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China ride-hailing group Didi aims for 100 million trips a day globally by 2022: CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) - Didi Chuxing, China's biggest ride-hailing firm which counts SoftBank as an investor, aims to complete 100 million orders a day and 800 million monthly active users globally by 202...
Apr 17, 2020
AT&T investors denied a dial-in as annual meeting goes online
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investors say telecommunications pioneer AT&T Inc won't take their calls for its upcoming annual meeting, reinforcing their concerns that the shift of the ga...
Apr 17, 2020
French COVID tracing app will not be ready when parliament debates it
PARIS (Reuters) - France's state-supported tracing app project "StopCovid" will not be ready when parliament debates it on April 28-29, the minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Friday. The sm...
Apr 17, 2020
UK to allow company meetings online or on the phone in pandemic
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Companies will be able to hold their annual shareholders' meeting over the phone or online during the coronavirus pandemic under a promised new law, Britain's business ...
Apr 17, 2020
Venture-backed startups line up for U.S. government stimulus loans after weighing risks
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic arrived just as Respond Software CEO and co-founder Mike Armistead was trying to sell automated cyber security software to new clien...
Apr 17, 2020
Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage ...
Apr 17, 2020
Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - Italy plans to use a smartphone app developed by tech start-up Bending Spoons to track people who test positive for the new coronavirus as part of efforts to lift i...
Apr 17, 2020
Virus tracing app ready for Germany rollout in 3-4 weeks: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - A coronavirus contact tracing app will be ready for Germans to download and use on their smartphones in three to four weeks, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. German federa...
Apr 17, 2020
Amazon France CEO hopes can reopen warehouses ‘very quickly’
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon does not know when its warehouses in France might reopen but hopes it can be soon, the head of its French business said on Friday. Frederic Duval also told BFM TV that an appe...
Apr 17, 2020
Australia may keep coronavirus restrictions for a year, schools may work on roster
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian public life could be constrained for another year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned on Friday, as the country's most...
Apr 16, 2020
