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Telco shares are surprise losers as lockdown drives internet boom
By Tom Westbrook and Douglas Busvine SINGAPORE/BERLIN (Reuters) - As lockdowns worldwide drive a surge in internet use, boosting online sales for businesses as varied as gaming and food delivery, the ...
Apr 13, 2020
Quick-hit streaming service Quibi reports 1.7 million downloads in first week
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - About 1.7 million people downloaded the new entertainment streaming app Quibi during its first week on the market, Chief Executive Meg Whitman told CNBC television on Monday. Q...
Apr 13, 2020
Amazon to add 75,000 more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it plans to hire 75,000 more people for jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers as coronavirus epidemic kept Americans locked in their homes. (R...
Apr 13, 2020
EBay appoints former Walmart executive Iannone as CEO
(Reuters) - EBay Inc on Monday appointed former Walmart Inc executive Jamie Iannone as its chief executive officer, effective April 27, sending shares higher. The appointment comes nearly a month afte...
Apr 13, 2020
Dish cuts jobs, re-evaluates business in coronavirus fallout
By Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has cut staff and is re-evaluating its business to cope better with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. satellite TV provider told Reu...
Apr 13, 2020
Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buyi...
Apr 13, 2020
Vietnam orders workers at Samsung Display unit to be quarantined after COVID-19 case
HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people working at a unit of Samsung Display factory in the country to be quarantined after a worker there tested positive for the new cor...
Apr 13, 2020
Britain’s NHS working with Google, Apple on app to track coronavirus contact: Sunday Times
(Reuters) - The technology arm of Britain's National Health Service has been working on a mobile phone app with Alphabet Inc's Google and iPhone maker Apple that the government hopes will help in endi...
Apr 11, 2020
Siemens CEO rules out job cuts from coronavirus impact
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens will not cut its workforce because of the economic downturn triggered by the new coronavirus, Chief Executive Joe Kaeser said, although short-time working measures could be ...
Apr 11, 2020
Dutch telecommunications towers damaged by 5G protestors: Telegraaf
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Several Dutch cellular broadcasting towers have been damaged by arson or sabotage in the past week by opponents of a rollout of a new 5G telecommunications network, newspaper De ...
Apr 11, 2020
