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Semafor hits $330 million valuation in latest fundraise to fuel global expansion
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Semafor said on Wednesday it has closed a $30 million financing round, valuing the digital media startup at $330 million post-money, after its first profitable year. Semafor's latest...
Jan 07, 2026
Spotify makes it easier for creators to earn, reveals $10 billion podcast spend
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Spotify is expanding its monetization program for creators and introducing new tools for video podcasters, as it aims to better compete with YouTube and Netflix in the booming market...
Jan 07, 2026
US online holiday spending hits record levels despite slower growth, Adobe says
Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. online holiday spending growth slowed in the 2025 season, Adobe Analytics data showed on Wednesday, even as shoppers set a record on the back of steep discounts and wider use of...
Jan 07, 2026
GameStop announces stock option award for CEO tied to $100 billion market-cap target
(Corrects to remove value of potential pay package in paragraph 1) Jan 7 (Reuters) - GameStop on Wednesday unveiled a compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen, hinging on a turnaround that requires him...
Jan 07, 2026
Qualcomm in talks with Samsung Electronics for contract manufacturing, South Korean newspaper says
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Qualcomm is in talks with Samsung Electronics over contract manufacturing of two-nanometre chips, the U.S. company's CEO Cristiano Amon was quoted by the Korea Economic Daily ...
Jan 07, 2026
Strategy rises as MSCI shelves plans to exclude crypto treasury firms from indexes
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Shares of billionaire Michael Saylor's Strategy rose 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday, after MSCI dropped a plan to exclude the bitcoin hoarder and other crypto treasury firms fr...
Jan 07, 2026
Samsung Electronics to buy $1.73 billion of its shares for employee compensation
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it would acquire 2.5 trillion won ($1.73 billion) worth of its own shares for employee and executive compensation. The shares will be acq...
Jan 07, 2026
Chinese smartphone maker Realme set to become an Oppo subbrand
SHANGHAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Realme said on Wednesday that it was being integrated into Chinese consumer electronics company, Oppo, as a subbrand, in a move that aims to pool r...
Jan 07, 2026
Chinese AI server leader xFusion hires investment bank in first step toward listing
SHANGHAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - China's leading AI server provider xFusion has hired Citic Securities in preparation for an initial public offering, regulatory disclosure showed, adding the Huawei spin-of...
Jan 06, 2026
Hyundai Motor shares rise 15% to hit record high amid Nvidia tie-up speculation
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Shares of Hyundai Motor rallied on Wednesday by as much as 14.9% to hit a record high in morning trade, outperforming the benchmark KOSPI's 1.2% gain amid market speculation a...
Jan 06, 2026
