She came. She saw. She conquered. In a more-than-three-hour-long hearing Tuesday, Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition chief, batted away questions from lawmakers about the role of U.S. tech companies in people’s lives, the need to overhaul taxation rules for the online world, and how Europe could better compete with its global rivals. “My pledge is…
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As a warm-up to pre-season testing, Max Verstappen and Alex Albon were entrusted with an Aston Martin Valkyrie for a series of hot laps around Silverstone. The exclusive Valkyrie hypercar – a product of a collaboration between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing – was first revealed in 2017. The car’s 6.5 litre naturally-aspirated V12…
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Here are five takeaways from the latest EU summit, which ended on Friday without an agreement on who will fill the bloc’s top jobs. 1. The great big, secret, highly democratic backroom deal By law, choosing the next roster of senior EU leaders is a thoroughly democratic process: The 28 duly elected heads of state…
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Officially, Europe’s center-right political force is standing by Manfred Weber, its nominee for European Commission president — despite opposition from Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders. But the German standard-bearer of the European People’s Party failed to get the necessary support at a summit in Brussels last week and looks unlikely to fare any better…
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