boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch over concerns it has been misleading customers with “confusing or inaccurate green claims”.
Con la reciente aprobación provisional de la compra de Activision Blizzard por parte de la CMA, se despeja prácticamente todos los obstáculos para el cierre del trato.
Esperemos que el trato ayude a traer mejores trato para los jugadores, y sobre todo, haga más interesante la competencia por nuestros bolsillos!
Aquí el comunicado de Brad Smith sobre las negociaciones con la #CMA:
“Tras la decisión judicial de hoy en EE.UU., nuestra atención vuelve ahora al Reino Unido.
Aunque en última instancia no estamos de acuerdo con las preocupaciones de la CMA, estamos considerando
cómo la transacción podría ser modificada con el fin de abordar esas preocupaciones en
una manera que sea aceptable para la CMA. Con el fin de priorizar el trabajo sobre estas
propuestas, Microsoft y Activision han acordado con la CMA que una suspensión de
del litigio en el Reino Unido sería de interés público y las partes han
en el Tribunal de Apelación de la Competencia.”
I really don't understand this. This article mentions in passing that Asda was fined £30,000 twice for failing to respond to information requests and for being unable to explain how being taken over affected its fuel pricing policy. In the same paragraph it mentions that Asda is acquiring a fuel business for £2.27bn.
Asda has enough money to be able to make acquisitions of businesses that are not its core business costing in the billions. A fine in the tens of thousands is literally not even noticeable to them. What is the point? I accept the CMA may not have power to impose a greater fine (I don't know), but what's the point in a regulator that either cannot or will not impose fines that actually hurt their targets?
It happens all over the place, companies being handed fines that aren't even negligible, they're just not actually noticeable. Nobody will follow the rules if it costs substantially less to break them than it does to follow them.