French ad group Havas says only UK unit pulling adverts from Google
PARIS (Reuters) - French advertising group Havas said on Friday that it would not pull advertising from Alphabet Inc's Google platforms on a global basis, after its British business suspended activity...
View ArticleJack Ma to launch Alibaba's regional distribution hub in Malaysia: sources
By Liz LeeKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited plans to set up a regional distribution hub in Malaysia to cater to its fast-growing business in the region,...
View ArticleGermany's Merkel calls for standardized European rules on using data
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for Europe to set about standardizing rules on using data in Europe, ahead of a visit to the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover where...
View ArticleIBM and Wanda form China cloud computing partnership
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - IBM and a unit of China's Dalian Wanda Group, a property and entertainment conglomerate, agreed on Sunday to team up to provide cloud services to Chinese companies, the U.S....
View ArticleMoneyGram offers to give Euronet confidential info to firm up bid: sources
By Greg Roumeliotis(Reuters) - U.S. electronic payments company MoneyGram International Inc has offered to share confidential information with peer Euronet Worldwide Inc , after the latter made a $1...
View ArticleUber president Jeff Jones quits, deepening turmoil
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc has been thrust deeper into turmoil with the departure of company president Jeff Jones, a marketing expert...
View ArticleExperian partners with tech firm to speed up lending
By Anna IrreraNEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit bureau Experian Plc has teamed up with technology firm Finicity to launch a new product aimed at speeding up the consumer lending process in the United States...
View ArticleSouth Korea Netmarble Games says IPO to be worth up to $2.35 billion
SEOUL (Reuters) - Netmarble Games Corp, South Korea's largest mobile game company, said on Monday it plans an initial public offering (IPO) worth up to 2.66 trillion won ($2.35 billion) in what could...
View ArticleIBM launches enterprise-ready blockchain service
By Anna IrreraNEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp has launched a service that will allow businesses to build applications on its cloud using blockchain code from the Hyperledger...
View ArticleVodafone, Idea in $23 billion deal to create new Indian telecom leader
By Devidutta Tripathy and Sankalp PhartiyalMUMBAI (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular agreed on Monday to merge their Indian operations in a $23 billion deal, creating the country's...
View ArticleTSMC says to decide on U.S. chip plant next year
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple Inc supplier, on Monday said it would take a decision next year on whether to build a U.S. chip plant.In...
View ArticleGPS device to prevent false Everest claims by climbers
By Gopal SharmaKATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal will provide GPS tracking devices to some mountaineers who attempt to scale Mount Everest this year to prevent them from making false summit claims and to...
View ArticleAs part of Asia pivot, Netanyahu pushes Israeli hi-tech in China
By Yuval Ben-David and Michael MartinaJERUSALEM/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy may be 35 times larger than Israel's, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to use that to advantage during...
View ArticleMoneyGram board says Euronet offer could result in superior proposal
(Reuters) - U.S. electronic payments company MoneyGram International Inc said on Monday that peer Euronet Worldwide Inc's offer could result in a superior proposal compared to the one from China's Ant...
View ArticleAdidas takes the sweat out of sweater shopping with in-store machine
By Emma ThomassonBERLIN (Reuters) - Adidas has been testing a store where shoppers can design a sweater, have a body scan to determine fit and get it knitted by a state-of-the-art machine within hours,...
View ArticleGoogle apologizes to ad clients for YouTube content fiasco
By Esha Vaish and Kate Holton(Reuters) - Google apologized on Monday for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms such as Marks & Spencer and HSBC...
View ArticleSnap snaps back after analyst assigns first 'buy' rating
By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snap Inc stock rose on Monday after the Snapchat owner received its first "buy" rating from a Wall Street analyst following a $3.4 billion public listing this...
View ArticleBitcoin steadies after biggest three-day tumble in over two years
By Jemima KellyLONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin regained its footing on Monday, having suffered its heftiest falls since early 2015 between Thursday and Saturday as investors sold the digital currency on...
View ArticleSoftBank invests $300 million in shared-office startup WeWork: source
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp has invested $300 million in shared-office space company WeWork, the first installment of a multi-billion-dollar bet, according to a...
View ArticleAdobe, Microsoft team up to share sales and marketing data
By Stephen Nellis(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems Inc are joining to make their respective sales and marketing software products more potent competitors to Salesforce.com Inc and Oracle...
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