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Amazon launches Prime service in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday launched its Amazon Prime service offering free delivery and video streaming in Poland, sending shares in rival Polish e-commerce platform Allegro lower. Amazon's ...
Oct 12, 2021
Hungary’s 4iG to buy controlling stake in Israeli satellite firm Spacecom
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli satellite operator Spacecom said on Tuesday that Budapest-based 4iG agreed to buy a 51% stake in the company for $68 million through a private shares placement. The deal ...
Oct 12, 2021
EV battery maker CATL plans $5-billion China recycling facility
BEIJING (Reuters) - Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd plans to build a battery material recycling facility in the central Chinese province of Hubei with an investment of up to 32 billion yuan ($4...
Oct 12, 2021
Music streamers turn to telcos to make Africa pay
By Nqobile Dludla and Supantha Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Africa, with its internationally recognised musical talent - and growing mobile phone use - is central to Swedish music stre...
Oct 12, 2021
Samsung leader Lee set to stand trial for alleged unlawful use of sedative
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung conglomerate leader Jay Y. Lee is set to stand trial on Tuesday charged with the unlawful use of a controlled substance, as legal woes continue to haunt the exec...
Oct 11, 2021
Instagram testing feature to notify users of outage or issue inside app
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Instagram said on Monday it is testing a feature to notify users of outages or technical issues directly on the photo-sharing app. The test will run in the United States and...
Oct 11, 2021
JPMorgan’s Dimon blasts bitcoin as ‘worthless’, due for regulation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive, said on Monday at a conference that cryptocurrencies will be regulated by governments and that he personally thinks bitcoin is "w...
Oct 11, 2021
Amazon to take team-wise approach on remote work policy
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will let individual teams decide for how many days corporate employees would be expected to work from office in a week, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said in a message ...
Oct 11, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board to meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former emp...
Oct 11, 2021
French startup Swile gets unicorn status with $200 million Softbank-led fundraising
(Reuters) - Swile has raised additional an $200 million in a capital increase backed by Japan's Softbank, aiming at expanding its business internationally and beyond corporate benefits services, the F...
Oct 11, 2021
