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China’s SMIC applies to renew licence to supply Huawei: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has asked for approval from the United States to continue supplying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, state media outlet Be...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. crypto, fintech firms to benefit from slimmed down regulatory process
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Money transmitters like Western Union , PayPal , and cryptocurrency firms will be able to more easily expand across the United States, after 48 state regulator...
Sep 15, 2020
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s STC asks banks to pitch for subsidiary IPO: sources
By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Saeed Azhar DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Telecom Co (STC) has asked banks to pitch for roles in a potential public offering of its products and services development arm, three sourc...
Sep 15, 2020
Google faces grilling on ad business before U.S. Senate antitrust panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will be questioned about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus expected on whether it misused its dominance in online advertisin...
Sep 15, 2020
EU top court gives thumbs up to net neutrality rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's highest court on Tuesday gave its backing to the European Union's net neutrality rules which require telecoms operators to treat all Internet traffic equa...
Sep 15, 2020
Ex-Leumi CEO Russak-Aminoach to head new Team8 fintech venture
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli cyber group Team8 said on Tuesday it had hired former Bank Leumi chief executive Rakefet Russak-Aminoach to lead a new division that aims to develop financial technology ...
Sep 15, 2020
Pandemic-proof Apple to kick off lineup for critical holiday season
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc shares have soared this year even as a pandemic has crippled economies around the world, thanks in large part to booming product sales that have beat Wall Stree...
Sep 15, 2020
ByteDance’s Chinese version of TikTok hits 600 million daily users
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Douyin, the Chinese version of short video app TikTok, hit 600 million daily active users in August, an executive with parent company ByteDance said ...
Sep 15, 2020
How ByteDance’s CEO balked at selling TikTok’s U.S. business
By Echo Wang, Keith Zhai and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang's decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp in favor of a par...
Sep 15, 2020
Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism
By Foo Yun Chee and Katie Paul BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook on Tuesday launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change, as critics question i...
Sep 15, 2020
