Tag Archives: technology
British lawmakers target Visa and Mastercard fee increases
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers plan to scrutinise increases in the fees Visa and Mastercard charge businesses after the country's payments regulator found no evidence to justify the...
Jan 13, 2022
Renault “relatively confident” for 2022 despite some chip supply worries
GUYANCOURT (France) (Reuters) - Renault is "relatively confident" about its business year but still sees some problems over chips supplies which it expects to be felt mostly in the first half of 2022,...
Jan 13, 2022
German IT security watchdog: No evidence of censorship function in Xiaomi phones
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, did not find any evidence of censorship functions in mobile phones manufactured by China's Xiaomi Corp, a spokesperson said on Thu...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, others urge Congress to pass privacy legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a long list of other organizations, urged Congress on Thursday to pass "comprehensive privacy legislation" that would prevent the development o...
Jan 13, 2022
Coinbase buys crypto futures exchanges, plans to sell derivatives in U.S
LONDON (Reuters) - Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said it is buying a crypto futures exchange, FairX, as part of a move to offer crypto derivatives to traders in the United States. FairX, whic...
Jan 13, 2022
White House will meet execs from Apple, Amazon, IBM to discuss software security
By Nandita Bose (Reuters) - The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabet-owned Google, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc, on Thursday to discuss software security after ...
Jan 13, 2022
Volkswagen China shuts two plants in Tianjin due to COVID-19 outbreaks
BEIJING (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group's China unit said on Thursday it has shut a plant it jointly runs with FAW Group in the city of Tianjin, as well as a component factory, due to recent COVID-19 out...
Jan 13, 2022
ASOS hit by supply chain disruption, volatile Christmas demand
LONDON (Reuters) - British online fashion retailer ASOS reiterated its already downgraded outlook on Thursday after supply chain constraints and volatile demand limited sales growth in its four months...
Jan 13, 2022
French firm Crypto Blockchain Industries announces new products
PARIS (Reuters) - French fintech company Crypto Blockchain Industries, whose shares have rallied since their stock market listing last year, announced on Thursday a new range of products, saying it wo...
Jan 13, 2022
Enel sees IPO of grid business in 2023 – CEO to paper
MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's biggest utility Enel plans to list its grid business in 2023, Chief Executive Francesco Starace said in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica published on Thursday. ...
Jan 13, 2022
