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Volkswagen to use electric vehicles for Greek island transport system
ATHENS (Reuters) - Volkswagen has agreed with Greece to deploy electric vehicles as part of a transport system on a small Greek island, the German carmaker said on Wednesday. Volkswagen Chairman Herbe...
Nov 04, 2020
China’s dramatic suspension of Ant listing to hurt business outlook, valuation
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's shock suspension of Ant Group's record $37 billion listing in a last-minute regulatory ambush looks set to hit the financial technology giant...
Nov 04, 2020
Auto tech firm Veoneer appoints Ray Pekar as new CFO
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Automotive technology group Veoneer has appointed company veteran Ray Pekar as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Mats Backman, who will leave the company in March "to se...
Nov 04, 2020
Explainer: What’s next for Ant after China suspends $37 billion listing?
By Yingzhi Yang and Pei Li BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's suspension of Ant Group's $37 billion listing just days ahead of its stock market debut has thrown the company and its investors into a...
Nov 04, 2020
Waymo to temporarily suspend driving operations in San Francisco amid U.S. election
(Reuters) - Self-driving tech company Waymo is temporarily suspending driving operations in San Francisco on Tuesday and Wednesday for safety reasons amid the ongoing U.S. elections, the company said....
Nov 03, 2020
Twitter suspends several right-leaning news accounts posting about U.S. elections for violations
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday suspended several recently created right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the hotly contested U.S. election for...
Nov 03, 2020
Canada seeks $630 million from streaming firms to fund domestic content
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada introduced a bill on Tuesday that would strengthen the broadcast regulator and allow it to collect up to C$830 million ($630 million) by 2023 from online s...
Nov 03, 2020
Walmart, Comcast in talks to develop and distribute smart TVs: WSJ
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc and Comcast Corp are in talks to develop and distribute smart TVs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the terms being di...
Nov 03, 2020
Major leak sees 1 million Swedes’ data shared with Facebook, Google: insurer Folksam says.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Folksam, Sweden's largest insurer, accidentally leaked private data on around one million of its customers to a handful of the world's largest tech firms, the company said on Tue...
Nov 03, 2020
Shanghai stock exchange suspends Ant Group’s A-share IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Shanghai stock exchange has suspended Ant Group's A-share IPO on its STAR Market, which was initially set for Thursday, the Chinese exchange said on Tuesday. Ant Group has re...
Nov 03, 2020
