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Lyft hikes service fee for rides as insurance costs rise
By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Lyft Inc is increasing the service fee its U.S. riders pay directly to the company to cover higher insurance costs, the ride-hailing firm said. The increase averages less ...
Oct 17, 2022
Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into Booking.com
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's competition watchdog said on Monday it was initiating disciplinary proceedings against Booking.com for possible anti-competiton practices affecting hotels and online travel ...
Oct 17, 2022
Parler to be acquired by Kanye West
(Reuters) - Parlement Technologies, the parent company of social media app Parler, said on Monday that it will be acquired by rapper Kanye West, who legally changed his name to simply Ye last year. (R...
Oct 17, 2022
Xi’s call to win tech race points to new wave of Chinese state-led spending
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping's call for China to "win the battle" in core technologies could signal an overhaul in Beijing's approach to advancing its tech industry, with ...
Oct 17, 2022
India’s Reliance Jio selects Nokia as equipment provider in 5G push
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian telecom service provider Reliance Jio has chosen Nokia as a major supplier, the Finnish telecom equipment maker said on Monday, as India's biggest mobile carrier gears up ...
Oct 17, 2022
EVs, hybrids to make up 40% of Renault brand 2022 Europe sales – executive
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - Fully electric and hybrid vehicles in 2022 have almost doubled as a percentage of the Renault brand's European sales over the last two years, an executive said ah...
Oct 17, 2022
Vodafone and Altice in German tie-up to bring fibre broadband to homes
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone and France's Altice said they would create a joint venture in Germany named FibreCo to provide faster fibre broadband to up to 7 million homes over a six-year per...
Oct 17, 2022
Exclusive-Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case – letter
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit compl...
Oct 17, 2022
Indonesia’s e-commerce Blibli plans up to $528 million IPO next month
JAKARTA (Reuters) - PT Global Digital Niaga, operator of Indonesia's e-commerce firm Blibli, plans to launch an initial public offering in early November, aiming to raise as much as 8.17 trillion rupi...
Oct 16, 2022
Apple freezes plan to use China’s YMTC chips – Nikkei
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has put on hold plans to use memory chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) in its products, the Nikkei reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matte...
Oct 16, 2022
