Tag Archives: technology
Making the most of online connections: Tips from Zoom’s Lynne Oldham
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - So much in the world of work changed in the last two years, but Lynne Oldham, chief people officer at Zoom Video Communications Inc, says the old adages stil...
Dec 20, 2021
Indonesia central bank says new payment system to slash money transfer costs
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank on Tuesday launched a new retail payment system that its governor said will slash the cost of money transfers and support the country's booming digital eco...
Dec 20, 2021
Vietnam mobile wallet MoMo says valuation tops $2 billion after funding
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's biggest e-wallet company, MoMo, said on Tuesday said it had raised $200 million from four investors led by Mizuho Bank, pushing its valuation above $2 billion. The consorti...
Dec 20, 2021
China Mobile to raise up to $8.8 billion in Shanghai listing
(Reuters) - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile network operator by number of subscribers, said it plans to raise as much as 56 billion yuan ($8.8 billion) in a Shanghai public offering. The comp...
Dec 20, 2021
Boeing, Airbus executives urge delay in 5G wireless deployment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun and Airbus Americas CEO Jeffrey Knittel on Monday urged the Biden administration to delay planned deployment of new 5G wireless services, say...
Dec 20, 2021
E-scooter sharing firm VOI raises $115 million, valuation crosses $1 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's VOI Technology, which operates e-scooter service in Europe, said on Tuesday it has raised $115 million from investors such as Raine Group and VNV Global, valuing the com...
Dec 20, 2021
Explainer-Why Trump’s $1 billion capital raise was so popular
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's new venture inked the second-largest ever private placement with convertible stock for a merger with a blank-check acquisition firm, according...
Dec 20, 2021
Two U.S. senators seek probe into Amazon.com labor practices
(Reuters) -U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Sherrod Brown on Monday asked the Labor Department for a full investigation into Amazon.com Inc's labor practices. Rubio, a Republican, and Brown, a Democrat w...
Dec 20, 2021
Micron projects revenue above estimates on strong demand
By Akash Sriram and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Micron Technology Inc on Monday forecast second-quarter sales and profits above Wall Street estimates as demand for its memory chips has surged on the shi...
Dec 20, 2021
Russian cenbank official: We see no room for cryptocurrencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Bank of Russia Deputy Governor Vladimir Chistyukhin hinted on Monday that privately run cryptocurrencies may soon no longer be used in the country's financial markets, TASS news age...
Dec 20, 2021
