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Facebook cryptocurrency Libra to launch as early as January but scaled back: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project. The Gene...
Nov 27, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba, Tencent put talks to buy iQIYI stake on hold due to price, regulatory concerns: sources
By Julie Zhu, Yingzhi Yang, Zhang Yan and Yilei Sun HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have each held separate talks with Baidu Inc to acquire a controlli...
Nov 27, 2020
Huawei founder urges Honor subbrand to become competitor after split
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei called on employees of its departing Honor subbrand to strive to surpass its parent in a farewell speech as the tech giant sells...
Nov 26, 2020
Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers. The ...
Nov 26, 2020
Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line U.S. workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVI...
Nov 26, 2020
Crypto exchange Coinbase hit by connection, latency problems as bitcoin plummets
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Thursday its retail and professional-focused platforms were hit by tech problems, with users reporting difficulty trading as b...
Nov 26, 2020
Defense to finish pressing Canada police supervisor on Huawei CFO’s arrest
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will further press the Canadian police supervisor in charge of her arrest two years ago, as witness testim...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc, said a person with knowledge of the plan, as the U.S. firm diversifi...
Nov 26, 2020
Amazon’s cloud service back up after widespread outage
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was back up on Thursday following an outage that affected several users ranging from websites to software providers. "...
Nov 26, 2020
South Korea’s LG says will separate affiliates into new conglomerate
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Corp said on Thursday its board had decided to restructure its conglomerate LG Group by separating some of its affiliates such as display chip maker Sil...
Nov 26, 2020
