U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., before his departure to France to attend the G7 summit in Biarritz, August 23,…
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DHL stops deliveries for Amazon Fresh in Germany
(The August 21 story, corrects to read “the market for food ecommerce” in paragraph 1.) FILE PHOTO: An Amazon Fresh delivery truck sits parked outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Cyber Monday…
Fitbit targets 1 million new users with Singapore government tie-up
(Reuters) – Fitbit Inc (FIT.N) said on Wednesday it signed a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services in a health program it said could reach up to…
Xiaomi growth slows as fewer people buy phones, Huawei competition bites
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) posted its slowest revenue growth as a public company, missing analysts’ estimates, as it lost market share to Huawei and customers held on…
Audit Reveals No Evidence Of Anti-Conservative Bias At Facebook
An audit conducted by an independent third party and authored by a former Republican senator concluded Tuesday that Facebook shows no evidence of bias against conservative users. The report, written by former Sen….
Humbled Deutsche Bank faces battle in its own backyard
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Online retailer Zalando is just the kind of fast-growing German business with foreign expansion plans that Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing needs to help drive the struggling lender’s…
Twitter Suspends Chinese Accounts Targeting Hong Kong Protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The…
Shell debuts electric vehicle chargers in Singapore, first in Southeast Asia
FILE PHOTO – A sign is seen at a Shell facility near the Houston Ship Channel in Galena Park, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell…
Alibaba and the $15 billion question: Amid Hong Kong’s protests, when to list?
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s political unrest is posing a dilemma for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) on the timing of its planned $15 billion listing in the city, with sources…
Exclusive: U.S. set to give Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers – sources
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can…