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Spain’s antitrust watchdog has fined Amazon and Apple €194mn for colluding to limit the sale of Apple products by third-party sellers on the huge online retail platform, which “drastically” reduced competition.   The fine is the result of a case opened by the regulator, known as the CNMC, in July 2021, that sought to prove that the pair unfairly colluded to “reduce competition in the internet retail market for electronic products.” Clearly, the CNMC found the proof it was looking for. “Over…

Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it has slapped US tech giants Amazon and Apple with fines totalling 194 million euros ($218 million) for collusion in the sale of products.The two firms had agreed to limit the sale of Apple products on Amazon's Spanish websites by third-party resellers "which restricted competition," the regulator said in a statement. Contractual provisions of a 2018 agreement between the companies meant only selected resellers picked by Apple were allowed to sell Apple products on Amazon.es, it…

Spain has fined Amazon and Apple a total of 194.1 million euros (over $218 million) for antitrust violations. According to Reuters, the penalties relate to a deal the companies made in 2018 that made Amazon an authorized Apple dealer but also included alleged anti-competitive clauses. “The two companies restricted without justification the number of sellers of Apple products on the Amazon website in Spain,” Spain’s antitrust regulator, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), said today. The CNMC fined…

Then I realized I had been murdered.They looked for me in cafes, cemeteries and churches...but they did not find me.They never found me?No. They never found me. Actors from Tribuene Teatro in Madrid, playing La Casa de Bernarda Alba, written by Federico Garcia Lorca. (Criben/Shutterstock) - From The Fable And Round of the Three Friends, Poet in New York (1929) Few contemporary film buffs have watched Govind Nihalani’s Rukmavati Ki Haveli (1991). An unusual tragedy adapted from Spanish poet, artist and…

This illustration provided by the ATLAS research group of the University of Seville in July 2023 depicts "The Ivory Lady" who was discovered in a tomb in Valencina, Spain, dated between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago. When archaeologists first discovered the ornate tomb, they assumed it was for a man. But now they’ve determined the remains are those of a woman by analyzing tooth enamel, according to a study published Thursday, July 6, 2023, in the journal…

A modern male-centered view of archaeological remains has overlooked a possible matriarchal society in ancient Europe.A lavish burial site from the Copper Age, unearthed in southwest Spain in 2008, is not the final resting place of a young male leader, as scientists once assumed.As it turns out, the so-called 'Ivory Man' is actually an 'Ivory Lady'.According to researchers at the University of Seville and the University of Vienna, the Ivory Lady's molars and incisors both contain the AMELX gene, which is involved in the…

Following its upcoming exit from France, quick commerce startup Getir is losing yet another European market: Spain. According to Spanish trade union CCOO, Getir failed to raise sufficient capital in a recent funding round. As a result, it will cease operations in the country and lay off its entire workforce of 1,560 employees. “We condemn the disastrous business management of Getir, which has not known how to grow or have a market strategy in Spain. Now its staff will suffer the biggest harm,”…

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Is a European post-apocalypse the big new fad? Case in point: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will bring the character to meet the zombies of France. Now, Bird Box Barcelona wants to bring the series’ mysterious, suicide-inducing entities to Spain, and its first trailer is here.Are Big Consumer Facing Tech Companies Redeemable? Full disclosure: I’m not up on my Bird Box, so I’m not exactly sure what the deal is here other than the premise that people tend to go insane whenever they see these things, hence why (most) people…

CLIMATEWIRE | The city of Seville, Spain, has declared its second-ever named heat wave as much of the country swelters under blistering conditions. “Yago” earned the city’s most severe heat wave ranking, a Category 3, as temperatures soared above 111 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday. Seville is among the first cities in the world to implement a system for naming and ranking heat waves, similar to the way scientists designate hurricanes. It officially launched a pilot program in June 2022, and heat wave Zoe became its first…