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Wall Street Journal, May 1,

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Tesla board members reached out to executive search firms about a week ago in order to find a successor to CEO Elon Musk.

A federal judge has ruled that Apple violated willfully an antitrust injunction regarding App Store restrictions. The case was referred to federal prosecutors who are now conducting a criminal contempt investigation.

The Trump Administration is allocating $500,000,000 to a project that will be led by two scientists who were recently promoted to high-ranking positions at the National Institutes of Health. This move away from Covid-19 next-generation vaccines.

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, urged U.S. district judge Amit Mehta on Wednesday to reject "extraordinary proposals" from the Justice Department, such as forcing the sale Chrome and sharing search data between rivals to curb Google's dominance in online search.

The Trump administration has finalized an agreement with Ukraine that grants the U.S. access its mineral resources. It resolved last-minute disagreements to achieve an agreement aimed to offset U.S. defense support for Ukraine against Russia.

House Republicans are considering plans to increase restrictions on tax deductions that apply to the highest-paid worker's compensation of companies. The proposals could be included in a tax and spending bill worth billions.

(source: Reuters)