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China’s Didi Chuxing launches standalone, cheaper ride-hailing service
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday it has launched a new standalone ride-hailing service that targets younger customers and offers cheaper rides compared to its main app. Didi,...
Jul 22, 2020
Italy opens antitrust probe into Amazon, Apple over sale of Beats headphones
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into whether Apple Inc and Amazon Inc had engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple pr...
Jul 22, 2020
ByteDance to invest in education technology business
BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior executive at TikTok owner ByteDance said the company plans to invest "a huge amount" of capital into its newly-established education technology business but warned that th...
Jul 22, 2020
Can remote work growth offset stalls in Microsoft’s one-time deals?
By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Investors have pushed shares of Microsoft Corp up almost 30 percent since the start of the year, betting that the pandemic-induced shift to more remote computing will boo...
Jul 22, 2020
Japan’s crowdfunding firms report surge in business during pandemic
By Hiroko Hamada and Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese crowdfunding companies said they have enjoyed a surge in business during the pandemic-induced economic havoc, as they quickly connect cash...
Jul 22, 2020
Waymo, Fiat Chrysler expand autonomous vehicle partnership
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Self-driving car company Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are expanding their autonomous vehicle partnership to commercial vehicles, and Fiat Chrysler wil...
Jul 22, 2020
How Tesla defined a new era for the global auto industry
By Edward Taylor, Norihiko Shirouzu and Joseph White FRANKFURT/BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's rapid rise to become the world's most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the...
Jul 22, 2020
In Japan’s Kyoto, tech winners help bank weather coronavirus-induced tourism slump
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada KYOTO (Reuters) - Bank of Kyoto, a regional lender based in the ancient Japanese city, has a unique buffer against the hit to tourism from the coronavirus - dividends...
Jul 21, 2020
Twitter will suspend accounts tweeting about conspiracy theory group QAnon
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would permanently suspend accounts that violate its policies while tweeting about QAnon, a fringe group that claims "deep-state" traitors are plotting agains...
Jul 21, 2020
Snap misses user growth estimates, shares fall 11%
(Reuters) - Snap Inc on Tuesday said an initial lift in user growth at the start of coronavirus-led lockdowns dissipated faster than it expected, though the company beat expectations for quarterly rev...
Jul 21, 2020
