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Microsoft Ties Pay for Top Bosses to Meeting Security Goals

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Uniti Agrees to Buy Elliott-Backed Telecom Firm Windstream

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/UNIT%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-3ed9-d4b6-a98f-fffd1c560000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Uniti Group Inc. has agreed to buy <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/978325Z%20US%20Equity/CAST","_id":"0000018f-3ed9-d4b6-a98f-fffd1c560001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Elliott Management Corp.-backed <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/WINMQ%20US%20Equity/RV","_id":"0000018f-3ed9-d4b6-a98f-fffd1c570000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Windstream Holdings in a deal that will reunite two telecommunications players that had split almost a decade ago.

New China Panel Chair Eyes Foreign Influence, Wants TikTok Probe

Lobbyists see small style changes afoot after Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) took the gavel of the House Select Committee on Competition With China, a panel known for sending out bipartisan missives to the likes of Ford Motor Co. and Apple CEO Tim Cook, and taking on TikTok.

Uber, Lyft Driver Status Fight Set for Two Massachusetts Courts

The business models for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. face dueling tests in Massachusetts state courts, one case challenging drivers’ treatment as independent contractors and another determining whether a ballot measure to affirm that contractor status goes before voters in November.

Telehealth Is Booming During Covid. Is it Here to Stay?

Millions of Americans have taken advantage of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, so why has it taken so long for widespread adoption?

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