Category: Business

In a bold push for medical privacy, Hawaii’s House of Representatives has introduced HCR 144/HR 138, a resolution calling for the Hawaii Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are violating patient privacy laws.  Often referred to as “fake clinics” or “unregulated pregnancy centers” (UPCs), these are non-medical centers that provide  free pregnancy […]

Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have endured irregular and delayed salary payments for more than a decade. Many of these people are owed staggering amounts of money – US$50,000 (£38,700) on average, and as much as US$120,000 for higher-level employees. The region’s 6.5 million inhabitants have been caught […]

China has announced new tariffs of up to 100% on Canadian food exports, including canola and pork, set to take effect on March 20. The move is in direct response to Canada’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. China’s State Council Tariff Commission stated that the tariffs aim to discourage Canada, […]

International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched a new corporate venturing arm – IAGi Ventures – with plans to invest up to €200 million over the next five years in high-potential startups and scaleups. International Airlines Group (IAG) – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and Headline Partner of the co-located […]

Corporate executives, particularly in the healthcare sector, have recently been targeted in a new scam where extortionists send physical ransom letters threatening to leak stolen data unless paid. According to an alert from the FBI, the letters claim to be from the BianLian ransomware group, a notorious cybercrime operation. They assert that the recipient’s organization […]

Last month saw digital rights organizations and social justice groups head to Taiwan for this year’s RightsCon conference on human rights in the digital age. During the conference, one prominent message was spoken loud and clear: Alaa Abd El-Fattah must be immediately released from illegal detention in Egypt. “As Alaa’s mother, I thank you for […]

Volunteering is a popular way for people to give something back to society. Whether it’s joining a tree-planting group, or helping out at a charity shop, spending time contributing to a cause is something valued by almost a billion people across the world. Some businesses have picked up on this in a positive way, by […]

Blackstone has successfully raised $8 billion for its latest real estate debt fund, Real Estate Debt Strategies V (BREDS V), mirroring its 2020 fundraising milestone. The new fund will focus on distressed real estate debt, capitalizing on opportunities from the significant $1.5 trillion wave of commercial real estate (CRE) debt maturities set to occur this […]

As Germany grapples with slowing industrial growth, business leaders are urging the government to tackle its bureaucratic burden to revitalize the economy. Executives across key sectors, from automotive to energy, are calling for sweeping reforms to reduce the complexity and cost of red tape that many argue stifles innovation and drains valuable resources. Ulrich Flatken, […]

This post is part three in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe here.  EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. While our work has taken us to far corners of the globe, […]