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China tells e-commerce platforms to regulate promotional phone messages
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industry ministry on Tuesday said that it had told e-commerce giants Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo to regulate their use of promotional phone messaging to users ahead of th...
Jun 15, 2021
Fintech firm Wise plans to launch London listing this week – Sky News
(Reuters) - British fintech firm Wise is planning to launch a direct listing on the London Stock Exchange as soon as this week, Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Insiders expect the flotat...
Jun 15, 2021
Soccer clubs embrace cryptocurrency, but fans are divided
By Tom Wilson and Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - A growing number of major soccer clubs are launching digital coins that allow fans to vote on a variety of minor decisions as the sport faces slumping ...
Jun 15, 2021
DLocal deal opens door for global sellers on Amazon.com Brazil marketplace
By Jimin Kang SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Uruguayan payment startup dLocal Ltd said on Tuesday that it had struck a partnership with Amazon.com Inc that clears the way for international vendors to sell prod...
Jun 15, 2021
World Wide Web code that changed the world up for auction as NFT
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The original source code for the World Wide Web that was written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee is up for sale at Sotheby's as part of a non-fungible token, wi...
Jun 15, 2021
Battery maker Solid Power to go public via $1.2 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - Solid Power Inc, a battery maker for electric vehicles backed by Ford Motor Co and BMW, said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal valuing the com...
Jun 15, 2021
UK watchdog looking into Apple, Google mobile ecosystems
(Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it was looking into the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Alphabet's Google, launching a study over concerns that the tech giants have market power t...
Jun 15, 2021
Foxconn invests $36 million in EV partnership with Gigasolar
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn said a subsidiary has invested T$995.2 million ($36 million) in Gigasolar Materials Corp to develop electric vehicle (EV) battery materials. Foxconn, Apple's main i...
Jun 15, 2021
‘Doug to the Rescue’: Drone pilot saves animals in global disaster zones
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) - Using a high-tech drone equipped with a large thermal camera, one remote pilot has developed a way to save animals trapped under rubble or stuck in trees ...
Jun 15, 2021
Japan’s trade minister unapologetic about ministry’s dealings with Toshiba
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade minister said on Tuesday he was not planning to order up a probe into allegations made by an independent investigation that his ministry helped Toshiba Corp pressure fo...
Jun 15, 2021
