Who budgets for Bill Gates? Here’s how family offices manage money for the ultra-wealthy Bill Gates has Cascade Investment. David Rubenstein has Declaration Partners Capital. For ultra-wealthy people, managing their money and bookkeeping can be a complicated process. Overseeing investments, family businesses, foundations, charitable giving, children’s schooling, hiring and paying […]
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Senate bill would break up Google’s ad business
A bill that would break up advertising business if it becomes law has been introduced in the Senate. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act, which has support on both sides of the aisle, would prevent companies that process more than $20 billion in annual digital ad transactions “from […]
Google is the target of a new Senate bill that seeks to break up online-ad businesses
As the clock ticks down on congressional attempts to rewrite antitrust laws in the tech industry this year, arguably the most aggressive bill yet emerged Thursday to rein in the digital advertising market. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act, supported by Senate Republicans and Democrats, targets the most […]
Bipartisan bill targets Google’s ad business
A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would force Google to break up its digital advertising business. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act would prohibit large companies from owning more than one side of the online ad ecosystem if they process more than $20 billion […]
Senators push to break up Google, Facebook ads businesses in new bill
On Thursday, a group of Senate Republicans and Democrats introduced a new bill that could force Google and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to spin off their online ads businesses, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act — co-sponsored by Sens. Mike […]
New bipartisan bill would force Google to break up its ad business
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images A new bipartisan proposal takes aim at Google and would force it to break up its digital advertising business if passed. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act was introduced Thursday by a group of […]
Kelly promises to sign bipartisan bill eliminating state’s sales tax on food by 2025
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly pledged to sign a bill approved Thursday by the Legislature gradually eliminating the state’s 6.5% sales tax on groceries by January 2025. Kelly and Democratic legislators pressed for an immediate end to the state’s sales tax to food purchases, but Republican leadership in the House […]
Bill Haisten: ‘This tire is flat,’ Rick Dickson says of TU’s marketing/attendance crisis | Basketball
For University of Tulsa athletic director Rick Dickson, there are challenges (like fundraising) and there are problems (like the last-place performance of the Golden Hurricane basketball program, plus the worst home-game attendance for TU basketball since before Nolan Richardson was hired in 1980). When you do overhear Hurricane basketball talk […]
Florida House Bill, HB 1095, and the Florida Senate Bill
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 TCPAWorld has been extensively covering developments with the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA”), or the mini-TCPA for calls in the Sunshine State. As a quick recap, two separate bills in the Florida Legislature have proposed a slew of amendments to the FTSA: the Florida House Bill, […]
Disney Donates to Sponsors of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Despite Marketing for ‘Inclusion’
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Disney has donated money to every sponsor of the new “Don’t Say Gay” bill. This bill, called the Parental Rights in Education bill, but most famously known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, was passed by the Florida’s House of Representatives on Thursday. It will […]
Arizona House bill would punish banks that refuse business from gun firms : NPR
A proposal that would bar any government agency in Arizona contracting with a firm that refuses to do business with a firearms company got strong support from majority Republicans on a state House committee but tough pushback from the banking industry. Ross D. Franklin/AP file photo hide caption toggle caption […]
New bill would allow year-round sale of fireworks in Kansas
TOPEKA — As it stands, retail fireworks sellers in Kansas are only allowed to sell their wares from June 27 to July 6, a shorter time period than some neighboring states. Seasonal retailers in Missouri can sell fireworks from June 20 to July 10 and from Dec. 20 to Jan. […]