Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 billion in funding round
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's health technology arm Verily said on Friday it had raised $1 billion in a funding round led by its parent. Verily said it would consider investments in strategic partnership...
Sep 09, 2022
Argentina’s Uala pairs with Mexico’s ABC Capital for remittance market
By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Argentina's Uala has moved into Mexico's remittance market by pairing up with local bank ABC Capital, the financial technology firm announced on Friday, in...
Sep 09, 2022
Atos shareholder calls for chairman to resign as share price on 30-year low
By Julien Ponthus and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -A minority shareholder in struggling French IT consulting company Atos called on Friday for the chairman of the company to resign as its shares ...
Sep 09, 2022
Amazon.com deal for iRobot blasted by pro-privacy, labor groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of some 20 pro-privacy and worker organizations, including Public Citizen and Fight for the Future, urged U.S. antitrust enforcers Friday to stop Amazon.com from buying ...
Sep 09, 2022
Chip maker Wolfspeed to build new U.S. factory to meet surging EV demand
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - U.S. power chip maker Wolfspeed Inc on Friday said it will build a new multi-billion dollar factory in Chatham County, North Carolina to make the raw materials used for ...
Sep 09, 2022
Exclusive-Fighting to survive, Tencent-backed Indian music app Gaana turns to subscriptions
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tencent-backed Indian music streaming app Gaana has switched to a paid subscription model to avoid closing down after failing to secure fresh ...
Sep 09, 2022
EU regulators will not appeal Qualcomm ruling, ending saga
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators confirmed on Friday that they would not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997 million euro ($1 billion) fine against Qualcomm, drawing a ...
Sep 09, 2022
EU regulators widen Google adtech probe to include Portuguese case
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have broadened the scope of their investigation into Alphabet unit Google's digital advertising business by taking over the Portuguese comp...
Sep 09, 2022
Vice President Harris pushes to broaden U.S. space industry workforce
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday announced a new coalition of companies involved in the space industry, aimed at increasing job opportunities in the sector, notably for people f...
Sep 09, 2022
South Africa’s MTN taps bond market for $145 million
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's MTN has raised 2.5 billion rand ($145 million) in three bonds as a way of lengthening its debt maturity profile, the mobile operator said on Friday. In an aucti...
Sep 09, 2022
