Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Spain’s BBVA opens Bitcoin trading service to clients in Switzerland
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Friday said it had opened a bitcoin trading service to all private banking clients in Switzerland available as of June 21. The bank said its offer would include bitc...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Thailand, Malaysia central banks launch cross-border QR payment linkage
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The central banks of Thailand and Malaysia launched on Friday a cross-border QR (Quick Response) payment linkage to enable consumers and merchants in both countries to make and rec...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Facebook’s ‘Neighborhoods’ faces crowded niche market, profiling concerns
By Elizabeth Culliford and Moira Warburton (Reuters) - When Facebook began testing its new "Neighborhoods" feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a d...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Adevinta, eBay clear final hurdle in $13 billion advertising tie-up
OSLO (Reuters) -U.S. e-commerce group eBay and Norway's Adevinta have secured final regulatory approval for a tie-up of their global classified ads businesses, the Norwegian firm said on Friday. Under...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
India’s Paytm seeks shareholder approval for $1.6 billion sale of new stock
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian digital payments firm Paytm is seeking shareholder approval to sell up to 120 billion rupees ($1.62 billion) in new stock in what could be the South A...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Exclusive-Google searches for new measure of skin tones to curb bias in products
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Under shareholder pressure, Toshiba board chairman vows to be ‘agent of positive change’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp Board Chairman Osamu Nagayama on Friday pledged to be "an agent of positive change, not a protector of the status quo," in a letter to shareholders ahead of the conglome...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Car dealer Inchcape raises profit view; warns of chip shortage
(Reuters) - Car dealership Inchcape said on Friday its current-year earnings will beat market estimates, helped by an uptick in demand following easing of pandemic-related restrictions. The company, w...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Australia’s corporate watchdog defends actions over Nuix IPO
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's corporate regulator on Friday defended its actions in allowing the initial public offering of Macquarie Group-backed software provider Nuix last year, d...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Japan industry minister says Harvard fund ‘thanked us’ for advice
TOKYO (Reuters) - Harvard University's endowment fund thanked the Japanese government for advice over Toshiba Corp, the industry minister said on Friday, in response to a probe that found a government...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021

