Category: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

What IndiGo Airline’s Meltdown Reveals About India’s Economy

A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger problem.
DealBook Summit: Reckoning with the ‘New Normal’

At this year’s DealBook Summit, there was an understanding that in the Trump era, business runs through the White house like never before.
FDA Expands Covid Vaccine Inquiry to Adult Deaths

The agency claimed that 10 children’s deaths were linked to the shots, although it did not release evidence to support the assertions.
Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.
Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China

Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

The offer to shareholders comes days after Warner Bros. agreed to sell its streaming and studio business to Netflix.
Trump Stands in the Middle as Netflix and Paramount Vie for a Megadeal

The president has shattered norms by pledging to “be involved” in the regulatory fate of a transaction that could reshape the news and entertainment industries.
Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe Get Option of Sharing Less Data

The European Commission said Meta, which owns both platforms, is giving users the option of sharing less data in exchange for less personalized ads.
Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators

The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.

Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
Dario Amodei on the Risk of an A.I. Bubble, Regulation and A.G.I.

The Anthropic chief executive spoke with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit.
Kalshi, a Prediction Market, Raises $1 Billion in New Round

The fund-raising effort, the company’s third this year, values it at $11 billion, and comes amid stiff competition in the increasingly popular industry.