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White House tells chip industry to brace for Russian supply disruptions
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs b...
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South Africa takes Huawei’s local unit to court over employment rule breaches
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's labour department said it had filed court papers against telecom equipment group Huawei Technologies' local business over alleged employment rule breaches. Chin...
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Exclusive-Buyout funds circle Germany’s Transporeon ahead of $1.1 billion sale – sources
By Emma-Victoria Farr and Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - Buyout funds, including KKR, Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone, have expressed interest in German transport logistics software company Tra...
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Google’s advertising tech targeted in European publishers’ complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google on Friday became the target of an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business, which could po...
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Rovio reports Angry Birds games growth again
(Reuters) - Finnish game maker Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, on Friday reported a rise in its fourth-quarter operating profit, boosted by growth from its top three games. "All our t...
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UK regulator accepts Google’s revised pledges on browser cookies
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Friday it has accepted a revised offer from Google of commitments relating to its plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to tra...
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SpaceX chief Elon Musk ‘highly confident’ his Starship will reach orbit this year
(Corrects typographical error in Tesla, adds RIC; paragraph 6) By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Thursday he was "highly confident" his new SpaceX Starship, designed for voyages to the moon...
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ADQ-backed digital bank gets UAE central bank approval for launch
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has given in-principle approval to a new digital banking platform, backed by state holding company ADQ, to launch operations, ADQ said on...
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China’s SMIC earns record revenue in 2021, boosted by global chip shortage
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Business boomed last year for Chinese chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) on the back of a global chip shortage, with revenues and profits soaring des...
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Tesla plans to locate China design centre in Beijing, city govt says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. electric carmaker Tesla plans to place its China design centre in Beijing, a government document issued by the Chinese capital said. Tesla said in 2020 it planned to open suc...
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