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Facebook-backed Indian social commerce platform Meesho raises $570 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Meesho, an Indian "social commerce" platform backed by Facebook Inc and SoftBank Group, said on Thursday it had raised $570 million in a funding round led by Fidelity Management ...
Sep 30, 2021
Facebook could face hefty fine in Russia over banned content, report says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia may seek to fine social media giant Facebook up to 10% of its annual turnover in the country for a repeated failure to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, the Vedomosti ...
Sep 30, 2021
Virgin Money to shut one in five branches amid online shift
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Virgin Money UK will close almost one in five branches in the coming months as more customers shift to online banking, the British bank said on Thursday, the latest lender to cut ...
Sep 30, 2021
Sweden’s Sinch buys email delivery platform Pathwire in $1.9 billion deal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish cloud communication services provider Sinch said on Thursday it had agreed to buy cloud-based email delivery platform Pathwire in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $1.9 bi...
Sep 30, 2021
Oxford Nanopore eyes $4.7 billion market value in London debut
(Reuters) - Biotech group Oxford Nanopore Technologies is set to start trading in London on Thursday with a market capitalisation of about 3.4 billion pounds ($4.65 billion) at an offer price 425 penc...
Sep 30, 2021
ABB launches world’s fastest electric car charger
ZURICH (Reuters) -ABB has launched the world's fastest electric car charger, the Swiss engineering company said on Thursday, as it presses ahead with plans to spin off the business which could be valu...
Sep 30, 2021
China’s electric carmakers make their move on Europe
By Nick Carey and Yilei Sun MUNICH/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric carmakers are darting into Europe, hoping to catch traditional auto giants cold and seize a slice of a market supercharged by th...
Sep 30, 2021
Amazon settles with employees allegedly fired for criticizing working conditions – CNBC
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has reached a settlement with two former employees who said they were terminated last year after they criticized the working conditions at the e-commerce giant's warehouses,...
Sep 29, 2021
Facebook to highlight positive Instagram impact on teens in Senate hearing -testimony
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Facebook Inc plans to highlight internal research that shows teenage girls felt better after using its Instagram app during a Senate hearing to be held on Thursday, acc...
Sep 29, 2021
Google adds visual search features in shopping, video push
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Google users can soon combine images and text in search queries, a feature unveiled on Wednesday that could help the Alphabet Inc unit expand its role in e-commerce and domin...
Sep 29, 2021
