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Bing, smaller firms, win Google’s Android search auction in Europe
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Microsoft's Bing, PrivacyWall and Info.com were among the search engines that won a quarterly auction by Alphabet's Google to show up as search options on n...
Sep 29, 2020
Google offers concessions in fresh bid to win EU okay for Fitbit deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google has offered concessions for a second time in a bid to address EU antitrust regulators' concerns about its bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit...
Sep 29, 2020
Swatch shuts down some technology systems after cyberattack
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group shut down some of its technology systems after detecting a cyberattack over the weekend, the world's biggest watchmaker said on Tuesday. "Swatch Group confirms that it ...
Sep 29, 2020
Philippines accuses Facebook of censoring pro-government content
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines accused Facebook on Tuesday of censoring pro-government content which it said was tantamount to curtailing freedom of speech and called for new measures to regulate ...
Sep 29, 2020
Shares of LG Chem rise after report of Tesla’s interest in battery unit
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of LG Chem Ltd, which supplies batteries to Tesla Inc, climbed on Tuesday, after media said the U.S. electric vehicle maker was looking to acquire a stake in a battery unit th...
Sep 29, 2020
Battery maker Northvolt raises $600 million in private placement
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt is raising $600 million in fresh equity in a private placement joined by investors such as Volkswagen , Scania, Baillie Gifford and Sp...
Sep 29, 2020
Nokia wins 5G radio equipment contract from Britain’s BT
By Supantha Mukherjee and Anne Kauranen STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia has clinched a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply 5G radio equipment, the Finnish company said on Tue...
Sep 29, 2020
Canada to present arguments in latest round of Huawei CFO Meng’s U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian prosecutors are set to present their argument on Tuesday after Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's lawyers sought to add a new charge in the...
Sep 29, 2020
France’s Total buys Bollore’s electric charging network in London
PARIS (Reuters) - French oil giant Total said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy London's largest electric vehicle charging network from French group Bollore . Total said that under the deal, it would ta...
Sep 29, 2020
Toyota’s annual global electrified vehicles sales could reach 5.5 million by 2025: executive
BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's annual global sales of electrified vehicles could reach 5.5 million in 2025, five years earlier than initially planned, a senior company executive said at an in...
Sep 29, 2020
