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U.S. slaps French goods with 25% tariff over digital tax, but delays effective date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday said it would slap additional duties of 25% on French imports valued at $1.3 billion in response to France's new digital services tax, but wou...
Jul 10, 2020
Amazon.com says it sent the TikTok ban email to employees in error
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it sent an email earlier on Friday that requested employees remove the TikTok app from mobile devices that also had access to company emails in error. A co...
Jul 10, 2020
UK expected to order removal of Huawei 5G equipment by 2025: Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is expected to set a deadline of 2025 for removing equipment made by China's Huawei from the country's 5G telecoms networks, the Telegraph newspaper said on Fri...
Jul 10, 2020
Facebook mulls ban on political ads ahead of U.S. elections: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network ahead of elections in the United States in November, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people fami...
Jul 10, 2020
Amazon.com demands TikTok app be removed from employee devices over ‘security risks’: memo
By Echo Wang and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has requested employees remove the TikTok video sharing app from their mobile devices by July 10 over "security risks," according to a memo to em...
Jul 10, 2020
Google to restrict advertising of unauthorized tracking technology
(Reuters) - Google said it would change its policies in August to restrict advertising for spyware and malware that can be used to track a user's texts, phone calls, or browsing history. The updated p...
Jul 10, 2020
EU urges U.S. to return to negotiations at OECD on digital taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday urged the United States to return to negotiations about digital taxation at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but said it s...
Jul 10, 2020
Amazon begins rolling out bigger UPS and FedEx-style delivery trucks
By Lisa Baertlein and P.J. Huffstutter LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amazon.com is launching a new fleet of bigger, boxier trucks like those favored by rival package carriers United Parcel Service I...
Jul 10, 2020
Rivian closes $2.5 billion investment round led by T. Rowe Price
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle startup Rivian said on Friday it closed an investment round of $2.5 billion, led by asset management firm T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru;...
Jul 10, 2020
AliExpress Russia eyes $10 billion turnover by 2022-2023, up an estimated 66%
By Nadezhda Tsydenova MOSCOW (Reuters) - AliExpress Russia, an e-commerce venture between Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba and Russian partners, said it was aiming for annual turnover of $10 bill...
Jul 10, 2020
