Tag Archives: technology
Uber to raise minimum wage for drivers in France
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies will raise the minimum wage it pays drivers in France as part of a wider agreement between ride-hailing companies and driver representatives in the country, the company s...
Dec 20, 2023
Crown Castle gives in to Elliott’s demands with fiber unit review, board changes
(Reuters) - Crown Castle on Wednesday announced a review of its fiber business and replaced two directors on its board as part of a deal with activist investor Elliott, which has sought to shake up th...
Dec 20, 2023
Microsoft inks carbon removal deal with offsets startup Chestnut
By David French (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has struck a deal with offsets startup Chestnut Carbon to acquire credits linked to the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the firms said Wednesd...
Dec 20, 2023
Sony highlights PS5 momentum as hardware sales top 50 million
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony is seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation 5 console, a senior games executive said, with lifetime sales exceeding 50 million units and the company recording it...
Dec 20, 2023
Thorne HealthTech taps former Vitamin Shoppe CEO Watts as leader
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm L Catterton has appointed former Vitamin Shoppe CEO Colin Watts as Thorne HealthTech's next leader following its $680 million acquisitio...
Dec 20, 2023
PayPal amends terms and conditions to comply with EU law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - PayPal has committed to amending its terms and conditions to fully comply with EU consumer protections rules, the EU said in a statement on Wednesday. "Following a dialogue with t...
Dec 20, 2023
French antitrust body fines Sony 13.5 million euros
PARIS (Reuters) - France's antitrust body on Wednesday fined Japanese company Sony 13.5 million euros ($14.8 million) for what it said was Sony's abuse of its dominant position in the market for the s...
Dec 20, 2023
Russian court fines Google $50.8 million over ‘fake’ Ukraine information -TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court fined Alphabet's Google on Wednesday 4.6 billion roubles ($50.84 million) for failing to delete so-called "fake" information about the conflict in Ukraine, the TASS n...
Dec 20, 2023
Honda to recall over 100,000 hybrid vehicles – NHTSA
(Reuters) - Honda Motor Co's American unit is recalling about 106,030 CR-V hybrid vehicles due to the risk of fire or injury in a crash caused by an overheated battery cable or short circuit, the Nati...
Dec 20, 2023
Austrian regulator seeks review of MFE stake in ProSiebenSat.1
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austrian regulator BWB has requested that the cartel court review an increase in MediaForEurope's stake in ProSiebenSat.1, which the agency said on Wednesday would amount to de-fact...
Dec 20, 2023
