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Tokyo launches coronavirus drive-through tests as crisis deepens
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's first drive-through coronavirus test centre was launched this week, as Japan ramps up efforts to prevent its medical system crumbling under the growing we...
Apr 23, 2020
Imagination Tech’s Chinese owner plans to re-list chip designer: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - Canyon Bridge, the China-backed owner of Imagination Technologies, plans to re-list the UK-based chip designer in London, New York or Hong Kong, the head of the private equity firm ...
Apr 23, 2020
German court opens first Syria torture trial
By Petra Wischgoll KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) - Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad's security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a ...
Apr 23, 2020
ICRC donates vital medical equipment to Gaza in coronavirus crisis
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday donated vital intensive care equipment to Gaza hospitals but said they remain underequipped for an...
Apr 23, 2020
Expedia gets $1.2 billion investment from Silver Lake and Apollo; appoints new CEO
(Reuters) - Online travel services provider Expedia Group Inc said on Thursday private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Apollo Global Management Inc would invest about $1.2 billion in the company...
Apr 23, 2020
China’s Hisense to cut about 23% of jobs in Europe
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Chinese household appliances maker Hisense will cut about 2,200 jobs in Europe by the end of the year because of a coronavirus-related demand slump, Slovenia-based Hisense Europe...
Apr 23, 2020
Apple plans to sell Macs with its own chips from 2021: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to sell Mac computers with its own main processors by next year based on the chip designs currently used in its iPhones and iPads, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The iPhon...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. bank investors put on mute as shareholder meetings go virtual
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Often rowdy and confrontational, this year's bank shareholder meetings have so far been brief and uneventful as the annual gatherings move online amid U.S. coronavirus lockd...
Apr 23, 2020
China’s BYD, Toyota’s Hino partner in electric commercial vehicles
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD said on Thursday it has partnered with Toyota-owned truck maker Hino Motors to develop electric commercial vehicles, as BYD deepens electri...
Apr 23, 2020
Germany at odds with Apple on smartphone coronavirus contact tracing
By Douglas Busvine and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has chosen a home-grown technology for smartphone-based tracing of coronavirus infections, putting it at odds with Apple which has refus...
Apr 23, 2020
