Comcast to offer prepaid TV and internet service
By Malathi NayakNEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp, the No. 1 U.S. cable company, said on Thursday it will introduce prepaid TV and internet services to attract customers whose credit ratings do not...
View ArticlePayPal seeks to extend reach with Visa tie-up
By Heather Somerville(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc moved to extend the reach of its online payments business through a deal with Visa Inc that is expected to boost the revenue and number of users of...
View ArticleObama administration offers EV charging loan guarantees
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it was expanding a federal loan guarantee program to include companies building electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, part...
View ArticleCoinbase offers digital currency to consumers
By Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin exchange Coinbase said on Thursday it is now offering the ether digital currency to consumers. Ether is the digital currency for the Ethereum...
View ArticleAmazon set to increase bet on Italy's digital turnaround plan: sources
By Giulia SegretiMILAN (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com is set to announce on Friday the first in a series of investments in Italy worth at least 500 million euros ($550 million), a bet on the...
View ArticleWeWork demands start-up tenant take down critical blog
By Herbert LashNEW YORK (Reuters) - WeWork Cos, the office-space sharing start-up with an estimated $16 billion valuation, has demanded that one of its tenants take down a blog on a public website that...
View ArticleFacebook's solar-powered internet drone takes flight
By Yasmeen AbutalebSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had completed a successful test flight of a solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to...
View ArticleSamsung Elec sues Huawei in China for patent infringement
By Se Young Lee and Donny KwokSEOUL/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> said on Friday it sued Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] for patent infringements...
View ArticleLME trading resumes after four hour delay on technical outage
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Trading on the London Metal Exchange's electronic platforms restarted just before 0400 GMT after technical issues delayed the start of trading for almost four hours on Friday.The...
View ArticleChina's WeChat takes on WhatsApp in Africa
By Tiisetso MotsoenengJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Late to the party, WeChat, China's biggest Internet-based mobile messaging platform, is scrambling to get a piece of the action in the booming African...
View ArticlePokemon GO launches in Japan, bringing smash-hit game home
By Elaine Lies and Megumi LimTOKYO (Reuters) - Eager Japanese rushed to their phones on Friday to start hunting as Pokemon GO, the hit Nintendo-backed smartphone game, finally launched in Japan, home...
View ArticlePeter Thiel tells Republican convention he is 'proud to be gay'
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, the only big-name supporter of Donald Trump from the country's technology hub, spoke on Thursday at the Republican...
View ArticleRide-hailing service Grab partners Indonesia's Lippo for mobile payments
By Eveline DanubrataJAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab said on Friday it is teaming up with Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group to roll out a mobile payment platform in its...
View ArticleBMW plans electric car battery factory in Thailand: industry minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW Group is considering building a new plug-in hybrid vehicle battery factory in Thailand, the country's industry minister said on Friday.Construction was likely to...
View ArticlePhilippines suspends new Uber, Grab vehicle registrations as backlog mounts
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has stopped accepting applications for new ride-sharing vehicles of Uber [UBER.UL] and Grab due to a backlog amid a government review of its policies on fare spikes,...
View ArticleApple to open first Apple Store in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple Inc is planning to open its first Apple Store in Taiwan, a move that comes after the U.S. technology giant raised $1.38 billion in a bond offering last month on the island that...
View ArticleChina seeks top-10 automation ranking by 2020: robot industry group
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - China is aiming for a top-10 ranking in automation for its industries by 2020 by putting more robots in its factories, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) said.China's...
View ArticleSweden's Kinnevik says Zalando can withstand Amazon threat
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish investment firm Kinnevik, which backs Europe's biggest pure online fashion firm Zalando, is confident the retailer can withstand competition from Amazon because it caters...
View ArticleVerizon emerges as front-runner in Yahoo auction: sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Liana B. Baker(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is focusing on U.S. telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc as the buyer of its core business after reviewing final bids that...
View ArticleBritain and Korea form fintech investment partnership
By Jemima KellyLONDON (Reuters) - Britain and South Korea have established a "fintech bridge" intended to make it easier for both countries to invest in the burgeoning financial technology sector, the...
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