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Accenture beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - IT consulting firm Accenture reported second-quarter revenue on Thursday that beat analysts' estimates, as more businesses used its digital services to shift operations to the cloud. Reven...
Mar 18, 2021
Coherent takeover battle heats up after II-VI raises offer to $7 billion
(Reuters) - Coherent Inc said on Thursday that optical components maker II-VI Inc has increased its takeover bid to $7 billion, trumping Lumentum Holdings' raised offer in a three-way battle to acquir...
Mar 18, 2021
SecurityScorecard raises $180 million at nearly $1 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Cybersecurity ratings firm SecurityScorecard has raised $180 million of fresh capital as part of a late-stage funding round led by investors such as Silver Lake Waterman, it said on Thursd...
Mar 18, 2021
Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources
By Paresh Dave and Diane Bartz (Reuters) - Google's plan to block a popular web tracking tool called "cookies" is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking adv...
Mar 18, 2021
Google to invest over $7 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it plans to invest over $7 billion in offices and data centers in the United States this year. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing b...
Mar 18, 2021
CK Hutchison, CK Asset profits slump in 2020
HONG KONG (Reuters) - CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, the ports-to-telecoms arm of retired billionaire Li Ka-shing, reported a 27% fall in 2020 net profit on Thursday, weighed down by sharp drops in oil, g...
Mar 18, 2021
Analysis: China delivers on threats to rein in internet economy
By Tony Munroe and Pei Li (Reuters) - On Tuesday, Chinese livestreaming e-commerce came under scrutiny. On Thursday, it was "deepfakes". And earlier this month, Chinese authorities imposed fines on op...
Mar 18, 2021
Britain sets long-term conditions to expand fibre broadband
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would create the conditions for BT to invest billions of pounds in rolling out full-fibre broadband nationwide by giving it flexibility on the pricing of...
Mar 18, 2021
Pakistani province plans to build pilot crypto currency mining farms
By Umar Farooq PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is planning to build two hydroelectric-powered pilot "mining farms" to capitalise on a bullish global cryptoc...
Mar 18, 2021
Nokia sees its comparable operating margin growing to 10-13% in 2023
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia sees its comparable operating margin growing to 10-13% in 2023, it said on Thursday. Nokia said in a statement ahead of presentations to inve...
Mar 18, 2021
