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Verizon snaps up Zoom rival BlueJeans for less than $500 million
By Supantha Mukherjee and Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday agreed to buy BlueJeans Network Inc, a rival of Zoom Video Communications Inc , for less than $500 million...
Apr 16, 2020
Exclusive: Apollo readies IPO of cloud company Rackspace – sources
By Joshua Franklin and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc has registered Rackspace Holding Inc for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value...
Apr 16, 2020
Nvidia gets China’s approval to buy Mellanox
(Reuters) - Chipmaker Nvidia Corp said on Thursday it has received approval from Chinese authorities for its $6.9 billion proposed acquisition of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox shares rose nearly...
Apr 16, 2020
Czechs on alert over hospital cyberattacks
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's cyber-security watchdog warned of possible cyberattacks on hospitals on Thursday as the central European country's health ministry said it had already thwarted ...
Apr 16, 2020
Apple to reopen its sole branded store in South Korea on April 18
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it would reopen its sole retail store in South Korea on April 18, marking it the first site to return to business after it closed all stores outside Greater Chin...
Apr 16, 2020
G7 seeks WHO review and reform, commits to coordinated virus response: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders from the G7 group of industrialized nations on Thursday called for a review and reform process at the World Health Organization and agreed to ensure a coordinated global...
Apr 16, 2020
In a French nursing home, universal testing to beat the coronavirus
KAYSERBERG, France (Reuters) - In a nursing home near Colmar in eastern France, the region hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, laboratory staff clad in full protective gear conducted blood tests ...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. fintech startup Stripe raises $600 million, valued at $36 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - U.S. fintech startup Stripe Inc said on Thursday it raised $600 million, and the company was valued at $36 billion. The company, whose products make it easier for compan...
Apr 16, 2020
France coronavirus death toll up again but more positive signs
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 753 more deaths from coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing the total to 17,920, the fourth-highest tally in the world, but the number of people in hospital h...
Apr 16, 2020
Macron warns populists could win if EU fails to launch common fund: FT
PARIS (Reuters) - Populists will win "in Italy, in Spain, perhaps in France and elsewhere" if European countries do not launch a rescue fund that can issue joint debt to cope with the fallout of the c...
Apr 16, 2020
