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Former Virgin Galactic CEO to fly to space – CNBC
(Reuters) - Former chief executive officer of Virgin Galactic Holdings, George Whitesides, will fly to space on the aerospace company's next test spaceflight, CNBC reported on Friday. Richard Branson,...
Jul 23, 2021
EV startup Rivian announces $2.5 billion funding round led by Amazon, Ford
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -Electric car startup Rivian said on Friday it has closed a $2.5 billion fundraising round led by investors Amazon.com Inc , Ford Motor Co and T. Rowe Price. The annou...
Jul 23, 2021
Vodafone plans to launch additional share buy-back programmes this month
(Reuters) - UK's Vodafone Group said on Friday it intends to launch additional share buy-back programmes over the next eight months to partially offset the increase in the company's issued share capit...
Jul 23, 2021
Telecom Italia readying reply to antitrust probe on DAZN deal-sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) is working on measures it will submit to Italy's antitrust authority after the regulator opened a probe over a deal between the telecoms group and sport streamin...
Jul 23, 2021
Electric air taxi startup Joby to add LinkedIn co-founder, Google exec to board
(Reuters) - Electric air taxi startup Joby Aero Inc will add Silicon Valley heavyweight Reid Hoffman and executives from Google and Toyota to its board, as the company prepares to go public through a ...
Jul 23, 2021
Digital ad platform Outbrain valued at more than $1 billion in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Outbrain Inc opened flat in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, giving the web recommendation platform a market capitalization of nearly $1.1 billion. The company's shares opened at th...
Jul 23, 2021
Exclusive-EU regulators likely to investigate Facebook’s Kustomer deal – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are likely to kick off a full-scale investigation into Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer after its initial review ends next ...
Jul 23, 2021
Pakistan seeks U.N. probe of India’s use of Pegasus spyware
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan called on the United Nations on Friday to investigate whether India used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to spy on public figures including Prime Minister I...
Jul 23, 2021
Alphabet to launch robotics firm Intrinsic under its other bets unit
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's secretive research unit said on Friday it will launch Intrinsic, its new robotics software and artificial intelligence project, under the Google parent's segment that houses...
Jul 23, 2021
Indian central bank looking at phased launch of its own digital currency
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is considering a phased introduction of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), deputy governor T. Rabi Shankar said, and is examining ...
Jul 23, 2021
