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SK Innovation to start building second EV battery plant in United States
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Innovation Co Ltd, a supplier for Volkswagen and Ford Motors, will spend $727 million to build its second electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the United States, t...
Apr 29, 2020
Austria’s AMS expects impact from coronavirus in second quarter to be limited
VIENNA (Reuters) - Sensor specialist AMS said on Wednesday it expects the impact from the coronavirus in the second quarter to be limited, as it reported first-quarter revenues within the upper half o...
Apr 29, 2020
Samsung Elec expects second-quarter profit fall as virus hits sales of smartphones, TVs
By Hyunjoo Jin and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it expected profit to decline in the current quarter due to a coronavirus-related slump in sales of smar...
Apr 28, 2020
Uber tech chief Thuan Pham steps down
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham has resigned, effective May 16, the ride-hailing company said in a regulatory filing https://bit.ly/2SiLDZB on Tuesday. Pham, wh...
Apr 28, 2020
Chile’s Entel hopes for strong 2020 as demand for telecoms booms amid coronavirus crisis
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile telecoms giant Entel expects strong performance this year in Chile and neighboring Peru as quarantine measures to combat coronavirus increase demand for its services, though...
Apr 28, 2020
Google parent Alphabet tops sales estimates despite virus hammering economy
By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc on Tuesday beat analysts' estimate for quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slo...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. appeals court asks why Facebook encryption order should stay sealed
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspec...
Apr 28, 2020
Huawei, InterDigital enter licensing pact, end patent litigation; InterDigital surges
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc, a developer of digital mobile and video technology, said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with China's Huawei Technolo...
Apr 28, 2020
Alcohol smuggling jumps in Namibia amid coronavirus crackdown
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibian police reported on Tuesday a jump in people smuggling beers and whisky from neighbouring Angola and Zambia, using illegal border crossings to beat a ban on alcohol sales ...
Apr 28, 2020
French contact-tracing app not ready yet, raises liberty issues: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers will be allowed to debate and vote on the government's contact-tracing app once the government is confident it can prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, ...
Apr 28, 2020
