Tag Archives: technology
U.S. probes Raytheon’s dealings with consultant for Qatar Armed Forces – WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating whether payments by U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Technologies Corp to a consultant for the Qatar Armed Forces may have been bribes intended for a member o...
Sep 07, 2021
Cryptocurrencies selloff widens: Bitcoin down nearly 4%, ether 6%
LONDON (Reuters) - A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%. The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency wea...
Sep 07, 2021
German language app Babbel to list in Frankfurt
BERLIN (Reuters) - German online language learning company Babbel said on Tuesday it would list on the Frankfurt stock exchange this year to raise more than 180 million euros ($214 million). The Berli...
Sep 07, 2021
Toyota to spend over $13.5 billion on EV batteries by 2030
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it expects investments for development of its battery supply system and research and development to be about 1.5 trillion yen ($13.65 billion) by 20...
Sep 07, 2021
Softbank agrees strategic share swap pact with Deutsche Telekom
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Softbank Group said on Tuesday it had agreed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Germany's main telecoms company, which will receive 45 million shares of T-Mobile ...
Sep 07, 2021
Deutsche Telekom bulks up T-Mobile US stake as it sells Dutch unit
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom struck a share-swap deal with Softbank to increase its stake in U.S. unit T-Mobile and sold its Dutch unit in a major restructuring of interests that strengthens th...
Sep 07, 2021
Sea’s Shopee to debut in Europe with Poland launch – sources
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Sea Ltd's Shopee is preparing to launch in Poland and is currently recruiting sellers, two company sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The move wil...
Sep 07, 2021
El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: bitcoin legal tender
By Anthony Esposito and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, a real-world experiment proponents say w...
Sep 07, 2021
China’s esports powerhouse status undermined by tough new gaming rules for under 18s
By Josh Horwitz and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In glass-paneled conference rooms, members of the Shanghai-based esports team Rogue Warriors tap away at their phones as they train from 11 a.m. till...
Sep 06, 2021
Chinese prosecutors drop case against former Alibaba employee accused of sexual assault
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba Group Holding Ltd employee accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague, saying they had determined he had co...
Sep 06, 2021
