Tag Archives: technology
U.S. online sales during Amazon’s Prime Day jump to $12 billion- report
(Reuters) - U.S. online sales during Amazon.com Inc's Prime Day shopping event jumped 8.5% from last year to nearly $12 billion, as inflation-hit Americans pounced on discounted essentials and electro...
Jul 14, 2022
Brazil’s Itau eyes offering crypto services to retail clients
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's largest private lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA is considering offering services for retail clients to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, in the future, an executive said on...
Jul 14, 2022
South Africa’s competition watchdog says Google’s ad practices distort competition
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Competition Commission, which has been probing online markets for over a year, has provisionally found that Google's paid search results distort competition, ma...
Jul 14, 2022
Global crypto rules needed to keep markets clean, says UK watchdog
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global rules are needed to regulate international crypto firms like Binance and "keep markets clean", Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday. Crypto fir...
Jul 14, 2022
Brazilian internet provider Vero looks for strategic alternatives after cancelling IPO
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian internet provider Vero, controlled by investment firm Vinci Partners Investments, confirmed on Thursday in a securities filing it had hired investment bank Itau BBA to ...
Jul 14, 2022
Samsung reduces site load in Texas plant amid heatwave
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday its semiconductor facility in Austin had reduced site load with no impact to its production capabilities, amid a stifling heatwave in Texas. "We...
Jul 14, 2022
Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report
By Katie Paul (Reuters) - Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-wor...
Jul 14, 2022
Ford, SK On finalize U.S. EV battery joint venture
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and South Korean battery maker SK On Co along with its subsidiary on Thursday finalized setting up a joint venture for building and operating battery production facilities in...
Jul 14, 2022
Factbox-Crypto firms run into hardships
(Reuters) - Crypto firms, which boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, have run into difficulties recently due to a slump brought on by the downfall of a major token in May and a global risk-off sentime...
Jul 14, 2022
GM, travel operator Pilot to develop EV charging network
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - General Motors Co and travel operator Pilot said Thursday they will develop a national network of 2,000 electric vehicle charging stalls at travel centers to make it ea...
Jul 14, 2022
