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Factbox: More companies join Facebook ad boycott bandwagon
(Reuters) - A long list of companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms...
Jul 20, 2020
Tesla share rally propels some early fan investors to riches
By Tina Bellon and Hyunjoo Jin NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - Convinced of Tesla Inc's imminent meteoric rise, Orestis Palampougioukis, a Netherlands-based software developer, took out a 43,000 euro ($49,...
Jul 20, 2020
China may retaliate against Nokia, Ericsson if EU bans Huawei: WSJ
(Reuters) - China is considering retaliating against telecom gear makers Nokia and Ericsson if the European Union follows the United States and Britain in banning Huawei Technologies from 5G networks,...
Jul 20, 2020
Vodacom partners with China’s Alipay to create ‘super app’ in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group plans to create a 'super app' in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China's Alibaba group , to allow consumers in South Africa to shop onl...
Jul 20, 2020
Walmart Canada to spend C$3.5 billion on e-commerce push, store renovations
(Reuters) - Walmart Canada said on the Monday it plans to spend C$3.5 billion ($2.58 billion) over the next five years to strengthen its e-commerce business, as the COVID-19 pandemic prompts a large-s...
Jul 20, 2020
Starbucks expands Chinese order services to multiple Alibaba apps
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Starbucks customers can order the coffee chain's drinks on Alibaba's Taobao marketplace and mobile map apps, Reuters checks showed, in ...
Jul 20, 2020
Applied Materials takes aim at chip speed bottleneck with new tech
(Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc, the Santa Clara, California-based maker of tools for making semiconductors, on Monday introduced a new technology aimed alleviating a speed bottleneck in computer ch...
Jul 20, 2020
Former Ford auto chief Hinrichs joins startup WaveSense’s board
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Ford Motor Co automotive operations chief Joe Hinrichs is joining the board of Wavesense, Inc, a Massachusetts startup developing ground-penetrating radar to help guide vehi...
Jul 20, 2020
Uber offers COVID-19 contact tracing help amid chaotic U.S. response
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact w...
Jul 20, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic advances the march of ‘cobots’
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - While a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Texas has brought many businesses to a screeching halt, eight robots have kept All Axis Machining's metal fabricati...
Jul 20, 2020
