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Sep 27, 12:16 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Jean LIOU 09/27/19 AT 11:48 AM French rail operator SNCF wants to merge Eurostar, which operates high-speed trains to London, and the Thalys service that takes passengers from France to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, its chief executive said on Friday.Guillaume Pepy said that the move, which would take up to two years to implement, would create a single and more efficient European railway company and respond to new challenges as passengers opt against flying due to climate change.He told reporters that the two networks, which are majority owned by the SNCF, could together transport 30 million passengers a year, compared with 18.5 million in 2018.The project for the merger, dubbed "Green Speed", would have to be approved by the other shareholders of both railway firms and their supervisory boards."The idea is to develop and expand the network," Pepy told … [Read more...] about France’s SNCF Wants To Merge Eurostar And Thalys Services

News / UK and world by Press Association September 14, 2018, 10:01 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Britain was formed by the collision of three ancient continents, new research suggests. England, Wales and Scotland were previously thought to have been created by the merging of Avalonia and Laurentia more than 400 million years ago. However, geologists at the University of Plymouth now believe a third mass of land called Armorica was also involved. The research, published in journal Nature Communications, offers a “completely new way of thinking about how Britain was formed”, the authors said. The team of researchers studied mineral properties in exposed rocks at 22 sites in Devon and Cornwall. Their analysis suggests a boundary across the two counties, running from the Exe estuary in the east to Camelford in the west. The areas north of the border share geological roots with the rest of England and Wales, while … [Read more...] about Britain formed by merging of three continents rather than two, researchers say

The Northern District of Georgia is well-known for its heavy reliance on special masters in patent cases. A recent study indicated that, though it accounts for just 4% of patent cases filed nationwide, the Northern District accounts for over 11% of the patent cases in which a special master is appointed.[1] In fact, if it were not for a rash of 17 related Central District of California patent cases in which a master was employed, the Northern District would lead the country in special master usage rate.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53 lays out the scope and procedure of a master's appointment and defines the master's authority and duties in a given proceeding.  Among other things, a special master may "address pretrial and posttrial matters that cannot be effectively and timely addressed by an available district judge or magistrate judge of the district."[2] A special master may, unless the district judge's order otherwise directs, (a) regulate all proceedings; (b) … [Read more...] about Special Master Issues Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction in Sewer Nozzle Patent Case

In the last two years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) brought, and won, several litigated merger cases by establishing narrow markets comprised of a subset of customers for a product. This narrow market theory, known as price discrimination market definition, allowed the agencies to allege markets in which the merging parties faced few rivals and, therefore, estimate high post-merger market shares. By their nature, price discrimination markets can lead to a challenge of a high-value deal where only a small number of the merging parties’ customers are allegedly harmed. Given the increased usage by the agencies and now judicial acceptance of the theory, counsel for merging parties must consider the potential for price discrimination market definition in assessing the antitrust risks for transactions.Price discrimination markets have gained increasing focus in each iteration of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines … [Read more...] about Price Discrimination Markets Lead Antitrust Enforcers to Increased Success

Belarus, Vietnam expect US$500 million bilateral trade Vietnam and Belarus will hold a Vietnam-Belarus Business Forum to boost trade exchange towards the US$500 two-way trade target in the future, has said Vladimir Andreichenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. On October 9, National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Vladimir Andreichenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on the sidelines of the third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Antalya, Turkey. At the meeting, the Vietnamese NA leader assured Vietnam’s high regard for the development of traditional friendship and all-around cooperation with Belarus, noting that regular meetings between parliamentarians of Vietnam and Belarus indicate the sound and traditional friendship between the two nations as well as two legislatures. She also thanked Belarusian leaders for dispatching a … [Read more...] about Government News 10/10