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Exclusive: China set to clear Tencent’s $3.5 billion Sogou deal subject to data security conditions: sources
By Pei Li and Julie Zhu (Reuters) - China's antitrust regulator is ready to clear tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd's plan to take the country's no.3 search engine Sogou private, three people with knowl...
Apr 09, 2021
Disney close to picking next ABC News president – NBC News
(Reuters) - Kimberly Godwin, the executive vice-president of CBS News, is in the final stages of negotiations with Walt Disney Co to become president of ABC News, a media report said on Friday. Godwin...
Apr 08, 2021
Fintech firm Linklogis opens 9.9% higher in Hong Kong IPO debut
By Scott Murdoch and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese fintech firm Linklogis Inc, which is backed by technology giant Tencent Holdings, opened 9.9% higher in their Hong Kong debut on...
Apr 08, 2021
Exclusive: Roughly 500 ballots challenged in Amazon’s landmark union election
By Mike Spector and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Roughly 500 ballots submitted in Amazon.com Inc's landmark union election have been challenged in a contest that will determine whether an Alabama wareho...
Apr 08, 2021
Renesas to restart production at fire-hit chip plant by April 19 -Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Renesas Electronics Corp will resume production at a chip-making factory in eastern Japan that suffered a fire last month by April 19, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday. The pro...
Apr 08, 2021
Standard General calls on Tegna to open books, citing allegations of racial bias
(Reuters) - Tegna Inc shareholder Standard General called on the company on Thursday to open its books and records to investigate what it claimed as a "broad pattern of bias and racially-insensitive b...
Apr 08, 2021
Facebook’s Instagram, Whatsapp down for thousands of users: Downdetector
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. (Reporting by Sanj...
Apr 08, 2021
Robinhood first-quarter cryptocurrency traders jump six-fold to 9.5 million
(Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood said on Thursday that 9.5 million users traded cryptocurrency on its platform during the first quarter of 2021, soaring nearly six-fold from the previous quarter...
Apr 08, 2021
Google-backed nuclear energy firm TAE Technologies raises $280 million
(Reuters) - TAE Technologies, a California-based firm building technology to generate power from nuclear fusion, said on Thursday it had raised $280 million from new and existing investors, including ...
Apr 08, 2021
U.S.-based Muslim advocacy group sues Facebook over claims it removes hate speech
By Elizabeth Culliford NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil rights group Muslim Advocates sued Facebook Inc and its top executives on Thursday, alleging they misled the U.S. Congress and others by falsely claim...
Apr 08, 2021
