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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
Apple to open India online store in September: Bloomberg News
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Apple Inc is set to open an online store in India next month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker currently sells its p...
Aug 25, 2020
Tech war chronicles: How a Silicon Valley chip pioneer landed in China
By Jane Lanhee Lee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the United States steps up its campaign to block China from acquiring key technological know-how, the winding journey of a pioneering Silicon Valley com...
Aug 25, 2020
Bright idea in Belgium: UV zappers to disinfect shopping carts
By Bart Biesemans BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Wiping down supermarket trolleys with disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may soon be a thing of the past, at least in Belgium, where engineers have c...
Aug 25, 2020
Alibaba’s Ant Group files for blockbuster dual listing in Hong Kong, Shanghai
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, Alibaba's fintech arm and China's dominant mobile payments firm, on Tuesday filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market which coul...
Aug 25, 2020
German finance minister says confident we can agree on blueprint for digital economy taxation in autumn
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he was confident that a "blueprint" for deals at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on taxation of the dig...
Aug 25, 2020
UK software provider Aveva to buy SoftBank-backed OSIsoft for $5 billion
(Reuters) - British industrial software provider Aveva Group is buying SoftBank-backed peer OSIsoft for an enterprise value of $5 billion, it said on Tuesday, as it seeks to expand its services with t...
Aug 25, 2020
Tesla’s Musk hints of battery capacity jump ahead of industry event
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's chief executive Elon Musk has suggested the U.S. electric carmaker may be able to mass produce longer-life batteries with 50% more energy density in three to four years. ...
Aug 25, 2020
Facebook says plans to challenge Thai government demand to block group critical of monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday it was planning to legally challenge the Thai government after being "compelled" to block access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that dis...
Aug 25, 2020
