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Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon, Apple and Google have all booted it from their platforms in a span of a little more than 24 hours. Amazon will remove Parler from its cloud hosting service, Amazon Web Services, Sunday evening, effectively kicking

Deutsche Bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who allege the bank violated anti-bribery laws while doing business abroad. The bank has agreed to pay more than $100 million in penalties, prosecutors announced Friday. The German bank entered into the agreement with Brooklyn federal prosecutors remotely. The criminal complaint charges the bank

Twitter has suspended President Trump from its platform, the company said Friday evening. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said. “In the context of horrific events this week, we made

It took President Donald Trump years and tens of thousands of tweets to build up 88.7 million followers on Twitter. It took a single moment Friday to lose them forever. He may yet be impeached for a second time, an historical stain on an already tainted legacy, but the loss of his Twitter handle may

Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday evening. Google said its app store has long required that apps displaying user generated content have moderation policies in place to prevent the spread of violent rhetoric. “We’re aware of continued posting in

A year ago, a rare thing happened to American women. For three months, they held more jobs than men in the US economy — something that had only occurred one other time in history, during a short period in 2009 and early 2010. Sure, there were still many other gender gaps: women were more likely

President Donald Trump’s tweeting privileges were briefly restored following Twitter’s temporary lock on his account this week for inciting what became a violent insurrection at the US Capitol. In his first tweet since being let out of the penalty box, Trump shared a video conceding that he will be a one-term president. He would tweet

After four years of using social media platforms to bypass traditional media and spread his message directly to millions of people, President Donald Trump is now losing his digital bully pulpit. On Friday, Twitter banned Trump’s account for violating the company’s policy against glorification of violence. The move effectively strips Trump of his preferred social

Bad news was good news for Wall Street Friday. Stocks rose at the opening bell to hit more new record highs — despite the fact that the United States government reported a surprise loss of 140,000 jobs in December. The hope was this could lead to more stimulus. But the Dow gave up some of

General Motors unveiled a new logo Friday that the company says symbolizes its shift toward electric vehicles. The now-lowercase letter M, for example, features arches that are squared so they resemble the prongs of an electric plug, the company said. And the blue coloring is supposed to evoke “clean skies.” The new logo was created