Competition

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

EU watchdog conditionally approves Meta takeover of Kustomer

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/27/22

The Wall Street Journal reported at the time that Kustomer was valued at just over 896 million euros (1 billion dollars)

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Italy's competition regulator hits Amazon with 1.1-billion-euro fine

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/21

The Italian competition authority said Amazon had abused its position

Sports

TOKYO OLYMPICS

Star gymnast Simone Biles to compete in final Tokyo Games event

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/2/21

Biles has only participated in all-around qualifying and the vault in the team event at the Tokyo Games, saying she wanted to protect her mental health

Sports

FOOTBALL

UEFA abolishes away goals rules in all its club competitions

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/24/21

"It is fair to say that home advantage is nowadays no longer as significant as it once was," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said

Finland

CENTENARY

Design competition for Mauno Koivisto memorial now open

The Nomad Today 10/1/20

The memorial committee invites all professional artists permanently residing in Finland to take part in the contest. Winners will be awarded a total of 55,000 euros .

Finland

Competition authority proposed €300,000 fine to driving schools for agreeing price rises

The Nomad Today 11/21/19

New driving schools opened in Porvoo were advised to raise their prices by 300-400 euros, so that the previously existing ones did not have to lower theirs.