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US federal court upholds ruling letting KalshiEX list election betting contracts
By Laura Matthews WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's order that permitted New York derivatives trading platform KalshiEX LLC to list contracts that...
Thomson Reuters Oct 03, 2024
India's Swiggy to lay off 1,100 employees as COVID-19 hits online food orders
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian food delivery startup Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs, as a weeks-long nationwide lockdown to curb the...
Syndicated Content May 18, 2020
Epic Games online store down after reports of free 'Grand Theft Auto V' offering
(Reuters) - Fortnite-creator Epic Games' digital videogame store was down on Thursday as it recorded huge traffic after reports that it was giving the premium edition of "Grand Theft Auto V"...
Syndicated Content May 14, 2020
UK unveils law to fine social media firms which fail to remove online abuse
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday a planned new law would see social media companies fined up to 10% of turnover or 18 mi...
Syndicated Content May 11, 2021
Parcel delivery firm DPD to hire 6,000 UK workers to meet online retail boom
LONDON (Reuters) - Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6,000 new UK-based jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID-19 ...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2020
Walmart plans to fill online orders with help from robots at some U.S. stores
By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc will add small robot-staffed warehouses to dozens of its stores to help fill orders for pickup and delivery, the company said on Wednesday, as America...
Syndicated Content Jan 27, 2021
Amazon, Facebook, Google-backed groups sue Maryland over new online ad tax - Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an industry group backed by Amazon, Facebook Inc and Google have sued Maryland over new its new online advertising tax aimed at funding educatio...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 survivors to honor dead Sunday, rally online for effective pandemic response
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Coronavirus survivors are gathering online Sunday to honor the more than 207,000 U.S. lives lost in the pandemic and call for a national strategy to halt its ...
Syndicated Content Oct 02, 2020
Dick's Sporting Goods to hire 9,000 holiday season workers, eyeing surge in online orders
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dick's Sporting Goods said on Thursday it will hire up to 9,000 workers to cover the key holiday season in its stores, 1,000 more than last year, expecting a jump in...
Syndicated Content Oct 08, 2020
Oppo cancels live online phone launch in India amid calls to boycott Chinese goods
b'b\'By Sankalp Phartiyal\\nNEW DELHI (Reuters) - China\\\'s Oppo cancelled the live online launch of its flagship smartphone in India on Wednesday after a border clash between the two countries that ...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2020