Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Chinese autonomous driving startup raises $157 million from Hillhouse, Meituan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Haomo.AI, a Chinese autonomous driving startup controlled by Great Wall Motor's Chairman Wei Jianjun, has raised nearly 1 billion yuan ($157 million) in a funding round as investo...
Dec 21, 2021
Canada’s Dye & Durham to acquire Link Administration for $2.5 billion
(Reuters) - Canada's cloud-based service provider Dye & Durham Ltd said on Tuesday it will acquire Australia-listed Link Administration Holdings Ltd for about C$3.2 billion ($2.48 billion). ($1 = 1.29...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. SEC denies Apple’s bid to dismiss shareholder proposal on concealment clauses
By Julia Love and Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has denied Apple Inc's bid to exclude a shareholder proposal that would require the company to in...
Dec 21, 2021
BlackBerry beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Canadian software giant BlackBerry Ltd beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its cybersecurity services due to the pandemic-led shift...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. consumer bureau orders fintech firm LendUp to halt new loans, pay fine
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it ordered LendUp Loans to pay a $100,000 penalty, halt issuing new loans and stop collec...
Dec 21, 2021
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest drop CES plans over COVID-19 concerns
By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc separately said on Tuesday that they will not send teams to the Consumer Electronics...
Dec 21, 2021
Moody’s gives Apple top ‘AAA’ credit rating on growth promise
(Reuters) - Ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday upgraded Apple Inc's long-term credit rating to 'AAA' with a stable outlook, citing the iPhone maker's "exceptional liquidity" and robust earnings. With t...
Dec 21, 2021
Column-In 2021, we were all Zoom cat lawyer: Greene
By Jenna Greene NOVATO, CALIF - Of all the events that brought the world together this year for a collective feel-good chuckle, one stands out: Zoom cat lawyer. The 48-second video of a Texas lawyer a...
Dec 21, 2021
Exclusive-Turkey’s cryptocurrency trades top 1 million a day amid lira woes
By Marc Jones and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - The number of cryptocurrency trades in Turkey has surged back above one million per day as the country's currency has plunged to a series of record lows...
Dec 21, 2021
“Merry Christmas” – First SMS sells for over 100,000 euros in Paris auction
PARIS (Reuters) - The first text message ever sent, reading "Merry Christmas," was sold on Tuesday for 107,000 euros ($121,000) as a 'Non-Fungible Token' at a Paris auction house. The text, which was ...
Dec 21, 2021
