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Taiwan tells Alibaba’s local Taobao site to re-register or leave island
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Monday gave the domestic branch of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's e-commerce site Taobao six months to re-register as a Chinese investment rather than a foreign one, or leave...
Aug 24, 2020
Facebook to pay 104 million euros in back taxes in France: media
PARIS (Reuters) - Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reporte...
Aug 24, 2020
Wirecard innovation team moves to Berlin-based fintech
BERLIN (Reuters) - A technology team from Wirecard , the German payments company that collapsed in June, is joining a new digital innovation unit being set up by Berlin financial technology group finl...
Aug 24, 2020
Exclusive: ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid
By Echo Wang and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - ByteDance investors are in talks to use their stakes in the Chinese technology firm to help finance their bid for its popular short-video app TikTok, accor...
Aug 24, 2020
Newly-listed ChiNext shares surge in historic reform
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares of 18 companies surged on their ChiNext debut on Monday, kicking off a historic reform that will see Shenzhen officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings, while adding ...
Aug 23, 2020
Apple Korea, under antitrust probe, proposes $84 million to support small businesses
SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered to provide 100 billion won ($84.02 million) worth of support programmes for small busin...
Aug 23, 2020
Tech rally has further to run, J.P. Morgan says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The enormous rally in tech stocks has further to run, according to analysts at investment bank J.P. Morgan, who recommend staying invested across the sector for its growth potent...
Aug 23, 2020
Airplane mode and prepaid SIMs: some Israelis dodge COVID-19 tracking
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cellphone surveillance for coronavirus contact-tracing may have overcome challenges by privacy watchdogs, but the state tracking policy is hard put to de...
Aug 23, 2020
Twitter attaches disclaimer on Trump’s ‘mail drop boxes’ tweet
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Sunday placed a disclaimer on U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet criticizing the promotion of drop boxes by Democrats as an option for voters, saying the tweet violated the...
Aug 23, 2020
Microsoft says Apple’s move against ‘Fortnite’ creator would hurt its games
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Sunday said in a court filing that Apple Inc's threat to cut off the creator of "Fortnite" from Apple's developer tools would hurt Microsoft's gaming business, as well as...
Aug 23, 2020
