Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Dogecoin watch out! “Shiba inu” token muscles into cryptocurrency top 10
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Dogecoin, watch out! Meme-based cryptocurrency shiba inu soared more than 45% over the last 24 hours, muscling its way into the top ten largest digital tokens by marke...
Oct 28, 2021
Food tech company Nick’s raises $100 million in funding round
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish food tech firm Nick's said on Thursday it had raised $100 million in a funding round led by investment companies Kinnevik, Temasek and Ambrosia Investments. Nick's, which...
Oct 28, 2021
Airtel Africa eyes broadband and mobile money boost after bumper first half
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband and phone-based financial services, its chief executive said on Thursday, after posting rapi...
Oct 28, 2021
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s third-quarter profit drops 27.5%
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co Ltd, which is backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday reported a 27.5% drop in third-quarter net profit. BYD made a 1.27 billion...
Oct 28, 2021
Shopify misses revenue estimates as e-commerce rivalry deepens
(Reuters) -Canada's Shopify Inc's third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms. Although deman...
Oct 28, 2021
FirstCash to buy fintech AFF in $1.17 billion deal to enter BNPL market
(Reuters) - Pawn store operator FirstCash Inc said on Thursday it will acquire financial technology firm American First Finance Inc (AFF) in a $1.17 billion deal, to enter the buy-now-pay-later busine...
Oct 28, 2021
Volvo Cars hopes downsized IPO can rev up investors’ electric dreams
By Abhinav Ramnarayan and Helena Soderpalm STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Volvo Cars is hoping investors will buy into its long-term electric vehicle strategy and see past supply chain worries and questions ab...
Oct 28, 2021
Chipmaker AT&S expects shortages to last another 12 months
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Austria-based chipmaker AT&S sees the global chip shortage taking at least another year to stabilise and for production capacities to cover demand, its chief executive said on...
Oct 28, 2021
Elevator maker Kone Q3 misses on earnings as China, supply disruptions weigh
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Elevator maker Kone posted weaker-than-expected third quarter core earnings as uncertainty in the Chinese property sector, supply chain problems and rising material costs hurt pro...
Oct 28, 2021
Counting CO2 is hard and expensive, but tech firms think they have a solution
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - After spending nearly half a year, every year, gathering and calculating carbon emissions data on spread sheets, Salesforce.com's climate team was fed up...
Oct 28, 2021
