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State Supreme Court overturns judge’s ruling prohibiting Tesla dealership in Delaware

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers. A Superior Court judge ruled last year that Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Franchising Practices Act prohibits Tesla, as a

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Cartier uses images of Amazon tribe devastated by illegal gold mining. Critics call that hypocrisy

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the Indigenous people and protect the rainforest where they live, in a vast territory straddling Brazil and

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Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard clears a key hurdle. But the $69B deal is still at risk

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union has approved Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The EU said Monday that it decided the deal won’t stifle competition for popular console titles like Call of Duty and accepted the U.S. tech company’s remedies to boost competition in

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