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U.S. firm Valentus to raise capital for credit fund via digital currency sale
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm Valentus Capital Management will raise part of a $250 million credit fund through the public sale of its own unique virtual curren...
Sep 23, 2020
TikTok asks judge to block U.S. from barring app for download
(Reuters) - TikTok asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block a Trump administration order that would require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the short video-sharing app for new downloads ...
Sep 23, 2020
What’s in the law protecting internet companies – and can Trump change it?
By Jonathan Weber, Elizabeth Culliford and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday unveiled a proposal to reform a legal immunity for internet companies and follow...
Sep 23, 2020
Exclusive: How a marked-up term sheet and messy rollout threw TikTok deal into disarray
By Stephen Nellis, David Shepardson and Echo Wang SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As China's ByteDance raced to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc to keep its video-sharing app...
Sep 23, 2020
Congress will try again in 2021 on self-driving car reform
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve long-stalled reforms to speed the adoption of self-driving cars, a key Democratic lawmaker said We...
Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen reveals ID.4 electric SUV with 250-mile range
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's U.S. subsidiary on Wednesday revealed its electric sport utility vehicle ID.4, which it aims to begin selling in the first quarter of 2021, and said the compact EV will hav...
Sep 23, 2020
Four former eBay workers to plead guilty in U.S. to cyberstalking campaign
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Four former eBay Inc workers have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a cyberstalking campaign against a Massachusetts couple whose online newsletter they vie...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. Justice Department to propose changes to internet platforms immunity: source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will unveil later on Wednesday a proposal that seeks to limit legal protections for internet platforms on managing content, a per...
Sep 23, 2020
Tesla expects approval for battery cells plant in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Tesla expects to be able to press ahead with plans to build battery cells and battery packs at its new factory in Brandenburg, near Berlin, a spokesman for the U.S. carmaker said on...
Sep 23, 2020
TikTok to ban ads that amplify body shaming
(Reuters) - TikTok will ban ads that promote fasting apps and weight loss supplements, as part of its policy to restrict ads of products that amplify body shaming, the company said on Wednesday. The s...
Sep 23, 2020
