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Australia’s Zip teams up with eBay for flexible credit to businesses; shares soar
(Reuters) - Australia's Zip Co Ltd on Wednesday said it had partnered with eBay Inc to offer flexible credit to small- and medium-sized businesses on the e-commerce platform, sending its shares to a r...
Aug 25, 2020
Thiel-backed Palantir to go public via direct listing, reveals 2019 loss of $580 million
By Anirban Sen and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Palantir Technologies on Tuesday filed to go public through a direct listing, as the data analytics company known for working with the Central Intelligen...
Aug 25, 2020
Canada court blocks release of more documents to Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
(Reuters) - A Canada court blocked Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's request for the release of more documents related to her arrest in 2018, court documents released on Tuesday said. Meng...
Aug 25, 2020
Facebook shares data on Myanmar with United Nations investigators
By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - Facebook says it has shared data with United Nations investigators probing international crimes in Myanmar, after the lead investigator said the company was withholding ...
Aug 25, 2020
Canada has effectively moved to block China’s Huawei from 5G, but can’t say so
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network that has not formally blocked Huawei from 5G networks, but it has effectively done just th...
Aug 25, 2020
Facebook plans news service launch in UK, India, Brazil
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it plans to launch its news service in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India and Brazil in the coming months, after having introduced the feature in the U...
Aug 25, 2020
Fitbit unveils stress-tracking smartwatch with Google deal pending
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Fitbit Inc on Tuesday unveiled a fitness tracker and two smartwatches, including one that purports to help monitor users' stress levels, as the company's pen...
Aug 25, 2020
Wirecard lays off more than half of remaining staff in Germany
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The collapsed payments company Wirecard has let go more than half of its remaining staff in Germany and terminated the contracts of its management board members, its insolvency a...
Aug 25, 2020
Hong Kong activist warns West to shun Chinese technology ties
ROME (Reuters) - Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday, shortly before the Italian f...
Aug 25, 2020
India’s ICICI Bank uses space images for farm loans to cut costs
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's ICICI Bank Ltd has begun using satellite images of farmland to help assess farmers' credit-worthiness, a move the bank says is helping cut travel costs and make faster le...
Aug 25, 2020
