News Headlines - 24 September 2019
▽VW Leaders Charged, Daimler Fined in Diesel-Scandal Reckoning - Bloomberg
The charge against VW’s leaders was brought by prosecutors in Braunschweig, near the company’s Wolfsburg headquarters, alleging that Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch and former CEO Martin Winterkorn were too slow to inform investors about their diesel findings.
Within hours, a separate decision by Stuttgart prosecutors fined Daimler 870 million euros ($957 million) in a probe into their diesel cars. While the decision closes this case, the Mercedes-Benz maker still faces lawsuits in the U.S.
▽'Right to be forgotten' by Google doesn't apply worldwide, Europe's top court rules - CNET
Google scored a win on Tuesday when Europe's top court agreed with the search giant that it's not required to apply the same privacy standards worldwide as it does in the EU. According to the landmark ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, Google is not required to extend the "right to be forgotten" to versions of its search engine outside of Europe.
The right, which allows people to demand Google remove or delist links to information about themselves not in the public interest, was introduced in 2014 to protect people's privacy. Google complied with the decision made in Europe to remove links when requested, but only from European iterations of search. This means while a link might not show up in a Google UK search, it would still appear in the US version of Google.
But France's data protection watchdog wanted Google to apply the removal of links globally in order to ensure privacy protection under European law. France hit Google with a 100,000 euro ($110,000) fine, which the company appealed at Europe's highest court. It was this decision that the court overturned on Tuesday.
▽WeWork CEO steps down as startup delays plans to go public - CNET
WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has stepped down as CEO effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday. WeWork, which provides shared workspaces for tech startups, will now be led by co-CEOs Artie Minson, the former chief financial officer, and Sebastian Gunningham, former vice chairman.
After WeWork reportedly postponed its IPO last Tuesday, the new CEOs said they're now "evaluating the optimal timing for an IPO."
▽French chef sues Michelin guide, accusing them of cheese mix-up | The Guardian
The celebrity French chef Marc Veyrat is suing the Michelin Guide after inspectors stripped his restaurant of its coveted third star, claiming they had botched their evaluation, in particular over a cheese souffle... Veyrat’s La Maison des Bois restaurant in the French Alps was demoted to two stars from the maximum three in January, a year after he secured the industry’s highest accolade.
He said the move had plunged him into depression, and later demanded - in vain - he be removed from the vaunted red guides.
MANCHESTER UNITED may be tempted to enter the free transfer market in the coming weeks as they attempt to revitalise their injury ravaged squad.
With Paul Pogba, Eric Bailly and Luke Shaw out, it is also in attack where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is suffering most... Solskjaer's policy of advocating youth will be tested to the full amid this crisis, potentially turning him to the array of experienced free agents still out there.
And they can be registered to feature so long as they haven't been signed to a club yet this season.
Here, Sun Sport list five names that could provide some fresh impetus to United's ailing frontline.
