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Alexis Keenan

Senior Legal Reporter

Alexis Keenan is a New York-based reporter for Yahoo Finance. She previously produced live news for CNN and MSNBC and is a former litigation attorney.

TikTok's days are numbered as ban nears

TikTok will go offline on April 5 unless it's sold.

3 days ago

MSFT

WMT
The legal problems facing a new Trump TikTok rescue — and why they may not matter

A TikTok rescue reportedly being pursued by President Trump may not fully cut ties between the social media app and its Chinese parent company. But such a deal may survive any challenges due to how the US law was written — and the hold that Trump has over the GOP-controlled Congress.

4 days ago

META
Delaware passes law designed to stop more Elon Musks from leaving state

Delaware lawmakers pushed through controversial changes governing corporate behavior in a scramble to keep more businesses from leaving the state following Elon Musk's dramatic exit.

4 days ago

TSLA

SPAX.PVT
The battle for 23andMe's DNA customer data

A bankruptcy filing by personalized genomics firm 23andMe calls into question what happens to its most valuable asset: genetic data from 15 million customers.

8 days ago

ME
Judge upends Boeing-DOJ legal saga and orders 737 Max trial for June

A federal judge overseeing plea deal negotiations between the Justice Department and Boeing has scrapped an order giving the parties more time to reach an agreement and instead ordered the giant jet maker to face a jury trial.

9 days ago

BA
Boeing wants Trump to resolve its biggest legal problem

Boeing wants President Trump to let it out of a guilty criminal plea agreement the jet maker reached with the Biden administration, according to a report. Such an outcome would be a major victory for the company as it tries to show progress on several fronts.

9 days ago

BA

ALK
23andMe stock plunges following bankruptcy, CEO exit

The stock of 23andMe dropped 59% Monday after filing for federal bankruptcy protection and the exit of its CEO, a dramatic collapse for a biotech company that once dazzled Silicon Valley.

10 days ago

ME
A Trump plan for TikTok is coming together — and Oracle may play a starring role

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has roughly two weeks to save its video app TikTok from a renewed US ban — and there are signs cloud computing giant Oracle may play a prominent role.

12 days ago

MSFT

AAPL
Disney investors reject anti-DEI proposal after company sheds some diversity programs

Disney becomes the fourth prominent example this year of investors pushing back against anti-DEI proposals at big American companies.

13 days ago

DIS

JPM
Google is testing Trump's new antitrust cops with $32 billion Wiz deal

Google's new attempt to buy Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz may be on more solid footing than it was when first contemplated during the Biden administration.

16 days ago

GOOG

ORCL
Elon Musk and Sam Altman finally agree on something: When their courtroom showdown should start

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have suggested to a judge that a trial to settle their differences over the future of ChatGPT creator OpenAI should begin in December.

17 days ago

OPAI.PVT

MSFT
Trump isn't backing down from Big Tech fights — but is willing to bend on AI

President Trump's antitrust enforcers are not backing down from legal fights with Big Tech, even as the administration signals a willingness to take a lighter touch with artificial intelligence.

18 days ago

AAPL

AMZN
Elon Musk tries again to get a $56 billion pay plan back as his revolt roils Delaware

Elon Musk made good on his promise to appeal a controversial decision by a Delaware judge who wiped out his $56 billion performance-based compensation plan as the Tesla CEO leads a revolt that is roiling that state’s politics.

22 days ago

WMT

TSLA
Trump's DOJ wants a Google breakup but is willing to leave AI alone

President Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden now largely agree on a major question that has the potential to reshape the tech world: Google should be broken up. Where they differ is what the tech giant should do with its AI investments.

23 days ago

GOOG

MSFT
Shareholders are showing signs of DEI fatigue as activists push for more votes

Champions and critics of DEI policies are again pushing American companies to either bolster or diminish their diversity policies. But so far this year, none of the proposals are garnering shareholder support.

26 days ago

AAPL

DE
Big Tech antitrust fights face a new uncertainty: Trump

Alphabet’s Google is among the Silicon Valley giants hoping for a reprieve from the new antitrust enforcers in Donald Trump's new administration.

27 days ago

AMZN

GOOG
Elon Musk loses immediate battle to halt OpenAI's for-profit transformation but gets OK for fast trial

Elon Musk lost a court bid asking a judge to temporarily block OpenAI from turning into a for-profit business, but he also scored a win: the right to a trial.

29 days ago

TSLA

MSFT
It's 'economic blackout' day as campaign encourages Americans not to spend for 24 hours

A retail boycott is hitting major US businesses Friday as an online campaign calls for Americans to spend nothing at places such as Walmart, Target, Amazon and McDonald’s.

last month

AMZN

MCD
Retailing giants are facing new pushback following their DEI retreats

Some giant retailers that rolled back DEI policies, such as Target and Walmart, are now feeling some pushback from either their own customers or investors.

last month

MCD

TGT
Trump asks Apple to drop diversity policies after stockholders back pro-DEI stance

President Donald Trump urged Apple to 'get rid' of its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies a day after the company's investors voted down a proposal to scrap them.

last month

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