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Aramco turns to big data to shape M&A and boost profit – executive
By Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi oil giant Aramco is boosting its big data and artificial intelligence unit that links up its assets to help maximise profit, assisting on decisions from trading ...
Dec 14, 2023
Chinese AI startup 01.AI looks to raise $200 million -sources
By Yelin Mo, Josh Ye and Kane Wu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing-based AI startup 01.AI is raising up to $200 million in fresh capital, two sources familiar with the matter said, building on a v...
Dec 14, 2023
EU top court rejects 250 million EU tax order to Amazon
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top court on Thursday scrapped an EU order to Amazon to pay 250 million euros ($270 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg, part of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's ...
Dec 14, 2023
Owner of former Volvo truck plant in Russia relaunches production
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The new owner of Swedish truck maker Volvo AB's former Russian plant has relaunched production after a near two-year hiatus, it said on Thursday, and plans to produce 2,000 trucks i...
Dec 14, 2023
Ban flavoured vapes, WHO says, urging tobacco-style controls
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours, threatening cigarette companies' bets on smoking a...
Dec 14, 2023
Nigerian patients feel pain of soaring drug prices
By Vining Ogu LAGOS (Reuters) - When Sodiq Ajibade emerged from a Lagos pharmacy holding asthma medication, one drug on his prescription was missing because he did not have the money to buy it. The pr...
Dec 14, 2023
Telenor to sell Pakistan telecoms unit for $490 million
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's Telenor said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Pakistan unit to state group Pakistan Telecommunications in a transaction valuing the operation at 5.3 billion Norwegian cro...
Dec 14, 2023
Gaza faces ‘perfect storm’ of deadly diseases
By Bassam Masoud and Saleh Salem GAZA (Reuters) - For the besieged residents of Gaza who have so far survived Israel's bombs and bullets, a silent, invisible killer is now stalking them: disease. A la...
Dec 14, 2023
S.Korea regulator to take innovation more into account on crypto regulations
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's vice financial regulator chief said on Thursday that authorities would take innovation more into account in the next stage of regulating cryptocurrencies. Regulations n...
Dec 13, 2023
IMF chief says rules, infrastructure needed to prevent crypto risks
SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that crypto currencies need to be regulated with rules and infrastructure because they pose risks to financial stabilit...
Dec 13, 2023
