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Germany at odds with Apple on smartphone coronavirus contact tracing
By Douglas Busvine and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has chosen a home-grown technology for smartphone-based tracing of coronavirus infections, putting it at odds with Apple which has refus...
Apr 23, 2020
Vietnam says Facebook should adhere by local laws
HANOI (Reuters) - Companies like Facebook that operate in Vietnam should abide by local laws and fully implement their tax and social responsibilities in the country, Vietnam's foreign ministry said o...
Apr 23, 2020
In Syria rebel stronghold, building makeshift ventilators to fight virus
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it h...
Apr 23, 2020
Antwerp port trials wristbands for coronavirus social distancing
By Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help gu...
Apr 23, 2020
China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies by 10% this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut its subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEV) by 10% this year, and will expand government purchases of NEVs, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The new policy is e...
Apr 23, 2020
Britain clears Takeaway.com’s purchase of Just Eat
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator on Thursday cleared online food delivery company Takeaway.com's takeover of UK rival Just Eat, saying the 6.2 billion pound ($7.7 billion) deal would...
Apr 23, 2020
Apple supplier LG Display posts wider first-quarter operating loss
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd reported its fifth straight quarter of operating losses on Thursday, hit hard as demand for smartphones and televisions slumped due to the coronavirus...
Apr 23, 2020
China’s Didi sees overseas business off coronavirus low, eyes payment firm deals, new markets: executive
By Yilei Sun, Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is upbeat that business overseas has turned a corner after dropping to a mid-March low amid...
Apr 23, 2020
For SoftBank’s Son, coronavirus turns vision to illusion
By Anirban Sen and Sam Nussey BANGALORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son's dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses at hi...
Apr 22, 2020
SK Hynix posts smaller-than-expected profit fall on strong server demand
SEOUL (Reuters) - SK Hynix , the world's No.2 memory chip maker, posted a 41% fall in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, but beat analysts' estimates as the virus-driven shift to working from hom...
Apr 22, 2020
