Uber adds trucking brokerage firm amid long-haul push
By Julia Love and Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the long-haul...
View ArticleU.S. judge calls for criminal probe into trade secrets theft raised in Uber case
By Dan Levine and Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday called for an investigation into allegations of trade secret theft that were raised in a court battle between...
View ArticleBan on minors trips up debut by South Korea's Netmarble Games
By Joyce LeeSEOUL (Reuters) - Netmarble Games Corp stumbled in its market debut on Friday as a regulatory ban on minors playing its mega-hit game spooked some investors who had clamored to buy into the...
View ArticleSoftBank investing $5 billion in China ride hailing firm Didi Chuxing
By Junko FujitaTOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said it has agreed to invest $5 billion in China's Didi Chuxing, confirming it led a recent fund-raising round by the ride-hailing firm that sources...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia ride-hailing service Grab says open to more acquisitions
By Matthew TostevinPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Singapore-headquartered Grab is open to further acquisitions after buying an Indonesian online payments startup, one of the co-founders of the Southeast...
View ArticleSamsung Electronics creates new contract chip manufacturing division
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it has formed a new division within its semiconductor business for contract chip manufacturing as the firm seeks to attract more...
View ArticleJapan's SoftBank invests $500 million in UK tech start-up Improbable
LONDON (Reuters) - British technology start-up Improbable, which specializes in virtual simulation, has raised $502 million from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, it said on Friday.The investment gives...
View ArticleChina's sharing app boom floods sidewalks with bicycles
By Joseph CampbellBEIJING (Reuters) - China's renewed love affair with the bicycle is proving a boon for mobile bike-sharing apps but is causing headaches by congesting city sidewalks.Business for...
View ArticleForeign business groups push for delay in controversial China cyber law
By Cate Cadell and Michael MartinaBEIJING (Reuters) - Overseas business groups are pushing Chinese regulators to delay the June 1 implementation of a controversial cyber law that mandates strict data...
View ArticleThailand gives Facebook until Tuesday to remove 'illegal' content
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Facebook Thailand could face legal action next week after Thai authorities warned Facebook Inc to take down content deemed threatening to national security or violating strict lese...
View ArticleSprint, SoftBank start early deal talks over T-Mobile: BBG
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sprint and its controlling shareholder SoftBank have started preliminary conversations to merge with T-Mobile US, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the...
View ArticleGermany adopts self-driving vehicles law
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany cleared the way for its giant automotive industry to develop and test self-driving cars, when the upper house of its parliament approved on Friday a law setting out the...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler recalls 1.25 million trucks over software error
By David Shepardson and Nick CareyWASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) said on Friday it would recall more than 1.25 million pickup trucks worldwide to address a software...
View ArticleTelefonica, other Spanish firms hit in 'ransomware' attack
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday a large number of companies, including telecommunications giant Telefonica , had been infected with malicious software known as "ransomware" which locks up...
View ArticlePortugal Telecom says hit by cyber attack, no impact on services
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom was hit on Friday by a cyber attack but no services were impacted, a spokeswoman for the company said."We were the target of an attack, like what is happening in all...
View ArticleBroadcom wins conditional EU okay for $5.5 billion Brocade buy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $5.5 billion bid for Brocade after pledging to cooperate with competitors and to protect their confidential...
View ArticleEnglish hospitals divert ambulances after 'ransomware' cyber attack
By Costas Pitas and Alistair SmoutLONDON (Reuters) - Hospitals and doctors' surgeries across England were forced to turn away patients and cancel appointments on Friday after a nationwide 'ransomware'...
View ArticleRetailer Brooks Brothers discloses payment card data breach
(Reuters) - U.S. clothing company Brooks Brothers said on Friday payment card information of certain customers were compromised at some of its retail locations in the United States and Puerto Rico over...
View ArticleMicrosoft adds detection, protection against global cyberattack: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Friday its engineers had added detection and protection against a ransomware attack that had disrupted hospitals in England and infected computers in dozens of...
View ArticleFedEx reports malware interference in global cyberattack: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FedEx said on Friday it was experiencing issues with some of its Microsoft Corp Windows systems in relation to a global cyber attack that had disrupted hospitals in England and...
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