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Shopify to partner with TikTok in bid to woo more merchants to site
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said on Tuesday it will partner with TikTok to help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their products on the video-sharing ap...
Oct 27, 2020
Facebook public policy director for India, South and Central Asia steps down
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's public policy director for India, South and Central Asia, Ankhi Das, has stepped down to pursue interests in public service, the company said in a statement on Tue...
Oct 27, 2020
Waymo, Daimler to partner in developing self-driving semi trucks
By Paul Lienert and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Daimler AG's commercial truck unit and Alphabet Inc's Waymo on Tuesday said they will collaborate on development of self-driving Class 8 semi truck...
Oct 27, 2020
AMD to buy chip peer Xilinx for $35 billion in data center push
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx Inc in a $35 billion all-stock deal, intensifying its battle with Intel Corp i...
Oct 27, 2020
Iliad wins EU antitrust okay for $4 billion Polish telecoms deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Iliad on Tuesday won EU antitrust clearance for its 3.5-billion-euro ($4.14 billion)acquisition of Polish mobile group Play as it stepped up its overseas ...
Oct 27, 2020
Chairman Plattner buys nearly $300 million in SAP stock
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hasso Plattner, chairman and co-founder of SAP, bought shares worth nearly $300 million in the German software company on Monday after a once-in-a-generation price slide triggered w...
Oct 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat ...
Oct 27, 2020
Huawei CFO’s lawyers set to grill witnesses as U.S. extradition case resumes
By Tessa Vikander and Moira Warburton VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - The second day of witness testimony in the extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States will...
Oct 27, 2020
Big Tech earnings approach under antitrust cloud
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Apple , Alphabet , Amazon and Facebook , together accounting for about a fifth of the S&P 500's total value, report their quarterly results on Thursday, with their stocks...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. agency needs new powers to protect local news industry: senator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling U.S. local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies...
Oct 27, 2020
