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Chinese regulators summon internet finance firms
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese financial regulators on Thursday summoned 13 internet platforms engaged in financial business, including heavyweights Tencent and ByteDance, to order them to strengthen the...
Apr 29, 2021
Salesforce acts on climate, requiring suppliers to set carbon goals
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc on Thursday said its supplier contracts will now require companies that do business with it such as airlines to set carbon-reduction goals and deliver ...
Apr 29, 2021
Online terrorist content law wins EU lawmakers’ backing amid rights concerns
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A proposed EU law that forces Google, Facebook and Twitter to remove terrorist content within an hour of publication cleared its final hurdle after EU lawmakers ga...
Apr 29, 2021
Cryptocurrency firm Paxos raises $300 million at $2.4 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firm Paxos said on Thursday it had raised $300 million at a valuation of $2.4 billion, in a funding round led by fintech and healthcare focused venture capital firm Oak HC/F...
Apr 29, 2021
French watchdog warns of big tech’s sway over payment services
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Digital payment services developed by U.S. tech giants such as Apple and Alphabet's Google risk reinforcing their market power by giving them greater sway over co...
Apr 29, 2021
Samsung takes back smartphone crown from Apple; Xiaomi surges
By Aakriti Bhalla (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd snatched back the crown from Apple as the world's biggest smartphone producer, accounting for a fifth of overall global sales in the first quar...
Apr 29, 2021
Huawei smartphone shipments in China plunge by half in Q1: Canalys
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, once the world's biggest smartphone maker, saw its phone shipments to retailers and other sellers within China plunge by half in the first quar...
Apr 29, 2021
Exclusive-Huawei deepens dive into EVs, seeks control of small automaker- sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies is in talks to take control of a small domestic automaker's electric vehicle unit, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said, i...
Apr 29, 2021
Global EV sales accelerating, but government help needed – IEA
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Global electric vehicle (EV) sales picked up speed in the first quarter, but more government action is needed on charging stations and fossil-fuel vehicle bans to keep...
Apr 29, 2021
China’s Baidu to launch paid driverless ride-hailing services in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's tech giant Baidu will launch paid driverless robotaxi services in Beijing from May 2, the company said on Thursday, making it the first Chinese company to offer autonomous ...
Apr 28, 2021
